SlovakiaStarting a business
Explore the five recorded questions, answers and sources for this pathway.
This route is for a third-country national who is conducting, or will conduct, business in Slovakia as a natural person (self-employed on a trade licence), rather than as a company officer.
is conducting business or will be conducting business in the Slovak Republic territory as a natural person; or
The business purpose is demonstrated by a business plan in the prescribed form, a business plan for an innovative project, or a document confirming authorisation to do business; where a business plan is submitted, the feasibility and sustainability of the business activity must also be confirmed.
a) submitting a business plan in the form according to a special regulation,58) a business plan for the implementation of an innovative project or a document confirming that the person is authorised to do business, in the case of a third country national according to Art. 22;
feasibility and sustainability of the business activity in the case of a third country national according to Art. 22, who proves the purpose of residence by submitting the business plan,
Financial resources for business are proven by the balance on a business bank account, separate from the personal subsistence account (last three months' statement for a foreign bank), of twenty times the subsistence minimum. On renewal, taxable income from the business for the previous fiscal period must be at least twenty times the subsistence minimum (double the subsistence minimum per month if business was not conducted for the whole period).
(7) The third country national shall prove the financial resources for the business activities according to par. 2 (d) by submitting a confirmation of the balance on the bank account kept in a bank opened for business purposes, which must be different from the account referred to in par. 6, and in the case of an account in a foreign bank, the third country national shall prove the financial resources for the business activities by an account statement for the last three months.
a) twenty times the subsistence minimum, 60) if it is a third country national according to Art. 22 par. 1 (a);
(6) A third country national shall be obliged, when applying for temporary residence permit renewal according to Art. 22 par. 1 (a), to demonstrate taxable income from such business activities for the previous fiscal period at least in the amount of twenty times the subsistence minimum; if the person had not conducted business activities for the whole previous fiscal period, he/she shall be obliged to demonstrate taxable income in the amount of double the subsistence minimum for each month of residence in the previous fiscal period.
The permit lets the holder conduct the declared business activity in Slovakia; the Act does not itself state family-accompaniment terms for this specific sub-route.
is conducting business or will be conducting business in the Slovak Republic territory as a natural person; or
The application for business residence cannot be submitted at the Foreign Police Department except when changing purpose. It is granted for the assumed period of business, maximum three years; it may be renewed, even repeatedly, if the purpose persists and conditions continue to be met, for a maximum of three years if the assumed residence lasts at least three years. Long-term residence is granted after at least 5 years of uninterrupted legal residence in Slovakia.
An application for temporary residence for business cannot be submitted at the Foreign Police Department (except for cases of changing the purpose of residence).
(2) A police department shall grant temporary residence for the purpose of business for the assumed time period of business, however, maximum for three years.
If the purpose of residence persists and the foreigner continues to meet the conditions for residence, temporary residence may be renewed, even repeatedly.
(1) A police department may renew temporary residence
c) maximum for three years, if the assumed residence of a third country national shall last at least three years;
The Police Department will grant a long-term residence to a foreign national: Who has legally resided in Slovakia for an uninterrupted period of at least 5 years directly before the submission of the application;
These are the answers currently recorded in the catalogue. A missing or partial answer is not an eligibility decision.
Explore more pathways in Slovakia · All pathways
Not legal advice. No eligibility verdict or ranking. Check the linked sources before applying.