Comments on: Car

By: Slovak-Republic.org

Slovak-Republic.org — Mon, 31 May 2010 09:12:35 +0000

Thanks for the question about importing car to Slovakia. As we think this would be a valuable information for many users, we added it right on the page above.

By: Kayla

Kayla — Thu, 20 May 2010 20:57:34 +0000

Hello. I am moving to Slovakia and I want to import my car to the country. Do you know where I can find information about how to do this? If there are any taxes or fees that need to be paid upon my auto’s arrival? Thank you for any information.

By: andy

andy — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 12:52:15 +0000

hi did you find out if you can drive with your indian drivers licence here?thanks

By: Slovak-Republic.org

Slovak-Republic.org — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 10:37:10 +0000

Hi Al, by no means I would like to defend Slovak Police, it certainly has some issues to improve, but I would like to correct you:

1. Why do you violate the driving rules in the first place? You will pay a fine in every country for that.
2. Defering payment vs. keeping the driving licence… well, it’s not threatening, it’s just how the Slovak law dictates and no matter whether you are a foreigner or Slovak. How else can they be sure that you’ll pay?
3. Report or contravention… first, I guess, they asked whether you want to see the picture with your speed on their computer in the car (a proof). Then when you paid, they should have given you a ticket stating how much fine you paid.
4. Names of the officers, numbers, etc. … according to the law, they are not obliged to inform you about these beforehand, but you have the right to ask and then they have to inform you.

I just wanted to ensure you that this is not only against foreigners… Also, I got a fine in Austria and it was pretty the same – they showed me the proof and gave me a small ticket stating how much I paid for it.

By: Al

Al — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 09:00:45 +0000

As Hannu mentioned above, I had a very bad experience with Slovakian Police whilst driving there.
Three times out of three driving in Slovakia I had to pay a fine fpr travelling their territory, first starting from 150 Euro then down to 30/40 Euro.
As the site mentions, I asked to defer the payment of the fine, but the officers always threaten me to
take me to the Police station and keep my driving license, which then meant the inability to drive
drive at all, aka you pay the fine or you are screwed.
I am still believing they do this especially with foreigners, as they are sure a foreigner will
not argue and also another thing I noticed is that they do not release any report or contravention with
what happened, names of the officers, date and time, etc. Probably they take those money for themselves
and go for a beer celebrating or something.
Thanks Slovakia for being so nice to us!

By: Slovak-Republic.org

Slovak-Republic.org — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 12:37:02 +0000

Dear Gabriela,

yes, it is possible. You have to find an appropriate driving school.

By: Gabriela

Gabriela — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 12:58:21 +0000

I am holding a permanent residence card from Slovakia, but I don’t understand very well the slovak language. Is it possible to get a drivers licence presenting the test in English?

Regards

By: Slovak-Republic.org

Slovak-Republic.org — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 09:58:41 +0000

Hi Georgina, yes, of course, the Slovak driving licence has a photo of the licence holder on the front side. Maybe, you have seen this page of the Ministry of Interior? http://www.minv.sk/?vzory-dokladov-vodicske-preukazy and it confused you? There is white space under the EU flag where the photo should go.

By: Georgina

Georgina — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 00:46:32 +0000

does the drivers license in Slovakia have a photo fo the licensed person.

By: Slovak-Republic.org

Slovak-Republic.org — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 10:56:40 +0000

No, unfortunately, it’s not. You should obtain an international driving licence, but you can only get it in the country of your residence/where the driving licence was issued.