Marriage
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According to the Slovak law, marriage is an interpersonal relationship of a man and a woman concluded either during a civil wedding ceremony at a Registry Office or a religious wedding ceremony in a church, in the presence of two wedding witnesses. During such a wedding ceremony the couple accept each other as a wife and a husband willingly, with free consent and without any coercion.
A Slovak citizen can marry a foreigner in Slovakia or in a foreign country. Marriage on a Slovak embassy is possible only if both fianceés are Slovaks.
Wedding Ceremony in Slovakia
A marriage between a Slovak citizen and a foreigner is regulated by pertinent provisions of the Act on Family and the Act on Registry Offices. Granting a permanent residence permit to a foreigner who entered into a marriage with a Slovak citizen is regulated by pertinent provisions of Act on residence of foreigners.
Civil marriage ceremony at a Registry Office – Council Registry Office locally competent to perform a wedding ceremony is chosen according to the place of permanent residence of one of the spouses. If a couple intends to have a wedding ceremony in any place other than Registry Office (for example an outdoor wedding) or another Registry Office, this has to be approved by the locally competent Registry Office. If approved, all documents required for the wedding ceremony will be sent from the locally competent Registry Office to the other Registry Office chosen by the spouses. The wedding vows are given to each other in front of a Mayor or a Councillor in the presence of a Registry Officer.
Religious wedding ceremony in a church – The wedding vows must be read by the couple to each other in the presence of a priest of the registered Church. The religious body will send the marriage certificate to the locally competent Registry Office within 3 days following the wedding.
Documents for Marriage in Slovakia
If you decided to have a wedding ceremony in the territory of the Slovak Republic, please read the following text about the requirements you have to fulfill.
A foreigner is obliged to submit the following documents to the locally competent Registry Office not later than 14 days prior to the wedding ceremony:
- Birth certificate – this document shall include personal data of a foreigner – date and place of birth as well as the personal data of parents. If the birth certificate does not include personal data of both parents, the marriage certificate of the parents will be required.
- Document which proves the legal capacity of the foreigner to enter into a marriage – such a document is an evidence of the fact that there are no legal impediments which would prevent this person marrying, and must include: name, surname, date and place of birth, citizenship, address of permanent residence, marital status, and an affirmation that the foreigner has a legal capacity to conclude a marriage pursuant to the legislation of the home country. This document will be issued by the Registry Office of the foreigner’s country of origin or, for some countries, such documents can be issued by embassies.
- Proof of citizenship – valid passport
- Proof of legal stay in Slovakia – visa, temporary residence permit, card of a refugee etc.
- Proof of marital status (see the point no.2)
- Death certificate of a deceased spouse – if the foreigner is widowed
- Divorce decree – if the foreigner is divorced (or a court decision about the annulment of a previous marriage)
- ID or passport
The documents mentioned above must be submitted at the locally competent Registry Office not later than 14 days prior to the wedding ceremony. Documents 2. and 5. must not be older than 6 months.
Documents must be translated into Slovak by an official translator certified by the Ministry of Justice of the Slovak Republic and the translated documents must be signed by the certified translator and must include a round seal.
All documents shall be submitted to the locally competent Registry Office regardless of the place of the wedding ceremony. If any of the spouses does not speak or understand Slovak language, the presence of an official court interpreter is required at the wedding ceremony.
If submitting any specific document is hindered by an especially difficult obstruction, the Registry Office can accept its replacement with an affidavit of the couple.
Slovak citizen shall submit:
- Birth certificate
- Proof of citizenship
- Proof of address = permanent residence in Slovakia
- Death certificate of a deceased spouse – if he/she is widowed
- Divorce decree – if he/she is divorced person, or a court decision on an annulment of a previous marriage
- Personal identification number (given to Slovak citizens at birth)
Documents 2., 3., 6. can be substituted by submitting a valid identity card.
If a Slovak citizen has a permanent residence abroad, the following documents must be submitted:
- Confirmation about his/her residence, issued by the competent authority of the given state;
- Confirmation of the Slovak citizenship may be substituted by submitting a valid passport issued by the Slovak Republic.
Besides above mentioned documents, before the wedding ceremony takes place, the couple shall fill out an official application form for the wedding ceremony; sometimes – because of serious obstacles – this can be done by only one of the fianceés. There is an administrative fee of 66,-EUR.
Wedding Ceremony Abroad
According to the Act on International Private and Procedural Law the procedure is determined by the law of the country in which the wedding ceremony takes place. Therefore it is necessary to inquire well in advance about the conditions and the documents you will need for a wedding in the foreign country of choice.
Marriage between a Slovak citizen and a foreigner concluded with a competent authority in a foreign country may be validated in Slovakia only if it is valid in the country where it was concluded and if there are no legal impediments regarding this marriage in the Slovak Republic (e.g. condition of age, monogamy issues etc.).
Confirmation about the legal capacity of a Slovak citizen to enter into a marriage union is issued by the competent Slovak Registry Office. A foreigner must be competent to enter into a marriage according to the law of his state of origin.
Registration of the Marriage in Slovakia
If a couple married abroad and one of the married is a Slovak citizen and they have been issued marriage certificate by the foreign country’s Registry, it is necessary to register the marriage at a Slovak Registry office to have the marriage recognized in the Slovak Republic.
The registration can only be claimed if either spouse is a citizen of the Slovak Republic. Registration in the Slovak registry shall be submitted to the Embassy of the Slovak Republic or at the appropriate Registry Office competent in the permanent (or last permanent) residence of the Slovak citizen, which forwarded the request to the Registry office. If the citizen had no permanent residence in Slovakia before, he/she can apply at any Registry Office in Slovakia.
The request may be filed personally or it can be filed by an authorized person who has to prove the authorization by written and signed letter (splnomocnenie) certified by a Slovak notary. Embassy sends the request to the Registry Office only if it is complete, then Registry Office issues the Slovak marriage certificate and sends it back to the Embassy, which sends it to the applicant. The whole process takes about three months. In justified cases this period may be extended by three months.
Documents needed for registration:
- The completed form “Zápis o uzavretí manželstva” (applicant’s signature has to be verified by the consular section of the Slovak Embassy). The form should be completed by the applicant using a typewriter/PC, in extreme cases, legible block letters. Download the form;
- Original foreign marriage certificate, “Apostilled” (within the meaning of the Hague Convention). Apostille is granted at the embassy in the country of marriage.
WARNING: Certified photocopy of the foreign marriage certificate with Apostille should be sent. The applicants can ask for the photocopy and apostille at the embassy for a fee. If they don’t, the originaly copy will be sent to the Registry Office and will not be returned to the applicants;
- Certified (by the embassy) translation of a foreign marriage certificate into Slovak language made by an authorized translator by the foreign country, or a foreign birth certificate translated into Slovak language translated by an authorized translator of the Slovak Republic or the embassy;
- Slovak birth certificate of the applicant;
- Certificate of citizenship of the applicant – the applicant proves citizenship of Slovak Republic by valid certificate of citizenship of SR (not older than 6 months), a valid passport or SR or valid Slovak ID card;
- If the marriage was after a divorce of a previous marriage, citizen of SR submits decision about the divorce of Slovak judgment court. If the marriage was divorced in a foreign country, it is necessary to submit a final sentence of the Regional Court in Bratislava, recognizing the foreign divorce court judgement.
If one of the spouses was widowed before the marriage, death certificate of the husband or wife should be submited.
All foreign documents must be legalized and translated into the Slovak language;
- ID card of the applicant (the side of the document, where the photo and signature are);
- Application for registration without surname ending (-ová) – It is necessary to submit a completed Form (PDF download).
Woman’s surname without the written Slovak suffix (-ová,-ká) will be registered in these cases:
- If one of the spouses is not a citizen of Slovakia,
- If both spouses are citizens of Slovakia, but the wife is of a non-Slovak nationality,
- If a citizen of Slovakia, whose surname is concerned, is also a citizen of another country.
It is necessary to register the surname without the written Slovak suffix for a female child as well.
- A consular fee, which amount is specified in section 251 of the Act on Administrative Fees, No. 145/1995 Z. z. The administration fee is payable upon application in cash in EURO.
Along with the consular fee the applicant should pay upon application in cash 1,- € (application costs).
- Prepaid return envelope to the address of applicant. In case of not including the return envelope, the applicant will pay the Embassy additional cash costs associated with delivering of the marriage certificate.
When marrying, partners must declare, whether the surname of one of them is their common surname, or whether they retain their current names. Since 1st of July 2002, the engaged couples in marriage may agree that the surname of one of them is their common surname and one of them retain their existing name, as well.
Slovak citizen who has married abroad, and taken as a common surname of her husband’s surname at the same time retained its existing Slovak name and the marriage has been registered in a Slovak Register Office before 1st of July 2002, will be issued a marriage certificate stating both surnames, if requested.
The agreement about the surname should follow these principles:
- Common name is always first in order.
- Two surnames are always written without a hyphen.
- Women should have both surnames in the same form, i.e. both with -ová suffix or both without it.
If all the documents are OK, Slovak Registry Office will issue Slovak Registry document.
December 7th, 2009 at 9:43 pm
Dear Peter,
after the marriage you will apply for the permanent residence and you will receive it in 3 months. Yes, you should apply after marriage, otherwise I do not see any reasons why you should get it.
December 7th, 2009 at 9:56 pm
Dear Jack,
unfortunately you will have to leave the country. Your permanent residence will be canceled after the divorce. After they will make their decision, you will have maximaly 30 days to leave the country. There are some exceptions: in case that the consequences of the cancelation of your permanent residence would be too horible for your privat life, they may change their cancelation. I suggest to contact them to see the exact options.
December 8th, 2009 at 9:00 pm
Dear Madam/Sir,
I’m coming from Slovak Republic. I’ve got fiance from Morocco. We are going to marry in Morocco
but the problem is that we have no informations about documents needed for marriage in Morocco.
The problem is also that in Morocco is no slovak embassy.
I hope you can give me informations about documents needed for marriage in Morocco and how to proceed
in this case.
Thanks for your soon response.
Yours sincerely
December 8th, 2009 at 9:40 pm
Dear Jana,
we provide information only about Slovakia. Your question is related to Morocco. Yes, you are right… there is no Slovak embassy in Morocco; the territorial appropriate for Morocco is in Spain. For the contacts please see http://www.slovak-republic.org/visa-embassies/of-slovakia/#spain.
December 9th, 2009 at 6:35 am
hi i am indian national and going to marry my slovak gal frnd in slovakia.i want to know that if we marry in slovakia can we both apply for permanent residence in united kingdom because most of our relatives live in uk and my would be wife want to pursue her masters in england so is it possible that we can apply for uk permanent visa after our marriage in slovakia.please help thanks.
i am asking this second tym i dont know might me u didnt get my question last tym
December 14th, 2009 at 1:58 am
dear sir/madam
i need information about eu and slovakia law regarding non-eu spouce.my name is shahzad hassan and i am a pakistan national.i was living in ireland for the last 5 years approx.i had a student visa for 2 years and i was over stayed for 3 years.but i was working and paying my taxes legally.i have a partner and a 20 months old son aswell who was born in slovakia.my partner is a slovakian national.we lived together for the last three and half years.i was arrested infront of her in sent into prison in dublin for 6 days and then deported from ireland 3 months before.i would like to know about the basic rights of her as a eu and slovakian citizen. what should i do to reunite with my family weather in ireland or in slovakia.she is working in dublin.as you know i was deported and can i apply for slovakia? i dont have anyother valid source of information and i would be grate full to your help as i am a very disappointed family member.
regards,
shahzad
December 16th, 2009 at 12:29 am
Dear Shahzad,
well, I think the best to do in your case is to get married on the Slovak territory. For all the information about the procedure, ect., please see http://www.slovak-republic.org/visa-embassies/marriage/. As you will get a Slovak permanent residence after the marriage, you will be able to move inside of Schengen Area freely; unfortunately Ireland is not a member.
December 16th, 2009 at 12:43 am
Dear Chander,
sorry, if we dismissed your comment. After your marriage you will get a Slovak permanent residence. After 5 years of marriage you will be a Slovak citizen and just after than you can freely move in countries of EU. Until then, you can visit the countries of Shengen, but unfortunately UK does not belong there.
December 18th, 2009 at 5:00 pm
hi,i’m a camerounian citizen currently residing in south africa at the moment.
i got married with my slovakian wife at the cameroun embassy in south africa a year ago.
but my marriage was not reconize by the slovak authorities.so, me and my wife have to reschedule
a new marriage in slovakia for january 2010.i was granted 1(one)month visa by the slovak embassy in south
ssy in south africa in order to travel to slovakia to get marriage with my wife again.
-i would like to know if 1(one) month visa will be enough for me to wait for the application
of my residence permit in slovakia after i get marriage there?
-or do i need 3(months) visa in order to be legal in slovakia for and wait for residence permiit there?
-or after i get marriage with my 1(one) month visa, i can get my visa extended in order to wait for my
my residence permit in slovakia?
best regards.
December 19th, 2009 at 7:33 pm
Dear Stephano,
yes, you can get married and stay in Slovakia afterwards. They will let you stay and wait for your residence permit that will take maximaly 3 months to receive. I suggest you to contact the authorities to see the exact procedure, documents.
December 21st, 2009 at 1:42 pm
Dear
My name is manif and i want to marry a slovakia girl and bring her to UAE where is reside. I am a pakistani national but i have been living in the UAE from childbirth. I would like to know the procedure involved in bringing a married slovakian girl to UAE.
Regards
Manif Saeeed
December 21st, 2009 at 7:14 pm
Hello,
i am a tunisian citizen married with a Slovak girl in Tunisia.my question is that what are the exact documents to apply for marriage visa to go to Slovakia.we have not got a slovak embessy in my country and i tried to contact the slovak embessy in Lybia but have not got any answer.i would be very grateful if you describe me the required documents to be in Slovakia with my wife.
I am very thankful
December 22nd, 2009 at 4:59 pm
Dear Manif, I guess you’ve meant that you both want to move to UAE? In that case, that is a question for UAE nationals/offices/websites. Slovak citizen can freely choose where he/she wants to live, nobody holds him/her in Slovakia. :)
December 23rd, 2009 at 8:57 pm
Dear Lotfi, the contact information of the embassy in Tripolis has changed. Please, see the new information and contact them: http://www.slovak-republic.org/visa-embassies/of-slovakia/#libya
December 25th, 2009 at 5:20 am
hi,
i have uk residence with family membr of a EEA national on registration scheme,my wife is slovak national and i am a pakistani national,do i need a visa to travel slovakia?
December 29th, 2009 at 12:02 am
Dear Honey,
you can enter Slovakia, but if you intend to stay for a long time, you need to ask for permanent residence. As a husband of Slovak citizen, you will get it. For more information please see http://www.slovak-republic.org/visa-embassies/marriage/,
December 31st, 2009 at 9:25 am
hi,my name is noor alam and my girl friend from slovakia, i want to ask to that i want to marrie her but i dont know where can Document which proves the legal capacity of the foreigner to enter into a marriage.we dt have such a office in india,please write me about this.or if i can give some othere edocoment which will be the same.
January 3rd, 2010 at 11:01 pm
Dear Noor,
I think the best way would be to get married in Slovakia. You can enter the country based on visa (see http://www.slovak-republic.org/visa-embassies/). You have to contact the Slovak embassy in India, for the contact see http://www.slovak-republic.org/visa-embassies/of-slovakia/#india. you have to arrange it through them.
January 4th, 2010 at 9:21 pm
Hi there,
my name is amit and i am from Mauritius (small island in the Indian Ocean). Well i am intending to visit my fiancee and was wondering, as there is no direct flight from Mauritius to Slovak republic, if passing through Vienna would be of any problem, PS Mauritians do not need a visa to get to Europe. Would i need any kind of documents or whatsoever to show in Vienna to pass the immigration to take a coach or train to Bratislava? A reply would be great.
Cheers
January 5th, 2010 at 3:12 am
Hello
my name is Hesham i married with slovak girl in Sweden from 5 years and now we want to move to slovakia i want to ask about if i deserve now to grant slovak national and get passport or not, i am from country outside EU but staying in Sweden,our marriage we record it in Sweden only untill now .
January 5th, 2010 at 11:06 pm
Dear Amit,
you are right, you do not need visa to visit Slovakia for 3 months. Slovakia belongs to Shengen countries what means that there is no problem to pass to the rest of these countries. So you can fly to Vianna, Prague, Budapest, Bratislava or other destinations and then move to Slovakia without any problems. You should not need any special documents but doublecheck it when buying the ticket. Have a nice stay!
January 5th, 2010 at 11:09 pm
Dear Hesram,
first of all, where are you from? Firstly, Slovak authorities should accept your marriage certificate and after you can get permanent residence and also a citizenship after 5 years. But Sweden belongs to Shengen area so there is no problem to come to Slovakia.
January 6th, 2010 at 4:01 pm
hi am a gambian,i married slovakian ,we been married 4 two years living in the uk,we now wanna go and live in slovakia,wat type of residence will i get ,we married in the gambia,2007 ,and wat documents do i need,
January 6th, 2010 at 10:13 pm
Dear Lamin,
firstly, Slovak authorities have to accept your marriage certificate. After that you will get a permanent residence. After 5 years of marriage you will get a Slovak citizenship.
January 7th, 2010 at 2:11 am
hi
im from iraq but study in UK i been with my Slovak girlfriend for four years (i got student visa to UK), now we want to get married but my girlfirend want carry on livin in UK. i have the following:
1)if i get married in UK woudl Slovak authorities accept the marrige?
2) would get get 5 year residence permtte? without going to Slovakia stright away?
3) can i live and work in UK with that 5 years resident permitte?
4)can i go visit Slovakia and come back to UK with that 5 years resident permitte?
thank you ever so much
January 10th, 2010 at 9:39 pm
Hi there,
I’m a Slovak citizen engaged to an American. We want to get married in Slovakia and just about to start looking at the paperwork. He’s currently living in the US and I am in Slovakia. Does he need a residency permit or any kind of visa to get married here? The US citizens can spend here 90 days without a visa so is some kind of visa required to get married? Couldn’t find anything about it on the embassy website.
He’d like to move here after the marriage. It might take a few months though. How would the residency permit work?
For any information that you can provide me with,
Thanks soooo much
January 11th, 2010 at 4:46 pm
I m a Indian citizen getting married to Slovak girl after three month time…right now my place of stay is united kingdom for study purpose…so if i marry in slovakia would i b able to enter in uk aftr my marraige …if ys then hw long would it take for me to able to work in uk …..
January 12th, 2010 at 4:15 pm
Hello
I got married to a slovak girl in las vegas usa. i am uk citizen and she has been living in uk for 5 years. Do we have to by law register marriage in slovakia and if so what documents is needed ie. appostile?
Also if its not required by law is there any advantages to registering the marriage in slovakia.
Also she is not bothered about changing her name. do we need to by law change her name on docs ie passport?
January 12th, 2010 at 5:59 pm
Dear Sir/madam,
I am a UK citizen marrying my Slovak girlfriend (who has been residing in the UK for over 5
years)this summer. We want to marry in a catholic church in her SK home Town. My
question is, i was baptized Church of England and previously married, now fully legally divorced, in a civil ceremary, with a legal Divorce absolute confirming the annulment of my previous marriage.
What are my prceedures and can I re-marry in a catholic church? There are no children
involved and my girlfiend has never been married before.
Please advise
Linden
January 12th, 2010 at 10:38 pm
Hi.First of all,thanks for this website.Hope you can advise me as well.I am a Slovakian citizen living and working over 3 years in UK,although my permanent address is in Slovakia.I want to marry my Colombian boyfriend.We have been together for 3 years.My boyfriend has been since May 09 in Colombia.After marriage we would like to live,work and maybe study in UK.What is the best,to get married in Slovakia,Colombia or UK.In case of getting married in Slova
kia,does my boyfriend need to travel to Mexico to get the visa,as there is no Slovak embassy
in Colombia.Or can he obtain that by post.And is there any money limit required on his bank account.Please help us we have been asking
on many places,but it seems so complicated.
January 14th, 2010 at 6:18 pm
Dear Sadik,
1) yes, after you will bring them your marriage certificate.
2) yes, but I think you have to go there personally
3) you need to get residence permit in UK as an EEA family member
4)yes
January 14th, 2010 at 6:26 pm
Dear Miroslava,
he doesnt need any visa to enter Slovakia, you are right. He also can get married and he will be alloved to stay in the country however long you wish. After the marriage he should apply for the permanent residence, he will receive it within 3 monhts.
January 14th, 2010 at 6:30 pm
Dear Abe,
after the marriage you should apply for permanent residence that you will receive for 5 years. With that document you are able to move freely in Shengen countries. For UK: you will need to get an EEA family member card.
January 15th, 2010 at 2:12 pm
Dear TP,
you will need your marriage certificate, that should be enough for the Slovak authorities. The advantages depandes on where you want to live. You can get a Slovak permanent residence and after 5 years Slovak citizenship. Yes, you should change her name in documents.
January 15th, 2010 at 2:14 pm
Dear Linden,
as far as I know you should not have any problems with re-marring in catholic church. But to make sure.. your girfriend should ask in the chosen chirch.
January 15th, 2010 at 2:26 pm
Dear Erika,
I think it will be the best to marry in Slovakia, than he can apply for the permanent residence and EEA family card and you can go to UK. But also if you will get married in UK, Slovak authorities should accept your marriage certificate. Yes, he has to go there personally (Mexico).
January 17th, 2010 at 9:43 pm
Hi. Im a South African man living in SA, engaged to a Slovakian girl based in london. If i`ve been banned under UK law and cannot return to london, can I be with her under eu fiance visa or how would I go about fixing our problem?This has been going on for a year now and we would realy like to finally be together. Please help.
thanx
louis
January 18th, 2010 at 6:45 pm
Dear Louis,
I do not know anything about fiance visa. Do you plan to get married? In case that you do, I suggest to do that. If you will get married in Slovakia, you will receive a permanent residence and can move freely in Shengen countries. You should apply also for EEA family member card, after receiving that, you can go to UK.
January 24th, 2010 at 10:50 pm
Hi
I was born in India and have been living in the Uk for more than 10 years. I have british Citizenship. My girlfriend is a slovak national and we have been living together in the Uk for more than 3 years. We want to get married in Slovakia. Do I get a certificate of non impedement (no 2 in your list) from the Uk or from India? My local registrar’s office in the Uk where I live told me they will issue it since I am a British citizen and non live in the Uk and own my house there. Is this correct? Or do i have to goto india to get it? I dont really have anything to do with India.
Thank you.
January 25th, 2010 at 9:01 am
Hello,
I’m an American citizen, my girlfriend is Slovakian. I want to move there and work for 1 or 2 years while she finishes school. From what I understand, I need a temp residence permit, then a work permit. I’m confused because I need a job to get the temp resident permit for a reason to live there but I need a work permit to have a job. It seems quite difficult and time consuming to go through this process. I have a few questions.
1. Is there any type of agency that can help me with this or should I just contact the Slovak embassy in DC? I don’t know where to start and I’m starting to feel lost.
2. How long does the process take?
3. I’ve read that I cannot stay longer than 90 days in a calender year. I just got back to the states after being in Slovakia for about 85 days. Does this mean I have to wait 6 months or does it reset since it’s now 2010?
4. Would it be easier to marry her in Slovakia? Now I only ask because we have already discussed getting married and it seems faster and easier.
5. If I do go back and we get married, can I stay there or will I need to come back to the states again?
Thank you for all of your help, this website has a wealth of information.
January 27th, 2010 at 10:39 am
Dear Oz,
you should ask this question in UK or India. It is not related to Slovakia. But if they told you that they will issue it in UK, I am sure, they are right.
January 27th, 2010 at 2:35 pm
hello thanks for your assistance
i want to know that after get marry in slovakia where should i apply for EEA family member card.
i am from india and my wife is slovak national we are in slovakia right now and how long time it wil take to get EEA card,and after how long time i will be able to work in slovakia.
January 27th, 2010 at 6:03 pm
hi
i am Bangladeshi citizen and my fiance is slovakian.we both are staying in UK with our one year old boy. we want to get marry in slovakia., but i have 2 months visa left in UK. so my question is,
1.can i apply for slovak visa now to get married in slovakia and which visa i will need for that? or do i need to extend my Uk visa first and than apply for slovak visa to get married in Slovakia?
2. is there any other procedure for that?
thanks
January 27th, 2010 at 11:40 pm
Hi,
i am a UK citzen and am getting married to my Slovak girlfiend in Slovakia. My birth certificate does not have my parents names on , therfore i`ll need their marriage certificate – does this have to be the original ? or can i take a copy with me when i go to slovakia and have it offically translated ?? many thanks in advance.
January 29th, 2010 at 1:20 am
Hi There,
Im a Sri lankan who is staying in UK now and Im going to marry a slovakian girl soon.We are planning to get married in london and apply for Permenent residency for me in Slovakia,My question is can I apply for it right away, soon after our marriage or do I have to stay for 2-3 years to apply for it?and ho long will it takes to get the slovakian passport for me?please help me.
Many thanks
January 30th, 2010 at 8:50 pm
Dear Gabriel,
in case you would like to get married, I suggest to do that asap; after marriage you can stay in Slovakia however long you wish and also you can work there based on permanent residence you will receive.
January 30th, 2010 at 9:58 pm
Dear Manish,
please contact the Indian embassy in Slovakia. See http://www.indianembassy.sk/
January 30th, 2010 at 10:01 pm
Dear Abu,
you do not have to wait until your UK visa will extand. You can get married on tourist visa as well, but for that please contact the Slovak embassy in India. For contacts please see http://www.slovak-republic.org/visa-embassies/of-slovakia/#india
January 30th, 2010 at 10:09 pm
Dear Chris,
i think that you will have to have the original, but I am not sure.
February 1st, 2010 at 7:44 pm
Salam ahoj,
I need some info that my wife is from slovakia and we got married last month and now i wanna visit her or wanna get permanent resident visa im from Pakistan and the big problem is that no embassy of slovakia in pakistan and i called one slovakia consulate in Karachi,Pakistan and they said if i wanna apply then i will have to go to tehran,Iran but it’s pretty far and it’s exp is same like going slovakia and i will also have to get visa for iran first could you tell me some proper way I will b thankful.
Omer
PS. We got married in Gujrat,Pakistan.