✔️ Advice on how to obtain a visa

Conditions of granting of the National visa type D

The list of documents needed :

1. a valid passport;
2. a completed application form for the national visa; via the electronic system :  https://ezov.mzv.sk/e-zov/
3. a 3 x 3,5 cm colour photograph;
4. a certificate of studies or a letter of acceptance from the relevant educational institution,
5. proof of health insurance valid for at least 30 days from the planned entry into the territory of the Slovak Republic; the embassy shall remind the applicant of the obligation to be insured for the entire period of his or her stay.
6. a document indicating the date and means of transport to the Slovak Republic.

Once in Slovakia you will ask for the temporary residence for the purpose of study, for that you will need as well. And therefore you need to submit as part of your visa application the following :

7. criminal record statement from your country of origin and from countries in which the applicant has resided for more than 90 days during the last three consecutive years. Does not apply for EU countries. (Translated to Slovak by a certified translator in Slovakia - English version can be accepted but it needs to be authenticated and superlegalized).

We recommend paying special attention when gathering your criminal record extract, as this document has a limited time validity. 

 At your arrival to the border crossing to Slovakia it must not be older than 50 days -  legal requirement). This is because it has a limit validity to be accepted at the Foreign Police. 

If you are coming via the ERASMUS +, or the National Scholarship Programme of the Slovak Republic, ask at your Embassy for a National Visa type D, for the whole period of your stay.