ProRelocation - Slovakia - Immigration and Relocation

📢 Immigration Update: 100 New Foreign Police Employees Approved

The Ministry of Interior of the Slovak Republic has announced a boost to Foreign Police staffing to improve availability of services for foreigners and employers

➡️ 100 new officers will be added across Slovakia
– 50 in Bratislava
– 25 in Banská Bystrica
– 25 in Prešov
This response comes after a 300% increase in foreign nationals over the last decade and the upcoming mass renewals following the end of Temporary Protection.

We expect:
- Improved access to appointments
- Potentially shorter processing times
- Some biometric appointment limits may still remain

💡 With digitalisation accelerating, we strongly recommend early activation of residence cards for electronic services to ensure smoother renewals and access to digital services for foreigners.

📩 Need guidance on how these changes impact your HR and foreign employees?

Contact us at : [email protected]
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📢𝗜𝗺𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗨𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲: 𝗠𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗼𝗿 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗦𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝘀

On 8 August 2025, the Slovak Ministry of Interior announced significant changes to its Reservation System for Foreigners.
The system now offers two types of access:

✅ Authorized services – for foreigners with an activated electronic residence card (BOK) and official registry record, allowing bookings up to 60 days ahead. New booking category: Temporary Residence – Change of Purpose.

✅ Unauthorized services – for foreigners without a residence card or registry record, allowing bookings up to 40 days ahead, using personal details as before.

Aim is to improve functionality and curb illegal trading of appointment slots. Further system improvements are planned.

Important: We recommend activation of residence card for electronic use as soon as possible to access the reservation system.

⚠ The system is still being updated – we’ll share more insights after testing the new functionalities.

Pro Relocation is supporting clients with card activation 👉 [email protected].

📢Slovakia’s New Shortage Occupation List for Q3 2025 – Published

On July 18, 2025, the Central Office of Labour, Social Affairs and Family published the updated list of shortage occupations across all self-governing regions in Slovakia.

This list will remain valid throughout Q3 2025, until October 31, 2025, or until the next quarterly update is released.

🔎List is dominated by shortage positions in:
-Industrial production & manufacturing: Machine operators, supervisors, quality/automation techs
-Transport & logistics: Professional drivers
-Healthcare: General practitioners, nurses, and caregivers

Bratislava region leads with 84 shortage positions, including IT roles such as: IT Consultant, Software Architect. System Programmer
(These IT roles are exclusive to Bratislava this quarter)

📄More insights coming from our team at ProRelo Slovakia.

If you’re unsure whether your international hires qualify for the expedited process, based on shortage occupations list , feel free to contact us—we’re happy to advise: [email protected].