Temporary stay permit for the purpose of performing entrepreneurial activity

A temporary stay permit for the purpose of performing entrepreneurial activity is issued by a foreign affairs police department, on condition that there are no legitimate grounds to refuse the applications from the citizens of third countries, who:

• are performing or planning an entrepreneurial activity on the territory of Slovak Republic as a natural person or
• are acting or will act as an authorized representative of a company or a partnership and are not in employment relationships.

DOCUMENTS TO BE ENCLOSED TO THE APPLICATION FORM:

1) 2x photos sized 3x 3.5 cm,
2) Valid international passport,
3) Administration fee payment receipt to the sum of 232 Euro;

Supporting documents certifying:

4) purpose of stay:

• a document giving the right to perform entrepreneurial activity;

5) absence of previous convictions:

• extract from the criminal record or the applicant’s citizenship-country, translated into the Slovak language and notarized or certified by a translation agency (or a legal translator),
• extract from the criminal record of the country where the applicant has stayed within the last three years for the period exceeding 90 days during 6 months in succession.

6) financial provision of stay:

• extract from a bank account opened in the name of the applicant ( a foreign citizen) in a local bank, a subsidiary foreign bank or a foreign bank, certifying financial and material provision of the applicant for the whole period of stay to the minimal amount of the living-wage per each month of his stay (annually it is 2,277.96 Euro)

7) financial provision of entrepreneurial activity:

• extract from a bank account of the entrepreneur opened with the purpose of performing entrepreneurial activity, certifying cash assets to the minimal amount of 20 living-wages (i.e. 3,796.6 Euro) for applicants who are performing or planning to perform entrepreneurial activity on the territory of Slovak Republic as a natural person,
• extract from a bank account of the entrepreneur opened for the purpose of performing entrepreneurial activity, certifying cash assets to the minimal amount of 100 living-wages (i.e. 18,983 Euro) for applicants who are acting or will act as authorized representatives of a company or a partnership and are not in employment relationships.

8 )Accommodation:

• a certificate of property or an extract from a certificate of property, issued by a property cadastre in the name of the person of a third country, or
• a notarized contract of tenancy with the owner or user of the tenement and an extract from the certificate of property or any other document certifying the accommodation right, or
• a confirmation from a hotel, hostel or boarding house to provide accommodation, or
• a notarized consent from a natural or legal person to provide accommodation to the foreign citizen on the territory of Slovak Republic and an extract from the certificate of property or any other document certifying the accommodation right, or
• invitation provided that it guarantees provision of accommodation.
DOCUMENTS TO BE SUBMITTED AFTER THE ISSUE OF THE STAY PERMIT:

within 30 days from the issue date of the temporary stay permit the applicant must submit to a foreign affairs police department a medical insurance certificate valid on the territory of SR.

the applicant (ЗПИ 32/10) who has received a temporary stay permit must submit to a foreign affairs police department a medical attestation certifying that he has no dangerous diseases. This medical attestation is valid within 30 days from the date of its issue

the applicant (TP) who has received a temporary stay permit must within 60 days from the date of its issue submit an extract from the trade register relating the natural person – private entrepreneur, trade company or partnership indicated in his application, with the exception of cases when in accord with certain laws the registration in the trade register is not mandatory. On the ground of the application from the citizen of a third country a foreign affairs police department can extend the submission term of the trade register extract by up to 60 days.

(All the documents enclosed to the application must be issued within the last 90 days). (The submission of the criminal record extract is not mandatory if the applicant is under the age of 14, or the applicant is applying for the change of the purpose of his stay and is staying legally on the territory of Slovak Republic at the time of his application submission).