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Are you a foreign national working or living in Slovakia? Do you need help and advice?

The Migration Information Centre (MIC) of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) can provide you legal and social counselling in the following areas:

• Residence (conditions and types of residence in Slovakia, assistance with applying for permanent or temporary residence, visas, etc.);
• Employment (obtaining or renewal of the work permit, forms of employment, employment contracts, etc.);
• Conducting business (conditions of doing business in Slovakia, types of businesses, procedure to establish a business, etc.);
• Family (family reunification, marriage, etc.);
• Housing (notification of residence, property ownership, renting a flat, etc.);
• Healthcare and health insurance;
• Social security (sickness insurance, pension contributions, social benefits, assistance in material need, etc.);
• Education (access to education, recognition of the achieved qualifications, etc.);
• Citizenship (conditions and procedures for obtaining citizenship);
• Contacts (migrants’ associations, civil authorities, non-governmental organizations, etc.)

In addition, you can apply at the MIC for financial allowance to attend a retraining course of your choice.

Counselling services are provided by qualified counsellors daily during the opening hours of the MIC in Bratislava on Grosslingova 4 and in Košice on Hlavná 68. You are welcome to use computers with Internet access during your visit at the MIC.

You can also contact us through a telephone information hotline 0850 211 478 (discounted call charges apply on this telephone line) or by e-mail at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

In our counselling work we respect the principles of human rights protection, gender equality, informed consent of a client, non-discriminatory approach and protection of personal data and privacy.