Slovakia · digital nomad visa · 2026

Slovakia's digital nomad visa: no dedicated visa

Slovakia has no dedicated digital nomad visa. Here is what that means in practice, what route remote workers actually use, and how the days are counted.

What to know before you apply

Slovakia has no dedicated digital nomad or remote-work visa. Act No. 404/2011 Coll. on the Residence of Aliens, section 21, lists the exhaustive purposes of temporary residence: business, employment, study, special activity, research and development, family reunification, service duties of civilian components of the armed forces, status of a Slovak living abroad, and status of a long-term resident of another EU Member State (plus the EU Blue Card) — none covers working remotely for a foreign employer. The route actually used by remote workers is temporary residence for the purpose of business (section 22) as a sole trader holding a Slovak trade licence (živnostenské oprávnenie / živnostenský list); OECD nationals need only the trade licence, non-OECD third-country nationals must also register in the Commercial Register as a foreign person's enterprise or branch. Such residence is granted for the expected duration of the business, at most three years, and the police decide within 90 days. Documents (official Border and Alien Police FAQ) include a business plan or proof of trade authorisation, proof of good conduct, accommodation, and two separate financial proofs: financial security of residence (bank statements for the last three months; twelve times the subsistence minimum where the stay exceeds one year) and financial security of the business activity from a dedicated business account, which must not be the same account — twenty times the subsistence minimum for sole traders, one hundred times for company executives, forty times where an innovative-project business plan is submitted (section 32(7)). NOT VERIFIED on an official page: the euro conversions of those multiples. Secondary sources put the subsistence minimum at EUR 295.22/month from 1 July 2026, which would give roughly EUR 3 542.64 (12x), EUR 5 904.40 (20x) and EUR 29 522 (100x), but no official minv.sk page stating those euro figures was reachable, and mic.iom.sk (the IOM Migration Information Centre) returned HTTP 403. Secondary sources also report that since 1 July 2025 first-time business-residence applications must be filed at Slovak missions abroad and a business plan is mandatory, and that a government regulation approved 25 June 2025 allows the number of business-residence applications to be capped — the business plan requirement is confirmed by the official FAQ, the embassy-only filing rule and the cap are not confirmed here.

What it means for your tax days

A visa is permission to stay; tax residency follows the days. Slovakia treats you as tax resident once you are present 183 days At least 183 days in the relevant calendar year, continuously or over several periods, and residents are taxed on worldwide income. Days are not the only test: Under §2(d) of Act No. 595/2003 Coll. on income tax, an individual is a Slovak tax resident if they have a permanent residence (trvalý pobyt) or a dwelling in Slovakia in circumstances indicating an intention to stay there permanently, or if they habitually stay in Slovakia — which the law defines as being present for at least 183 days in the relevant calendar year, continuously or in several periods. The full tests and the official source are on our Slovakia tax-day page.

Sources

We could not reach an official government page for this one when we checked. What follows is the best published source we could read — treat it as a lead, not as the rule, and confirm with the consulate.

• minv.sk (official), retrieved 2026-08-18
• minv.sk (official), retrieved 2026-08-18
• minv.sk (official), retrieved 2026-08-18

Questions people ask about Slovakia

Stretch is a tracker, not legal advice, and this is not tax advice. Visa and tax rules change and are applied by the authority, not by an app — every figure here shows its source and the date we checked it. Checked 2026-08-18; confirm on the official page before you apply or file.