The Embassy of the Slovak Republic in Astana informs that as of May 16, 2023, in accordance with the instructions of the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs of the Slovak Republic, there have been changes in the rules for submitting applications for a national visa.
Please note that applicants will register personally (if represented by a proxy, a certified power of attorney must be attached) exclusively at the e-mail address cons.astana@mzv.sk.
A limited number of places will be available for applicants who have successfully registered to apply for a national visa on a monthly basis, currently for the period from 1 July 2023 through 31 July 2023.
Reservations for July 2023 will open on 19 May 2023 from 09:00 and close at 17:00 local time (Kazakhstan).
The text of the e-mail /application/ must contain the following:
- name and surname of the applicant (in Latin script, as written in the passport),
- date of birth of the applicant,
- passport number of the applicant,
- a photocopy of the passport (in the attachment),
- purpose of stay: e.g. scientific research, studying at a university in Slovakia, entrepreneurship, employment with a Slovak employer, family reunification, etc. (in Latin script)
- nationality of the applicant,
- contact phone number and e-mail.
In addition, the above data (in Latin script) must be filled in the attached table and sent as an email attachment.
The purpose of the stay must be written in the subject line of the e-mail.
Without this data, the application for the appointment is invalid, will not be taken into account and will be removed from processing without further response to the applicant.
The following cases are preferred when granting appointments:
a) if it is necessary to fulfill the obligations of the Slovak Republic arising from international agreements,
b) if it is in the interest of the Slovak Republic, e.g.:
- based on the confirmation of the statutory representative of the relevant ministry;
- on the basis of the resolution of the Government of the Slovak Republic no. 731 of 8 December 2021 on the Strategy for the Internationalization of Higher Education until 2030; study in the programs:
- Erasmus+,
- National scholarship program of the Slovak Republic,
- bilateral international agreements and programs (see dvojstranné medzinárodné zmluvy a programy),
- Central European Exchange Program of Higher Education CEEPUS (see Stredoeurópsky výmenný program vysokoškolského štúdia),
- government scholarship of the Slovak Republic;
- on the basis of the regulation of the Government of the Slovak Republic no. 113/2023 Coll. on the interest of the Slovak Republic in granting national visas to selected categories of nationals of third countries according to the list of the Ministry of Transport of the Slovak Republic and delivered by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Slovak Republic (see nariadenia vlády Slovenskej republiky č. 113/2023 Z. z. o záujme Slovenskej republiky udeľovať národné víza vybraným kategóriám štátnych príslušníkov tretích krajín);
- on the basis of the regulation of the Government of the Slovak Republic no. 521/2021 Coll. (see nariadenia vlády Slovenskej republiky č. 521/2021 Z. z.)) on the interest of the Slovak Republic in granting national visas to highly qualified nationals of third countries;
- on the basis of the regulation of the Government of the Slovak Republic no. 269/2022 Coll. (see nariadenia vlády Slovenskej republiky č. 269/2022 Z. z.)) on the interest of the Slovak Republic in granting national visas to relocated nationals of third countries and their family members;
c) the applicant is a family member of a foreigner who has been granted asylum or supplementary protection;
d) family reunification (if the applicant is a family member of a citizen of the Slovak Republic or the EU).
Due to the beginning of the new school year, temporary priority (July - September) will also be given to the requests of citizens of Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan for national visas for the purpose of studying in the Slovak Republic and language education (at least 25 teaching hours per week) in the Slovak Republic (at universities and accredited language schools in SR).
Other national visa application purposes such as sports, business purposes, employment, family reunification, etc. they will not be prioritized at the expense of the above categories.
The Embassy allocates time slots transparently in the order of delivery of applications and in accordance with the national interests of the Slovak Republic. If the applicant did not receive a time slot for submitting the application, he can submit a new request for a time slot in the following month. In this context, we would like to emphasize that due to the limited capacity of the consular section of the Slovak Embassy in Astana, applications for national visas from citizens of Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan are accepted as a matter of priority.
The assigned time slots are fixed and will not change. The embassy will not respond to requests to change candidates or time.
E-mails with other than the required information and e-mails that will be delivered to the e-mail box cons.astana@mzv.sk before the beginning of the ordering process (i.e. before the specified date and time and after the deadline) will be considered invalid.
If one applicant sends multiple e-mails within the specified deadline, he/she will be automatically disqualified, even if the e-mails were sent from different e-mail addresses. If it is found that the applicant has already applied for a long-term visa in previous months and this application is being processed, his e-mail will also be excluded from further processing and will be considered invalid.
Please note that attempts of automated registration using software tools may be evaluated as spam by the anti-spam security of the mzv.sk domain in order to ensure the functionality of the system for all applicants. Such registrations will not be taken into account and will not be answered.
The announcement of the date of registration for August 2023 will be published in the first half of June 2023.
Please note that the Embassy has no agreements with agencies or intermediaries related to the processing of national visas. Reservation of time slots for submitting applications for national visas is free of charge.
