Update – May 16, 2024: This program is
expected to come into effect on July 15, 2024.
October 6, 2023: The Slovak government has approved regulations
that will ease access to the national D visa for foreign nationals
from select countries who work in certain roles experiencing labor
shortages in the country. Under the new program, employees in the
following roles would be granted a one-year visa: various assembly
worker roles (engineering production, chemical, rubber and plastic
production, and electronic devices); forklift operators; welders
and construction and operation electricians, among others.
Additionally, the employee must be from one of the following
countries: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia,
Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Montenegro, Nepal,
North Macedonia, the Philippines, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan,
Ukraine, and Uzbekistan. Furthermore, among other requirements, the
employer must have been established in Slovakia
