Family/Friends Visit

Persons exempt from visa fee:

• Children 0-6 years (i.e. children that are 6 years of age minus 1 day)
• Family members of EU citizens covered by Directive 2004/38/EC and of Swiss citizens, (see Part III)
• School pupils, students, post-graduate students and accompanying teachers who undertake stays for the purpose of study or educational training
• Researchers from third countries travelling for the purpose of carrying out scientific research
• Representatives of non-profit organisations aged 25 years or less participating in seminars, conferences, sports, cultural or educational events organised by non-profit organisations
• Holders of diplomatic and service passports
• Participants aged 25 years or less participating in seminars, conferences, sports, cultural or educational events organised by non-profit organisations (officially registered)

Note:

• Applicants will be paying a service fee of 44 Euro (including VAT)
• The applicable Visa Fee and Service fee are as per the current rate of exchange set by the Embassy of Slovakia. They are subject to change without any notice
• All the Fees are non-refundable

Applicants need to submit their Application form with the new photo format, as explained below:

The photo must fulfill the norm specified by the ICAO (International Civil Aviation Organization).

• Use plain light-colored background.
• The photo must be no more than 6-months old.
• Not tilted picture (portrait style) showing both edges of face clearly.
• Close up of the head and top of the shoulders so that the face takes up 70–80% of the photograph.
• Photo in sharp focus and clear.

Photo Size

The photo for each visa applicant submitted must measure:

• The picture dimensions must be 240 pixels wide by 320 pixels high at least. A smaller picture will be rejected. For instance, a photo being 235 pixels by 320 pixels is not valid.
• On the other hand, the photo should keep a proportion of 3.5 x 4.5 (width x height) within limits. However, 250 x 340 pixels picture would be valid, but not a 290 x 340 pixels one.
• Finally, the image weight (size in Kbytes) can never be bigger than 120 Kbytes. Finally, the image weight (size in Kbytes) can never be bigger than 120 Kbytes.