Since July 15, 2024, Slovakia has introduced simplified rules for obtaining a one-year national D visa for foreigners who want to enter the country to work in certain specialties.
Professions for which the country is experiencing a shortage of labor: forklift operators, welders, builders, electricians, workers in mechanical engineering, rubber, chemicals and plastics, agronomists, cooks, waiters, livestock breeders, bakers, milk processing technologists, equipment operators and others.
The simplified rules apply only to citizens of 17 countries:
- Armenia
- Azerbaijan
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Georgia
- Indonesia
- Kazakhstan
- Kyrgyzstan
- Moldova
- Montenegro
- Nepal
- North Macedonia
- Philippines
- Serbia
- Tajikistan
- Turkmenistan
- Ukraine
- Uzbekistan
Source: SchengenNews
