Permanent Residence for Five Years

SlovakiaLong-term residence

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What exact status does accumulated residence lead to?

The status is permanent residence for five years. The source lists it for: a spouse or direct dependent relative of a Slovak citizen with permanent residence in Slovakia; a single child under 18 in the custody of such a spouse; a single child under 18 of (or in the custody of) a holder of five-year permanent residence; a dependent child over 18 unable to care for himself/herself due to a long-term unfavourable health condition, of a foreign national with permanent residence; or where it is in the interest of the Slovak Republic.

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Limits of the record

The listed grounds are family ties or national interest, not accumulated residence; the route may not belong to the residence-based category.

https://mic.iom.sk/en/residence/permanent-residence.html
Permanent residence for five years
https://mic.iom.sk/en/residence/permanent-residence.html
Who is a spouse of a Slovak citizen with permanent residence in Slovakia or who is a direct dependent relative of a Slovak citizen with permanent residence in Slovakia, Who is a single child younger than 18 years and has been placed under the custody of a foreign national who is a spouse of a Slovak citizen with permanent residence in Slovakia,
https://mic.iom.sk/en/residence/permanent-residence.html
Who is a single child younger than 18 years of a foreigner with permanent residence for five years or a child younger than 18 years that has been placed under the custody of a foreign national with permanent residence for five years, Who is a dependent child older than 18 years, not able to take care of himself/herself due to a long-term unfavourable health condition of a foreign national with permanent residence, or If it is in the interest of the Slovak Republic.

What qualifying residence period is required and when does the period begin?

One ground carries a period: the Ministry of Interior may grant permanent residence for five years to an adult who was granted tolerated residence under Art. 58(1)(a) or subsidiary protection as an unaccompanied minor, for at least three years of study at a school in the Slovak Republic.

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Limits of the record

No start date for the period is stated beyond the grant of tolerated residence or subsidiary protection as a minor.
The other grounds for this permit (family ties, statelessness, special consideration, witness protection, security interest) state no qualifying residence period.

https://www.minv.sk/swift_data/source/policia/hranicna_a_cudzinecka_policia/pravne_predpisy/404-ACT-Of-21-October-2011-On-Residence-of-Foreigners-and-Amendment-and-Supplementation-of-Certain-Acts.pdf
Article 45a Special Provisions on the Permanent Residence for Five Years (1) The Ministry of Interior may grant permanent residence for five years even without meeting the conditions set out herein, even repeatedly
https://www.minv.sk/swift_data/source/policia/hranicna_a_cudzinecka_policia/pravne_predpisy/404-ACT-Of-21-October-2011-On-Residence-of-Foreigners-and-Amendment-and-Supplementation-of-Certain-Acts.pdf
c) to an adult who has been granted a tolerated residence according to Art. 58 par. 1(a) or granted subsidiary protection as an unaccompanied minor for at least three years of study at a school in the Slovak Republic territory.
https://mic.iom.sk/en/residence/permanent-residence/238-permanent-residence-for-five-years.html
- to an adult who has been granted tolerated residence or supplementary protection as an unaccompanied minor for a minimum of three years during which they studied at a school in the territory of the Slovak Republic;

Which types of residence count fully, partially or not at all where the official rules specify this?

For the period-based ground, the residence that counts is tolerated residence granted under Art. 58(1)(a) (a minor found in the Slovak Republic) or subsidiary protection granted as an unaccompanied minor, during which the person studied at a school in the Slovak Republic for at least three years.

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Limits of the record

The rules do not say whether other residence types count partially or not at all toward this ground.

https://www.minv.sk/swift_data/source/policia/hranicna_a_cudzinecka_policia/pravne_predpisy/404-ACT-Of-21-October-2011-On-Residence-of-Foreigners-and-Amendment-and-Supplementation-of-Certain-Acts.pdf
c) to an adult who has been granted a tolerated residence according to Art. 58 par. 1(a) or granted subsidiary protection as an unaccompanied minor for at least three years of study at a school in the Slovak Republic territory.
https://www.minv.sk/swift_data/source/policia/hranicna_a_cudzinecka_policia/pravne_predpisy/404-ACT-Of-21-October-2011-On-Residence-of-Foreigners-and-Amendment-and-Supplementation-of-Certain-Acts.pdf
Article 58 (1) A police department shall grant tolerated residence to a third country national, if there is no reason for the refusal of a request according to Art. 59 par. 12; a) who is a minor person found in the Slovak Republic territory;
https://mic.iom.sk/en/residence/permanent-residence/238-permanent-residence-for-five-years.html
- to an adult who has been granted tolerated residence or supplementary protection as an unaccompanied minor for a minimum of three years during which they studied at a school in the territory of the Slovak Republic;

What absence/continuity rules affect accumulation of the qualifying residence period?

The checked official sources did not provide enough route-specific evidence to confirm the absence and continuity rules for the qualifying period.

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Limits of the record

Searched e426eccfe635f869.txt and Act 404/2011 excerpt: no absence rules for five-year permanent residence.

What other major conditions apply, how is the status obtained, and what renewal, document-validity, retention or loss rules matter?

This permanent residence is granted for five years; holding it for at least 4 of those 5 years is a route to permanent residence for an unlimited time. The official source does not state a fixed renewal procedure at the five-year mark, other conditions or how the status is obtained.

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Limits of the record

This page does not itself state the renewal/expiry mechanics at the end of the five-year permanent-residence period, beyond the separate route to unlimited-time status.

IOM permanent-residence, five-year grant
The Foreign Police may grant the permanent residence for five years to a foreign national:
IOM permanent-residence, route to unlimited status
Has held permanent residence for five years at least for 4 years;

These are the answers currently recorded in the catalogue. A missing or partial answer is not an eligibility decision.

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Permanent Residence for Five Years

What exact status does accumulated residence lead to?

What qualifying residence period is required and when does the period begin?

Which types of residence count fully, partially or not at all where the official rules specify this?

What absence/continuity rules affect accumulation of the qualifying residence period?

What other major conditions apply, how is the status obtained, and what renewal, document-validity, retention or loss rules matter?

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