Visa requirements for Slovak citizens

Not to be confused with Visa requirements for Slovenian citizens.

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A Slovak passport

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A Slovak identity card is valid for travel to most European countries.

Visa requirements for Slovak citizens are administrative entry restrictions by the authorities of other states placed on citizens of Slovakia. As of November 2024, Slovak citizens had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 184 countries and territories, ranking the Slovak passport 9th in terms of travel freedom (tied with Icelandic passport, Latvian and Slovenian passports) according to the Henley Passport Index.

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Visa requirements for Slovak citizens

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Visa requirements

Country	Visa requirement	Allowed stay	Notes (excluding departure fees)
Afghanistan	Visa required
Albania	Visa not required	90 days	ID card valid
Algeria	Visa required
Andorra	Visa not required		ID card valid
Angola	Visa not required	30 days	International Certificate of Vaccination required
Antigua and Barbuda	Visa not required	6 months
Argentina	Visa not required	90 days
Armenia	Visa not required	180 days
Australia	eVisitor	90 days	90 days on each visit in 12-month period if granted
Austria	Visa not required	Freedom of movement ID card valid
Azerbaijan	eVisa	30 days
Bahamas	Visa not required	3 months
Bahrain	eVisa / Visa on arrival	14 days	Visa is also obtainable online.
Bangladesh	Visa on arrival	30 days
Barbados	Visa not required	90 days
Belarus	Visa not required	30 days	Visa-free until 31 December 2024.
Belgium	Visa not required	Freedom of movement ID card valid
Belize	Visa not required
Benin	eVisa / Visa on arrival	30 days / 8 days	Must have an international vaccination certificate.
Bhutan	eVisa		Must pay 100 USD per person per day for Sustainable Development Fee
Bolivia	Visa not required	90 days
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Visa not required	90 days	90 days within any 6-month period ID card valid
Botswana	Visa not required	90 days
Brazil	Visa not required	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period
Brunei	Visa not required	90 days
Bulgaria	Visa not required	Freedom of movement ID card valid
Burkina Faso	Visa on arrival	1 month
Burundi	Visa on arrival
Cambodia	eVisa / Visa on arrival	30 days
Cameroon	eVisa	30 days
Canada	Visa not required	6 months	eTA required if arriving by air.
Cape Verde	Visa not required	30 days	Must register online at least five days prior to arrival.
Central African Republic	Visa required
Chad	Visa required
Chile	Visa not required	90 days
China	Visa not required	30 days	*Visa-free from 8 November, 2024 to 31 December, 2025. {{#section-h::Template:Transcluded sections for the visa articles|China. Transit}}
Colombia	Visa not required	90 days	90 days - extendable up to 180-days stay within a one-year period
Comoros	Visa on arrival	45 days
Republic of the Congo	Visa required
Democratic Republic of the Congo	eVisa	7 days
Costa Rica	Visa not required	90 days
Côte d'Ivoire	eVisa	3 months	eVisa holders must arrive via Port Bouet Airport.
Croatia	Visa not required	Freedom of movement ID card valid
Cuba	Tourist Card / eVisa	90 days	Can be extended to another 90 days
Cyprus	Visa not required	Freedom of movement ID card valid
Czech Republic	Visa not required	Freedom of movement ID card valid
Denmark	Visa not required	Freedom of movement (DK) ID card valid
Djibouti	eVisa	31 days
Dominica	Visa not required	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period
Dominican Republic	Visa not required	30 days	can be extended up to 120 days with fee
Ecuador	Visa not required	90 days
Egypt	eVisa / Visa on arrival	30 days	Visa required, except for a max. stay of 15 days for holders of normal passports, traveling as tourists and arriving at Sharm El Sheik (SSH), Saint Catherine (SKV) or Taba (TCP) airports and remaining in the Sinai resorts.
El Salvador	Visa not required	180 days
Equatorial Guinea	eVisa		Must arrive via Malabo International Airport, processing fee 75 USD
Eritrea	Visa required
Estonia	Visa not required	Freedom of movement ID card valid
Eswatini	Visa not required	30 days
Ethiopia	eVisa / Visa on arrival	up to 90 days	{{#section-h::Template:Transcluded sections for the visa articles|Ethiopia. eVisa/VOA}}
Fiji	Visa not required	4 months
Finland	Visa not required	Freedom of movement ID card valid
France	Visa not required	Freedom of movement (in Regions of France) ID card valid
Gabon	eVisa / Visa on arrival	90 days	Electronic visa holders must arrive via Libreville International Airport.
Gambia	Visa not required	90 days
Georgia	Visa not required	1 year	ID card valid
Germany	Visa not required	Freedom of movement ID card valid
Ghana	Visa required
Greece	Visa not required	Freedom of movement ID card valid
Grenada	Visa not required	3 months
Guatemala	Visa not required	90 days
Guinea	eVisa	90 days
Guinea-Bissau	eVisa / Visa on arrival	90 days
Guyana	Visa required
Haiti	Visa not required	90 days
Honduras	Visa not required	90 days
Hungary	Visa not required	Freedom of movement ID card valid
Iceland	Visa not required	Freedom of movement ID card valid
India	e-Visa	30 days
Indonesia	eVisa / Visa on arrival	30 days	Not available at all entry points.
Iran	eVisa	30 days
Iraq	eVisa / Visa on arrival
Ireland	Visa not required	Freedom of movement ID card valid
Israel	Visa not required	90 days
Italy	Visa not required	Freedom of movement ID card valid
Jamaica	Visa not required	30 days
Japan	Visa not required	90 days
Jordan	Visa on arrival	30 days	40 JOD payable upon arrival by cash/credit card
Kazakhstan	Visa not required	30 days
Kenya	Electronic Travel Authorization	3 months	{{#section-h::Template:Transcluded sections for the visa articles|Kenya. eTA}}
Kiribati	Visa not required	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period
North Korea	Visa required
South Korea	Visa not required	90 days
Kuwait	eVisa / Visa on arrival	3 months
Kyrgyzstan	Visa not required	60 days
Laos	eVisa / Visa on arrival	30 days	{{#section-h::Template:Transcluded sections for the visa articles|Laos. Visa on arrival}}
Latvia	Visa not required	Freedom of movement ID card valid
Lebanon	Visa on arrival	1 month	Extendable for 2 additional months Granted free of charge at Beirut International Airport or any other port of entry if there is no Israeli visa or seal, holding a telephone number, an address in Lebanon, and a non refundable return or circle trip ticket.
Lesotho	eVisa	44 days	Currently suspended.
Liberia	Visa required
Libya	eVisa	30 days
Liechtenstein	Visa not required	Freedom of movement ID card valid
Lithuania	Visa not required	Freedom of movement ID card valid
Luxembourg	Visa not required	Freedom of movement ID card valid
Madagascar	eVisa / Visa on arrival	90 days
Malawi	eVisa / Visa on arrival	90 days
Malaysia	Visa not required	90 days
Maldives	Free visa on arrival	30 days
Mali	Visa required
Malta	Visa not required	Freedom of movement ID card valid
Marshall Islands	Visa not required	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period
Mauritania	Visa on arrival		Available at Nouakchott–Oumtounsy International Airport.
Mauritius	Visa not required	180 days	180 days per calendar year for tourism, 120 days per calendar year for business
Mexico	Visa not required	180 days
Micronesia	Visa not required	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period
Moldova	Visa not required	90 days	90 days within any 180 days period ID card valid
Monaco	Visa not required		ID card valid
Mongolia	Visa not required	30 days	The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Mongolia has exempted visas for 34 countries from January 2023 to December 2025.
Montenegro	Visa not required	90 days	ID card valid for 30 days
Morocco	Visa not required	90 days
Mozambique	Visa on arrival	30 days
Myanmar	eVisa	28 days	eVisa holders must arrive via Yangon, Nay Pyi Taw or Mandalay airports or via land border crossings with Thailand — Tachileik, Myawaddy and Kawthaung or India — Rih Khaw Dar and Tamu. eVisa available for both tourism (allowed stay is 28 days) or business (allowed stay is 70 days) purposes.
Namibia	Visa on arrival	90 days	Available at Hosea Kutako International Airport.
Nauru	Visa required
Nepal	Visa on arrival	90 days
Netherlands	Visa not required	Freedom of movement (European Netherlands) ID card valid
New Zealand	Electronic Travel Authority	3 months	International Visitor Conservation and Tourism Levy must be paid upon requesting an Electronic Travel Authority. Holders of an Australian Permanent Resident Visa or Resident Return Visa may be granted a New Zealand Resident Visa on arrival permitting indefinite stay (pursuant to the Trans-Tasman Travel Arrangement), subject to meeting character requirements and obtaining an Electronic Travel Authority prior to departure. Such travellers are not required to pay the International Visitor Conservation and Tourism Levy.
Nicaragua	Visa not required	90 days	All visitors are required to obtain a Tourist Card on arrival.
Niger	Visa required
Nigeria	eVisa
North Macedonia	Visa not required	90 days	ID card valid
Norway	Visa not required	Freedom of movement ID card valid
Oman	Visa not required	14 days	30 days eVisa also available
Pakistan	eVisa	90 days	free of charge
Palau	Visa not required	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period
Panama	Visa not required	180 days
Papua New Guinea	Easy Visitor Permit	60 days
Paraguay	Visa not required	90 days
Peru	Visa not required	90 days	90 days within any 6-month period
Philippines	Visa not required	30 days
Poland	Visa not required	Freedom of movement ID card valid
Portugal	Visa not required	Freedom of movement ID card valid
Qatar	Visa not required	90 days
Romania	Visa not required	Freedom of movement ID card valid
Russia	eVisa	16 days	e-Visa holders must arrive and depart via 29 checkpoints
Rwanda	eVisa / Visa on arrival	30 days
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Visa not required	3 months
Saint Lucia	Visa not required	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Visa not required	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period
Samoa	Visa not required	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period
San Marino	Visa not required		ID card valid
São Tomé and Príncipe	eVisa	15 days
Saudi Arabia	eVisa / Visa on arrival	90 days
Senegal	Visa not required	90 days
Serbia	Visa not required	90 days	90 days within any 6-month period ID card valid
Seychelles	Visa not required	90 days
Sierra Leone	Visa on arrival	1 month
Singapore	Visa not required	90 days
Slovenia	Visa not required	Freedom of movement ID card valid
Solomon Islands	Visa not required	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period
Somalia	Visa on arrival		{{#section-h::Template:Transcluded sections for the visa articles|Somalia. VOA/3}}
South Africa	eVisa
South Sudan	Electronic Visa		Obtainable online Printed visa authorization must be presented at the time of travel
Spain	Visa not required	Freedom of movement ID card valid
Sri Lanka	eVisa / Visa on arrival	30 days
Sudan	Visa required
Suriname	Visa not required	90 days	An entrance fee of 25 USD or 25 Euros must be paid online prior to arrival. Multiple entry eVisa is also available.
Sweden	Visa not required	Freedom of movement ID card valid
Switzerland	Visa not required	Freedom of movement ID card valid
Syria	eVisa	90 days
Tajikistan	Visa not required	30 days	60 days eVisa also available.
Tanzania	eVisa / Visa on arrival
Thailand	Visa not required	60 days
Timor-Leste	Visa not required	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period
Togo	eVisa	7 days
Tonga	Visa not required	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period
Trinidad and Tobago	Visa not required	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period
Tunisia	Visa not required	3 months	ID card valid on organized tours
Turkey	Visa not required	90 days
Turkmenistan	Visa required
Tuvalu	Visa not required	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period
Uganda	eVisa / Visa on arrival		May apply online.
Ukraine	Visa not required	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period
United Arab Emirates	Visa not required	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period
United Kingdom	Visa not required	6 months
United States	Visa Waiver Program	90 days	On arrival from overseas; ESTA (valid for 2 years when issued) required if arriving by air or cruise ship.
Uruguay	Visa not required	90 days
Uzbekistan	Visa not required	30 days
Vanuatu	Visa not required	120 days
Vatican City	Visa not required		ID card valid
Venezuela	Visa not required	90 days
Vietnam	eVisa	90 days	30 days visa free when visit Phu Quoc Island
Yemen	Visa required
Zambia	Visa not required	90 days	Also eligible for a universal visa allowing access to Zimbabwe.
Zimbabwe	Visa on arrival	30 days	Also eligible for a universal visa allowing access to Zambia.

Territories and disputed areas

Visa requirements for Slovak citizens for visits to various territories, disputed areas, partially recognized countries and restricted zones:

Visitor to	Visa requirement	Allowed stay	Notes (excluding departure fees)
Europe
Abkhazia	Visa required
File:Flag of the Greek Orthodox Church.svg Mount Athos	Special permit required	4 days	Special permit required (25 euro for Orthodox visitors, 35 euro for non-Orthodox visitors, 18 euro for students). There is a visitors' quota: maximum 100 Orthodox and 10 non-Orthodox per day and women are not allowed.
Brest and Grodno	Visa not required	Visa-free for 10 days
Crimea	eVisa	16 days	Visa issued by Russia is required.
Northern Cyprus	Visa not required	3 months	ID card valid.
UN Buffer Zone in Cyprus	Access Permit required		Access Permit is required for travelling inside the zone, except Civil Use Areas.
Faroe Islands	Visa not required	90 days	ID card valid.
Gibraltar	Visa not required	6 months	ID card valid.
Guernsey	Visa not required	6 months
Jersey	Visa not required	6 months
Isle of Man	Visa not required	6 months
Jan Mayen	Permit required		Permit issued by the local police required for staying for less than 24 hours and permit issued by the Norwegian police for staying for more than 24 hours.
Kosovo	Visa not required	90 days	ID card valid
Russia	Special authorization required		Several closed cities and regions in Russia require special authorization.
South Ossetia	Russian multiple entry visa required		Multiple entry visa to Russia and three-day prior notification are required to enter South Ossetia.
Transnistria	Visa not required	24 hours	Registration required after 24h.
Africa
British Indian Ocean Territory	Special permit required		Special permit required.
Eritrea outside Asmara	Travel permit required		To travel in the rest of the country, a Travel Permit for Foreigners is required (20 Eritrean nakfa).
Canary Islands	Visa not required	Freedom of movement ID card valid
Ceuta	Visa not required	Freedom of movement ID card valid
Melilla	Visa not required	Freedom of movement ID card valid
Madeira	Visa not required	Freedom of movement ID card valid
Mayotte	Visa not required	Freedom of movement ID card valid
Réunion	Visa not required	Freedom of movement ID card valid
Ascension Island	eVisa	3 months within any year period
Saint Helena	Visitor's Pass on arrival		Visitor's Pass granted on arrival valid for 4/10/21/60/90 days for 12/14/16/20/25 pound sterling.
Tristan da Cunha	Permission required		Permission to land required for 15/30 pounds sterling (yacht/ship passenger) for Tristan da Cunha Island or 20 pounds sterling for Gough Island, Inaccessible Island or Nightingale Islands.
Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic	Visa not required	90 days	Same visa regime as Morocco.
Somaliland	Visa on arrival	30 days for 30 USD, payable on arrival.
Sudan	Travel permit required		All foreigners traveling more than 25 kilometers outside of Khartoum must obtain a travel permit.
Darfur	Travel permit required		Separate travel permit is required.
Asia
Hainan	Visa not required	30 days	Individual tourists need to select a tour agency and inform them their schedule.
Hong Kong	Visa not required	90 days
India PAP/RAP	PAP/RAP required		Protected Area Permit (PAP) required for whole states of Nagaland and Sikkim and parts of states Manipur, Arunachal Pradesh, Uttaranchal, Jammu and Kashmir, Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh. Restricted Area Permit (RAP) required for all of Andaman and Nicobar Islands and parts of Sikkim. Some of these requirements are occasionally lifted for a year.
Iraqi Kurdistan	eVisa	15 days	You can apply for an e-Visa (30 days) to visit the Iraqi Kurdistan Region.
Kazakhstan	Special permission required		Special permission required for the town of Baikonur and surrounding areas in Kyzylorda Oblast, and the town of Gvardeyskiy near Almaty.
Kish Island	Visa not required		Visitors to Kish Island do not require a visa.
Macao	Visa not required	90 days
Sabah and Sarawak	Visa not required		These states have their own immigration authorities and passport is required to travel to them, however the same visa applies.
North Korea outside Pyongyang	Special permit required		People are not allowed to leave the capital city, tourists can only leave the capital with a governmental tourist guide (no independent moving)
Palestine	Visa not required		Arrival by sea to Gaza Strip not allowed.
Taiwan	Visa not required	90 days
Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province	OVIR permit required		OVIR permit required, can be obtained with e-visa application for an additional $20. Locally it may be obtained for 15+5 Tajikistani Somoni. Another special permit (free of charge) is required for Lake Sarez.
Tibet Autonomous Region	TTP required		Tibet Travel Permit required (10 US Dollars).
Turkmenistan	Special permit required		A special permit, issued prior to arrival by Ministry of Foreign Affairs, is required if visiting the following places: Atamurat, Cheleken, Dashoguz, Serakhs and Serhetabat.
Korean Demilitarized Zone	Restricted zone
UNDOF Zone and Ghajar	Restricted zone
Phú Quốc	Visa not required	30 days
Yemen	Special permission required		Special permission needed for travel outside Sana’a or Aden.
Caribbean and North Atlantic
Azores	Visa not required	Freedom of movement ID card valid
Anguilla	Visa not required	3 months
Aruba	Visa not required	30 days, extendable to 180 days
Bermuda	Visa not required	Up to 6 months, decided on arrival.
Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba	Visa not required	3 months
British Virgin Islands	Visa not required	30 days, extensions possible
Cayman Islands	Visa not required	6 months
Curacao	Visa not required	3 months
Greenland	Visa not required	90 days
Guadeloupe	Visa not required	Freedom of movement ID card valid
Martinique	Visa not required	Freedom of movement ID card valid
Montserrat	Visa not required	6 months	ID card valid (max. 14 days)
Puerto Rico	ESTA	90 days (same as for USA)
Saint Barthélemy	Visa not required		ID card valid
Saint Martin	Visa not required	Freedom of movement ID card valid
Saint Pierre and Miquelon	Visa not required		ID card valid
San Andrés and Leticia	Tourist Card on arrival		Visitors arriving at Gustavo Rojas Pinilla International Airport and Alfredo Vásquez Cobo International Airport must buy tourist cards on arrival.
Sint Maarten	Visa not required	3 months
Turks and Caicos Islands	Visa not required	90 days
U.S. Virgin Islands	ESTA	90 days
Oceania
American Samoa	Electronic authorization	30 days
Ashmore and Cartier Islands	Special authorisation required		Special authorisation required.
Clipperton Island	Special permit required		Special permit required.
Cook Islands	Visa not required	31 days
Lau Province	Special permission required		Special permission required.
Guam	ESTA	90 days
New Caledonia	Visa not required		ID card valid
Niue	Visa on arrival	30 days
Northern Mariana Islands	ESTA	90 days
Pitcairn Islands	Visa not required	14 days	Landing fee US$35 or tax of US$5 if not going ashore.
French Polynesia	Visa not required		ID card valid
Tokelau	Entry permit required
United States Minor Outlying Islands	Special permits required		Special permits required for Baker Island, Howland Island, Jarvis Island, Johnston Atoll, Kingman Reef, Midway Atoll, Palmyra Atoll and Wake Island.
Wallis and Futuna	Visa not required		ID card valid.
South America
French Guiana	Visa not required	Freedom of movement ID card valid
File:Bandera Provincia Galápagos.svg Galápagos	Online pre-registration required		Online pre-registration is required. Transit Control Card must also be obtained at the airport prior to departure.
South Atlantic and Antarctica
Falkland Islands	Visa not required		A visitor permit is normally issued as a stamp in the passport on arrival, The maximum validity period is 1 month.
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands	Permit required		Pre-arrival permit from the Commissioner required (72 hours/1 month for 110/160 pounds sterling).
Antarctica	Permit required		Special permits required for British Antarctic Territory, French Southern and Antarctic Lands, Argentine Antarctica, Australian Antarctic Territory, Chilean Antarctic Territory, Heard Island and McDonald Islands, Peter I Island, Queen Maud Land, Ross Dependency.

Non-ordinary passports

Holders of various categories of official Slovak passports have additional visa-free access to the following countries - Algeria (diplomatic or service passports), Azerbaijan (diplomatic or service passports), Belarus (diplomatic or service passports), China (diplomatic, service or special passports), Egypt (diplomatic, official, service or special passports), Indonesia (diplomatic or service passports), Kazakhstan (diplomatic or service passports), Mongolia (diplomatic or official passports), Russia (diplomatic and service passports), Uzbekistan (diplomatic or service passports) and Vietnam (diplomatic passports). Holders of diplomatic or service passports of any country have visa-free access to Cape Verde, Ethiopia, Mali and Zimbabwe.

Non-visa restrictions

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Right to consular protection in non-EU countries

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Countries with Slovak diplomatic missions

When in a non-EU country where there is no Slovak embassy, Slovak citizens as EU citizens have the right to get consular protection from the embassy of any other EU country present in that country. See also List of diplomatic missions of Slovakia.

See also

• Visa requirements for European Union citizens
• Slovak passport