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8 January 2026: As officially announced by the Ministry of the Interior , a Foreign Police Unit has been opened in Snina on 2 January 2026. It is located within the premises of the Snina District Office, at Partizánska 1057/21 .
This unit will primarily handle:
- Exchange of paper Temporary Protection documents for new plastic ID cards
- Registration of new applicants for Temporary Protection.
Snina Opening Hours:
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday: 08:00–15:00; Wednesday: 09:00–17:00; Friday: 08:00–14:00
Appointments are mandatory and must be booked through the updated reservation system .
IMPORTANT: If you recently came to Slovakia, here you can find information about the possibility to seek protection (asylum) in Slovakia, and about the document “Potvrdenie o zotrvaní” you may have been issued.
This information was prepared by the organization Human Rights League and is available for download in the following language versions: Arabic, English, Pashto, Turkish, and Slovak.
If you seek more information about asylum in Slovakia, please click here.
The information on international protection in Slovakia is available for download in the following language versions: Arabic, English, Persian, French, Kurdish, Pashto, Russian, Slovak, Swahili, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu, and Vietnamese.
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