Licensed recruitment of skilled Filipino professionals for Slovak employers. Your company is the direct employer — we run selection in Manila, the Slovak permit process and the Philippine exit formalities end to end. From 1 worker.
Our Slovak market is served cross-border by our EU delivery entity. The dedicated Slovak site covers the complete national process — single permit, ÚPSVaR confirmation, shortage-occupation route — in Slovak.
Slovakia's plants employed over 147,000 foreigners in August 2026 and Filipinos were the fastest-growing group — up 88 % in a year. The permit is temporary residence for employment: a 20-working-day vacancy notification, no labour-market test for regional shortage occupations when third-country nationals are under 45 % of the workforce, €250, a 90-day decision, and — the step most employers miss — a national visa issued in person in Jakarta. These guides cover the process, the shortage list, the drivers' national visa, temporary work agencies, automotive and metal crews, care workers and the Philippine side through MWO Vienna.
Every Slovak project runs on the same backbone: you define the roles, headcount and start date; our own DMW-licensed agency in Manila, Prime Search, sources and trade-tests candidates; you approve the shortlist (on-site or online); and we manage the Slovak permit process under your power of attorney while the Philippine side — contract verification, medical, pre-departure orientation and the Overseas Employment Certificate — runs in parallel. The employment contract is signed and verified before departure; your new employee lands, completes local onboarding and clocks in.
The Slovak specifics below are the part that makes Slovakia different from every other market we serve.
Temporary residence for the purpose of employment (§ 23 Act 404/2011) — a single permit for stay and work since 15 July 2026. A Slovak employer notifies the vacancy to the labour office at least 20 working days before the residence application is filed; the labour office confirms that the vacancy may be filled by a third-country national — without a labour-market test when the occupation is on the quarterly ÚPSVaR shortage list for the region and the employer employs fewer than 45 % third-country nationals — and the Foreign Police decide on temporary residence for employment within 60 days of a complete application — 30 days where the job is on the kraj shortage list and the employer meets the statutory condition (§ 33(8) Act 404/2011; 90 days is the general period for other residence purposes) — fee €250, renewal €140. Act 128/2026 (15 July 2026) made the permit a single document for stay and work, lengthened the national visa to 120 days and gave workers who lose a job three months (six after two years) to find another; Act 151/2025 (1 September 2025) tightened accommodation and reporting duties and allowed temporary work agencies operating three or more years to assign third-country nationals. Residents of the Philippines apply for the Slovak national visa in person at the Slovak Embassy in Jakarta — the Czech Embassy in Manila handles only short-stay Schengen visas — and a separate national-visa route under Government Regulation 113/2023 admits Filipino bus and international truck drivers within a quota of 5,000 a year. Filipinos were the fastest-growing foreign workforce in Slovakia in 2026: 4,789 employed in August, 88 % more than a year earlier.
Labour-market test: Built into the labour office's confirmation after a 20-working-day vacancy notification; waived for occupations on the quarterly ÚPSVaR shortage list for the region when the employer employs fewer than 45 % third-country nationals. The former district rule (unemployment below 5 %) was abolished on 1 January 2023; the cap on third-country nationals, then 30 %, was later raised to the current 45 %.
Shortage occupations: Quarterly ÚPSVaR list of occupations with a labour shortage per region (kraj) — production operators, assemblers, welders, machinists, drivers and warehouse roles appear in the industrial regions in most quarters; checked for the quarter in which the vacancy is notified. Bus and international truck drivers from the Philippines may also come on the national visa under Government Regulation 113/2023 (quota 5,000 a year, up to one year, convertible to residence with the same employer since Act 128/2026).
Deploying a Filipino worker abroad is regulated by the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW). Migrant Workers Office Vienna (Philippine Embassy in Vienna) has covered Slovakia since October 2024 — employer accreditation and contract verification; the Honorary Consulate General in Bratislava provides consular assistance. The verified contract, together with the job order approved by the DMW, allows the worker to obtain the Overseas Employment Certificate (OEC) — the exit clearance without which no Filipino worker can legally leave for a job abroad. Pre-employment orientation, medical examination at a DOH-accredited medical clinic authorised to examine overseas Filipino workers and pre-departure orientation complete the sequence. Because we operate the licensed agency ourselves, this runs in parallel with the Slovak permit rather than after it.
Typical gate-to-gate time for Slovakia is 4–6 months from brief to first working day from signed engagement to the first arrival, driven mainly by the 20-working-day vacancy notification, the Foreign Police's 90-day deadline from a complete file, and the in-person visa application at the Slovak Embassy in Jakarta. Sourcing and trade testing usually take two to four weeks and are not on the critical path. We give you a written timeline for your specific role before you commit.
Sectors where Slovak employers most often hire Filipino workers through us:
Our contractual partner is the employer, and it is the employer we invoice for the service. You receive an individual offer for Slovakia covering sourcing, trade testing, documentation, the permit process and arrival support — there is no price list, because volumes, roles and the Slovak route differ from project to project. Direct employment means the worker's wage is paid by you under your Slovak contract; there is no intermediary employer.
A Slovak employer briefs us on roles and headcount. Within two to four weeks we present trade-tested candidates from Manila with video assessments; the employer interviews online and approves. We file the temporary residence for the purpose of employment under power of attorney while Prime Search completes the DMW documentation. The employment contracts are signed and MWO-verified before departure; on arrival the workers complete registration and local onboarding and start on the floor — with our team reachable for the first months of integration. Whether the project is one specialist or a full shift, the mechanics are identical.
Yes — filipincidofiriem.sk covers the Slovak process in detail.
In person at the Slovak Embassy in Jakarta, which has jurisdiction for residents of the Philippines and decides in about five to seven working days; the Czech Embassy in Manila issues only short-stay Schengen visas on Slovakia's behalf. We plan the Jakarta trip into the calendar and the budget.
No. Our EU delivery entity supports cross-border delivery under the EU freedom to provide services, subject to Slovak requirements; you remain the direct employer. Agency assignment of third-country nationals is lawful only for a temporary work agency operating three or more years.
The labour-market test is waived when the occupation is on the quarterly regional shortage list and third-country nationals are fewer than 45 % of your workforce; we plan cohorts so that the share stays under the threshold for each file. The old 30 % cap was raised to 45 %.
Up to 60 days from a complete application for temporary residence for employment (§ 33(8)(b) Act 404/2011, since 15 July 2024) — 30 days on the kraj shortage track, 90 days for other residence purposes; since 15 July 2026 the deadline runs from the complete file and missing documents are requested within 15 days.
Bus and international truck drivers from the Philippines may come on the national visa under Government Regulation 113/2023 — quota 5,000 a year, up to one year — and move to temporary residence with the same employer under Act 128/2026.