A Slovak recruitment from the Philippines touches three Philippine-side offices in three countries: the Migrant Workers Office in Vienna for accreditation and contract verification, the Slovak Embassy in Jakarta for the visa, and the DMW in Manila for the exit documents. None of them is in Slovakia. This page sets the steps out in the order that keeps the labour office's 20 working days, the Foreign Police's 60 days and the Jakarta appointment aligned.
Recruitment runs through our own DMW-licensed agency, Prime Search Manpower Agency Inc. in Makati (licence DMW-027-LB-11182024): your company is accredited at the Migrant Workers Office in Vienna, which has covered Slovakia since October 2024, the job order is registered with the DMW, and every worker leaves Manila with a verified contract, medical clearance, pre-departure orientation and an Overseas Employment Certificate. Recruitment follows the employer-pays principle: no applicant pays for an interview, a trade test or a place on a shortlist. Your company is the employer from day one; we never employ or lease the workers.
The Migrant Workers Office in Vienna accredits the Slovak employer — recruitment agreement with our agency, job order, master employment contract, company documents — and verifies each contract before departure: that the employer exists, can pay what the contract says and offers acceptable conditions, in Slovakia including accommodation that meets the legal minimum at a lawful charge. The Philippine Embassy in Vienna supervises Slovakia and the Honorary Consulate General in Bratislava provides consular assistance; neither verifies contracts. The Slovak Embassy in Jakarta issues the national visa to residents of the Philippines in person — no other Slovak mission may — usually within five to seven working days of a complete application, with the full residence application attached. There is no Slovakia–Philippines labour agreement — the Joint Communiqué of 28 September 2026 (DMW × Slovak Ministry of Labour) set up a Labour Consultation Mechanism, a consultation framework rather than a recruitment programme — so the general rules apply on both sides, and the Philippine ban on direct hiring means Slovak employers recruit through a DMW-licensed agency.
Labour-office data for August 2026 count more than 147,000 foreign workers in Slovakia, 4,789 of them Filipinos — 88 % more than a year earlier and the fastest growth of any nationality on the list — in manufacturing, logistics and services. When MWO Vienna opened in October 2024, the Philippine authorities counted about 12,000 Filipinos in Croatia, Slovenia and Slovakia combined. The Slovak market is growing from a small base, which is why the Philippine side — a Jakarta trip, a Vienna verification, a Manila clinic — is still unfamiliar to most Slovak HR departments and why we run it as a fixed sequence rather than a discovery.
Recruitment runs through our own DMW-licensed agency, Prime Search Manpower Agency Inc. in Makati (licence DMW-027-LB-11182024): your company is accredited at the Migrant Workers Office in Vienna, which has covered Slovakia since October 2024, the job order is registered with the DMW, and every worker leaves Manila with a verified contract, medical clearance, pre-departure orientation and an Overseas Employment Certificate. Recruitment follows the employer-pays principle: no applicant pays for an interview, a trade test or a place on a shortlist. Your company is the employer from day one; we never employ or lease the workers.
Everything here is subject to Act No. 404/2011 Coll. on the residence of aliens and Act No. 5/2004 Coll. on employment services as amended (Acts 151/2025 and 128/2026), the quarterly ÚPSVaR shortage list, the Slovak consular practice for Philippine residents and Philippine DMW rules.
Because the Slovak Embassy in Jakarta is the only mission authorised to issue Slovak national visas to residents of the Philippines; the Czech Embassy in Manila represents Slovakia for short-stay Schengen visas only.
The Migrant Workers Office in Vienna, which has covered Slovakia since October 2024; the Honorary Consulate General in Bratislava provides consular assistance only.
No. Recruitment runs under Slovak immigration and employment law and the DMW rules; the Philippine ban on direct hiring applies.
Usually five to seven working days from a complete application, within a legal limit of thirty; the appointment is requested by e-mail or phone, and we book cohorts together.
General information for employers, not legal or migration advice. Rules change; we re-verify before each hire.