Slovakia - Apply for Child Passport

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Procedure

Application for issue of a passport by the child's parent, accompanied by those of the child's birth certificate and his identity card or passport (if not the holder of identity card). It is vital to charge an administrative fee for issuing the passport.

Both parents must sign the Passport Application Form. Where a father has applied to the court to become a joint guardian and the case has not yet been heard, his consent may be required.

If a joint guardian refuses to sign the Passport Application Form then the parent/guardian applying for the passport may apply to the local District Court to have the other guardian's consent dispensed with.

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Required Documents

• Valid identity card or valid passport (from which it is possible to prove citizenship SR).
• If a citizen does not hold a valid identity document, birth certificate, issued by the Slovak Republic and certificate of citizenship SR , not older than six months since its release.
• Applicant's marriage certificate issued in the Slovak Republic, if the interlace proof of identity indicated other name.
• Proof of granting academic degree, academic titles, artistic-pedagogical degree or another degree or academic degree, academic rank artistic or scientific ranks of university graduates; This document is not required if the title or rank are entered in the identity card or travel document surrendering.
• Previously issued passport.
• The application is not necessary to attach a photo, as the applicant must undergo Capturing a facial image, fingerprints and signature.

Office Locations & Contacts

Ministry of Interior
Pribinova 2
812 72 Bratislava
Phone: +421 9610 44559, +421 9610 44508
Fax: +421 9610 44397
E-mail: [email protected]
http://www.minv.sk

District Police Directorate

Eligibility

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Slovak Republic recommends the parents who plan to travel outside of the Slovak Republic with their children after June 26, 2012 to have individual passports issued for their children.

Fees

Passport person 6-16 years - 13 to 30 days, 26 to 10 working days and 39 within 2 working days.

Passport person younger than 6 years - 8 to 30 days, 16 to 10 working days and 24 within 2 working days.

Validity

• Citizen aged under 16 with a validity of five years and
• Citizen younger than 6 years is issued with a validity of two years; if the citizen holds a passport with a validity of 10 years, a second passport to issue him with a validity of five years,

Documents to Use

Passport application form

Sample Documents

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Processing Time

By default, the passport is issued within 30 days from the date of application. In the event that you need to equip passport before you can apply for shorten this period. The amount of the administrative fee to pay for standard or accelerated Passport, visit the Ministry of Interior.

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Instructions

• From June 26, 2012 applies to every citizen of the Slovak Republic, whether an adult or a minor child must have when traveling abroad a valid travel document. This means that from that date are not made to enroll children in parents' passports. While adult can travel within the EU and ID card, each child when traveling abroad must hold a valid passport.
• If parents of minor children rozden or divorced, both have in dealing with the passport for the child equal rights.
• A parent may have limited or denied the exercise of parental rights only if the court has ruled.
• This means that even the parent to whom the child has been entrusted to the care, can give your child draw a passport and do not need a written consent from the other parent.

Required Information

• Full Names
• Parents full names
• Address:
• City:
• State:
• Zip Code:
• Date of Birth:
• Work Phone:
• Home Phone:
• Email Address

Need for the Document

A Child Passport is an official document issued by a government, certifying a childs identity and citizenship and entitling them to travel under its protection to and from foreign countries.

A passport is a public document, which the citizens to prove their identity, nationality and other facts contained in the data in the travel document. A passport is the property of the Slovak Republic.

Information which might help

If travelling from one border-free Schengen country to another however, EU nationals are not required to show a passport or national ID card. It is still recommended that you travel with your passport or ID card to prove your identity if necessary though. Note that Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Ireland, Romania and the UK are not part of the Schengen area, so a passport or ID card is required if travelling to/from these countries.

Members of the Schengen area: Belgium, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Greece, the Netherlands, Iceland, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Hungary, Malta, Germany, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Austria, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Swiss Confederation, Sweden and Italy.

Other uses of the Document/Certificate

All children travelling abroad need their own passport.

Slovak citizens might encounter serious problems mainly when crossing external borders of the Schengen Area in some other member states if their children, even younger than five, do not have their own travel documents.

External Links

http://www.mzv.sk/en/ministry/diplomatic_guide

http://www.skonline.sk/

https://www.slovensko.sk/sk/zivotne-situacie/zivotna-situacia/_vybavujem-cestovny-pas/

Others

Explanatory laws:

• Act no. 647/2007 Coll travel documents and on amendments to certain laws.