Slovak passport

Slovak passport
*Slovenský pas*
Slovak passport; Slovenský pas;
	The front cover of a contemporary Slovak biometric passport.
Type	Passport
Issued by	Slovakia
First issued	1 April 1993; 15 January 2008; (biometric passport booklet); 26 November 2014; (current version)
Purpose	Identification
Eligibility	Slovak citizenship
Cost	€50/€100/€150; (age 16 and over, 30/10/2 days); €20/€40/€60; (age 6 - 16, 30/10/2 days); €12/€24/€36 ; (age 6 and under, 30/10/2 days)

The Slovak passport (Slovak: Slovenský pas) is issued to citizens of Slovakia to enable legal international travel. Every Slovak citizen is also a citizen of the European Union. The passport, along with the national identity card allows for free rights of movement and residence in any of the states of the European Economic Area and Schengen Area.

Every Slovak citizen is entitled to possess two passports of the same kind, if so desired. The second passport is valid for 5 years (instead of the standard 10 years), while the fee remains the same. Passports in Slovakia are issued by the police.

History

Slovakia started issuing the current biometric passports on 15 January 2008. The biometric data consisted of the face picture. On 22 June 2009 the passports were changed to include second biometric data of the fingerprints. Because of the nature of biometric data acquirement, passports are now issued only directly to the passport owners.^[2]

Visa requirements

In 2023, Slovak citizens had visa-free or visa-on-arrival access to 184 countries and territories, putting the Slovak passport at the 8th rank of travel freedom (tied with Latvia and Slovenia) on the Henley Passport Index.^[3]

Gallery of historic images

Slovak passport issued between 1939 and 1945, by the First Slovak Republic
The non-biometric version issued between 1994 and 2005. The photo was glued onto the data page, which was then laminated
The non-biometric version issued between 2005 and 2008. The photo was imprinted directly onto the data page. Note that this is a specimen