Documents of a resident of Slovakia.

Take a look at my previous post.
https://peakd.com/hive-165469/@artem-sokoloff/technical-inspection-of-cars-in-slovakia
It is about the technical control of the car in Slovakia. According to the plan, the next post must be about the post "Buying and owning a car by a non-citizen". Today I thought that such thr post would not be clear without an explanation of the documents of a resident of Slovakia.

Let's get started.
A resident is a person who lives in a "foreign" country not as a tourist. That is, no longer a tourist, but not a citizen. This post will talk about such people.

I now have Ukrainian citizenship. I live in Slovakia. I am a resident of Slovakia. This post is not legal advice. It is just my experience and my personal opinion.

Ukraine has a visa-free regime with the European Union. And Slovakia is a country of the European Union. On the part of the Slovak Republic, there are countries with a visa-free regime and countries with a visa regime. I can tell you about the first option.

There are no visas for such countries. Such a system does not work in all EU countries. That is, a non-citizen cannot be on the territory of the country only in two legal statuses: tourist and resident.
Tourist, everything is simple here. Arrived with a biometric passport and you are here. You can relax, attend seminars, volunteer and much more.

It is more and more difficult with a resident.
You can become a resident (and it is necessary) if: you work, do business, live here permanently with relatives and much more. To do this, you must obtain a POBYT document. This is a residence permit. It can be of two types: limited in time, not limited in time. Unlimited POBYT can be obtained after 5 years of stay in the country.

POBYT grants many rights. It acts as a passport. You can buy a car, buy a home, get a mortgage, enter into contracts with utilities, use banks. In fact, to feel like a normal citizen of your country.

Of the disadvantages. You have to spend more than half of your time in Slovakia. Your life for 2 years. Then you can leave for a total of no more than 364 days in Slovakia. This does not work for the Schengen zóne. You just can't be tracked. Personally for me this disadvantage is not a real disadvantage ))

Such a useful document. After 8 years of legal residence, you can try to obtain citizenship.

Thank you for your attention. I look forward to your support.