No visa needed

Do citizens of Ukraine need a visa for Slovakia?

Citizens of Ukraine don’t need a visa for Slovakia and can stay up to 90 days. You need a valid passport; border officers may ask for a return ticket and accommodation. For a longer stay you need a visa or an extension.

For citizens of Ukraine: the passport opens 89 countries visa-free; Kyiv — Bratislava: ≈ 1,000 km, about 2 hours of flying.

Checked by visa analyst Albert Brown, 13 years of experience · September 26, 2026

At a glance

No visa needed

Stay: 90 days

Can I travel to Slovakia without a visa on a Ukraine passport?

Yes, citizens of Ukraine don’t need a visa for Slovakia for up to 90 days. A valid passport is enough.

Slovakia visa rules at a glance

With a Ukraine passport you can visit 89 countries visa-free, 36 with a visa on arrival and 38 with an e-visa; 35 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Ukraine passport ranks 68th of 199.
Ukraine passport: visa-free access to 89 countries; Slovakia passport: 119.
Citizens of Ukraine and Slovakia can travel together visa-free to 85 countries, for example: Moldova, Belarus, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Latvia, Hungary, Serbia, Bulgaria, Austria, Estonia, Kosovo, Finland, Czech Republic, and North Macedonia.
Ukraine and Slovakia share a border, so you can also travel overland.
Citizens of Slovakia, in turn, don’t need a visa for Ukraine. Ukraine visa for citizens of Slovakia

Travelling to Slovakia: good to know

Kyiv — Bratislava: about 1,000 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 2 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: −1 hour.
Local time: Kyiv 12:00 — Bratislava 11:00.
Local currency: Euro.
Languages: Slovak.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ €0.88.
Slovakia is the 10th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Ukraine.