The government may extend temporary protection by decree to specific groups of foreigners fleeing war. The Slovak Republic has granted temporary protection to former Yugoslavs, mostly from Bosnia and Kosovo. However, applicants who can demonstrate that the general presumption of safety in a country does not apply to them are exempt from these provisions. Slovakia considers Canada, the Czech Republic, EU member states, Iceland, Norway, Poland, Switzerland, and the United States to be safe third countries. The Slovak Republic employs an accelerated procedure through which the Migration Office may reject manifestly unfounded asylum claims within seven days.
Denied applicants have three days to file an appeal.
Applicants denied under the normal procedure have 15 days to file an appeal with the Migration Office, the same office responsible for making first- instance decisions. If the Migration Office does not grant asylum upon review, it refers the case to the Ministry of the Interior, which has 60 days to issue a decision. Negative decisions may be further appealed to the Supreme Court. Rejected asylum seekers are issued exit visas, valid for 30 days. When asylum seekers do not leave voluntarily, the authorities may expel them.