Based on the information published by the Ministry of the Interior of the Slovak Republic, the validity of the certificates for qualified electronic signature (QES) on electronic ID cards and electronic foreigner documents issued before 21 June 2021 will expire on 31 December 2022. The reason for their expiration is the expired certification of the smart card on the identity document as a qualified signature and seal device.
The expiration of the certificate means that those users whose ID card was issued before 21 June 2021 and who use the electronic ID card for signing documents (e.g. for electronic submission of tax returns, notifications, reports on the financial administration portal) will be obliged to apply for a new ID card with a new signature certificate. For users, who do not use electronic signing via their ID card, nothing changes in this case.
ID card replacement can only be applied for in person. There will be a fee (EUR 4.50) for the ID card replacement.
At the beginning of August 2022, information came out from the Ministry of Interior of the Slovak Republic that a temporary, emergency solution was being worked on, where physical exchange of identity documents would supposedly not be necessary. However, the details have still not been made public.