Moving to Slovenia

The single residence and work permit combines the residence permit and the work permit. You or your employer may apply for the first one: you at a Slovenian diplomatic mission or consular post abroad (at an administrative unit in Slovenia only in special cases the page lists), your employer there or at the administrative unit where it is established or where the work is done. The administrative unit obtains the Employment Service's consent itself. Documents include a travel document valid three months beyond the intended stay, health insurance covering at least emergency medical services where you are not compulsorily insured in Slovenia, means of subsistence each month of at least the basic minimum income in Slovenia, the employment or work contract signed by the employer, and a criminal record certificate from your home country. The first permit runs for the contract's validity, at most one year; a renewal, under the same conditions, at most two years. The consent is tied to one employer, so changing job or employer, or working for two or more employers, needs the administrative unit's written approval. Fees: EUR 102 at a mission abroad or EUR 70 at an administrative unit, plus EUR 12 for the residence permit card. Once you have lived in Slovenia for the last year on a temporary residence permit and hold one issued for at least one year, you may be joined by your family. You may apply for permanent residence after five continuous years of legal residence on a temporary residence permit. Regular naturalisation needs 10 years of actual residence in Slovenia, the last 5 continuous (Citizenship Act, Article 10, as consolidated in 2007). The page does not give a processing time, so that field is left empty.

Among the requirements: a valid work contract or binding job offer for highly qualified employment of at least 1 year; for a regulated profession, documents proving the national legal requirements are met, and for an unregulated one, proof of the relevant higher professional qualifications; a valid travel document; and proof of sickness insurance, or of having applied for it. The gross annual salary in the contract or offer must be at least 1.5 times the average gross annual salary in Slovenia, calculated from the average gross monthly wage last published in the Official Gazette, with no exceptions. That figure moves with each publication, so no euro amount is given here. Slovenia applies a labour market test. The card is issued for up to 2 years; if the contract is shorter, for its duration plus 3 months. Fees: EUR 102 when applying at a Slovenian diplomatic mission or consular post abroad, EUR 70 at an administrative unit in Slovenia, EUR 15.47 for the card and EUR 70 for a renewal. The authority must decide within 30 days of a complete application, or 60 days where a special fact-finding procedure is needed. Regular naturalisation needs 10 years of actual residence in Slovenia, the last 5 continuous (Citizenship Act, Article 10). The cited page does not say when permanent residence or family reunification becomes available, so those fields are left empty.

Before taking up self-employment you must have lived in Slovenia on a valid residence permit for at least one year, unless you are entered in the business register as pursuing a professional activity in a self-employed capacity (the page's examples are a lawyer, a private doctor and a detective). Apply at a Slovenian diplomatic mission or consular post abroad or at the administrative unit where you live in Slovenia. Documents include a travel document valid three months beyond the intended stay, health insurance covering at least emergency medical services where you are not compulsorily insured in Slovenia, means of subsistence each month of at least the basic minimum income in Slovenia, and a criminal record certificate from your home country. The permit runs for the period its purpose needs, at most one year, and can be extended for up to two years if you still meet the conditions for the first permit. Fees: EUR 102 at a mission abroad or EUR 70 at an administrative unit, plus EUR 12 for the residence permit card. Once you have lived in Slovenia for the last year on a temporary residence permit and hold one issued for at least one year, you may be joined by your family. You may apply for permanent residence after five continuous years of legal residence on a temporary residence permit. Regular naturalisation needs 10 years of actual residence in Slovenia, the last 5 continuous (Citizenship Act, Article 10, as consolidated in 2007). The page does not give a processing time, so that field is left empty.

Introduced on 21 November 2025. Open to nationals of countries outside the EU and EEA who are employed by, or work under a civil-law contract for, a business entity based outside Slovenia, or who work as self-employed persons abroad, with all the work done remotely through information and communication technologies. The essential point is that the holder does not enter the Slovenian labour market, so the labour-market admission requirements, including the Employment Service permit, do not apply. Means of subsistence must be at least twice the average monthly net salary in Slovenia, calculated from the average monthly gross salary most recently published in the Official Gazette; any lawful source of income counts. That figure moves with each publication, so no euro amount is given here. The permit is issued for up to 1 year and cannot be extended; a new one can be applied for six months after the previous one expires, and a holder who wants to stay may apply for a temporary residence permit for a different purpose at any time while this one is valid. Family members may join immediately, whatever the length of the holder's residence or of the permit's validity. Apply at a Slovenian diplomatic mission or consular post abroad, or at an administrative unit if already legally resident in Slovenia. The page does not say whether time on this permit counts toward permanent residence, nor what the fee or the processing time is, so those fields are left empty.

You must be enrolled in a university programme or another form of education, specialisation, professional training or practical training, or take part in an international study-exchange programme or another programme outside the formal education system. Apply for the first permit at a Slovenian diplomatic mission or consular post abroad; if you are already lawfully in Slovenia on one of the documents the page lists and can show enrolment, you may apply at an administrative unit in Slovenia. Documents include a travel document valid three months beyond the intended stay, health insurance covering at least emergency medical services where you are not compulsorily insured in Slovenia, means of subsistence each month of at least the basic minimum income in Slovenia, a criminal record certificate from your home country, and evidence of acceptance onto the course. The permit runs for the course, at most one year, and is extended annually while the course lasts. You may work during your studies under the rules governing employment relationships and student work, and after your studies an employer may apply for a permit for you while you apply for a further temporary residence permit from inside Slovenia. Fees: EUR 102 at a mission abroad or EUR 50 at an administrative unit, plus EUR 12 for the residence permit card. Once you have lived in Slovenia for the last year on a temporary residence permit and hold one issued for at least one year, you may be joined by your family. Time on a study permit counts as half toward the five years of continuous legal residence needed for permanent residence, so the years to permanent residence and to citizenship are left empty. The page does not give a processing time, so that field is left empty.

This route is for non-EU family members of a non-EU national living in Slovenia; the cited page does not cover the family of a Slovenian or other EU citizen. The sponsor qualifies by holding a permanent residence permit, or by having lived in Slovenia for the last year on a temporary residence permit and holding one issued for at least one year; a permit for seasonal work or cross-border work never gives the right. A holder of an EU Blue Card, a temporary residence permit for work in research and higher education, a single intra-corporate transferee permit, or a temporary residence permit in the interests of the Republic of Slovenia may be joined without that wait. Family members are the spouse, civil partner or long-term partner; the sponsor's unmarried minor children and those of the spouse or partner; the parents of a minor sponsor who lived with them before arrival; and adult unmarried children and parents whom the sponsor, spouse or partner must maintain under the law of their country of citizenship. In exceptional cases another relative may count, and in a polygamous marriage only one spouse can be admitted. The sponsor must show means to maintain each family member of at least the threshold for financial social assistance each month, and the family member needs health insurance covering at least emergency medical services where they are not compulsorily insured in Slovenia. The permit runs with the sponsor's permit, at most one year at first and two years on renewal. Fees: EUR 102 at a mission abroad or EUR 50 at an administrative unit, plus EUR 12 for the residence permit card. A family member may apply for permanent residence after five continuous years of legal residence on a temporary residence permit, or after two years where the sponsor holds a permanent residence permit. Regular naturalisation needs 10 years of actual residence in Slovenia, the last 5 continuous (Citizenship Act, Article 10, as consolidated in 2007). The page does not give a processing time, so that field is left empty.