Business migration

Relocate or migrate, invest or expand business in Slovenia

Business immigration steps and terms 

Work&residence  permit or EU Blue Card WRP 

Corporate personel relocation

Opening your own company and employment in this company gives you the right to run a business in EU, as well as to obtain residence permit in Slovenia for you and your family members.

The procedure for issuing documents based on business immigration is simple and in general consists of three stages:

  1. Company registration, deposit of initial capital (3-7 days)
  2. Fulfilment of conditions of active business or creation of a unique vacancy 
  3. (1-6 months)
  4. Obtaining work and residence permit (2-3 months)

The specific needs of each of our customers define the details of the procedure that are going to be in the hands of our experienced and devoted specialists.

Active business management is considered as fulfilment of one of three conditions:

  • Investments in fixed assets in the amount of not less than 50.000€ in the first 6 months of the existence of the company.
  • Monthly turnover of the company is not less than 10.000€ for the period of 6 months or Employment of one person that already has work and has a residence permit in Slovenia for 6 months.
  • To create a unique vacancy, you need a high education, confirmed by an apostilled diploma. It is possible to become employed as a specialist after checking the position of your company’s vacancy in the Slovenian labour market.

Business immigration steps and terms (employment in one’s own company) 

  1. Obtaining a tax ID
  2. Registration of a company
  3. Opening of a company’s operating account
  4. Meeting requirements for document submission and obtaining a combined residence and work permit
  5. Registration in the system of compulsory health insurance
  6. Registration at the place of residence

The waiting period for obtaining a combined residence and work permit is from 2 to 9 months depending on the procedure type.

What to choose: Work&residence permit or EU Blue Card WRP (comparison)

WRP (work & residence permit)EU BLUE CARD WRP (work & residence permit)
Investment/entry conditions
– Minimum 50.000€ or – employment of worker for 6 months or – 10.000€ revenue per month for 6 months
No investment needed

Education level
University education is not required
Minimum University or equal level of education required

Validity & prolongation
First WRP issued for 1 year. Second and third issued with validity for 2 years, and then for 3 years *
First WRP issued for 2 years. Second prolongation with validity for 3 years (or 2 years). Only one prolongation in course of 5 years*
*Permanent residence can be obtained after 5 years
Slovenian langugae requirement
No language requirement for main holder and children. Slovenian language test is obligatory for adult dependant family members from 2024 onwards.
No language requirement for main holder. No language test requirement for family members.

Family reunification
12 months from the date main holder received his first WRP
Immediate reunification of close family members

Place of receipt WRP
First WRP is obtained in the country of citizenship
The entire procedure can be carried out directly in Slovenia

Moving to other EU member states
No benefits.
EU member states allow for faster and easier moving of EU BLUE CARD holders between different EU member states

Salary
Can pay minimum wage.
Needs to pay minimum 1,5x average salary in Slovenia

Example calculation
Total cost of salary per month
1.600,00 €
4.200,00 €
Net salary to employee bank account
970,00 €
2.100,00 €
Taxes, social/health contributions (all paid to government)
630,00 €
2.100,00 €

In our experience, Blue Cards are most reasonable for large families with preschool-age children.

Sibiz is helping with all these steps professionally and with 100% guarantee of our work.

Corporate personnel relocation

SIBIZ team will make the moving process easier in every step of corporate personnel relocation with a range of services

  1. Searching for housing for relocating employees
  2. Assistance with documentation and visa processing 
  3. Organizing relocation and adaptation in a new location: conducting language courses and legal consultation, support for families, finding schools for children
  4. Providing information about local services, culture and lifestyle
  5. Individual approach to each client and their need

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