Moving/relocation to Slovenia
Having all benefits in your hands
About relocation to Slovenia
Moving to any country is connected with many procedural and formal requirements that depend not only on country legislation, but also on the specific needs of the applicant.
It is our mission to take the burden off your shoulders, so we offer one package of services that guarantees success regardless of existing various options.
BENEFITS OF OBTAINING A RESIDENCE PERMIT IN SLOVENIA
- Low entry threshold with a minimum investment of €50,000.
- Free medical care, including medicines prescribed by a doctor.
- Free education for children
- Safe and clean environment.
- Good geographic and strategic position
- Free Slovene language tuition.
- In Slovenia, everyone speaks English.
Benefits of obtaining a residence permit
- live in Slovenia and move freely on the territory of the Schengen Agreement without visas,
- low entry threshold with a minimum investment of €50,000 and run a legal business in the EU or work as a contractor party (for business),
- free medical care, including medicines prescribed by a doctor,
- free education for children in primary, secondary and tertiary institutions,
- safe and clean environment, friendliness towards foreigners and excellent and geographic position,
- free Slovene language tuition (considering that in Slovenia almost everyone speaks English),
- after 5 years of residence, opportunity to apply for permanent residence and after 10 years for citizenship.
Anyone who has earned a degree from a Slovenian institute of higher education can apply for citizenship after seven years of living in the country
Obtaining citizenship through naturalization means legally living in Slovenia for 10 years, the last five of which are completed with permanent residency status
SIBIZ team will help you to define the best option for you depending on your vision about your life in the future, help you execute it and do all the paperwork for you.
Residence permits & Citizenship
SIBIZ team could lead you through the whole process from start to finish no matter if it is individual, family or company
Temporary residence permit
First step in getting a more permanent entrance visa and permission to live in Slovenia is to obtain a temporary residence permit. Temporary residence permit allows you to:
- live in Slovenia and move freely on the territory of the Schengen Agreement without visas
- run a legal business in the EU or work as a contractor party (for business)
- have free medical care, including medicines prescribed by a doctor
- have free education for children in primary, secondary and tertiary institutions
There are several options to accomplish this first step, among them:
- business in own company
- education
- corporate personnel relocation
After 5 years of temporary residence on a business basis you have an opportunity to apply for permanent residence and after 10 years for citizenship.
Permanent residence permit
A permanent residence permit is issued for an unlimited time period, thus allowing you to potentially stay in Slovenia as long as you want. As usual, business immigrants and their families can apply for a permanent residence permit after they’ve spent five years in Slovenia with a temporary residence permit, and students and their reunited family members can apply after they’ve lived ten years (people with Slovenian university diplomas are an exception).
There is also the option of obtaining a permanent residence permit after one-half of the indicated term or even almost right away. To successfully obtain a permanent residence permit, SIBIZ team will help you match your eligibility with actual legislative requirements and execute all necessary paperwork.
Slovenian citizenship
Foreign citizens can obtain Slovenian citizenship on various grounds, for example through naturalisation or priority citizenship.
Dual citizenship is provided in exceptional cases to outstanding athletes, scientists and cultural figures, where granting citizenship corresponds with Slovenia’s interests. Under priority naturalization, dual citizenship can be provided to business immigrants whose business serves the national interests of Slovenia.
To become officially naturalized and obtain Slovenian citizenship, you must confirm your proficiency in the country’s official language (Slovenian), and renounce your current citizenship. This manner of obtaining citizenship is only available for adults (18 years and older).
Other obligatory conditions:
- proof of sufficient funds;
- a certificate proving the successful completion of a Slovenian language exam;
- no record of convictions resulting in longer than three months of imprisonment, or a suspended prison sentence with over one year of probation;
- Slovenian tax clearance.
Family relocation
After one year of your residence in Slovenia and after the extension of your residence permit for the next year, you have the right to apply for a residence permit for your spouse and children.
A blue EU card gives the right to immediate reunification of the family.
It is also possible to obtain a residence permit in Slovenia based on schooling.
Adults can choose a paid program of one of the Slovenian public or private universities.
For school age children there is the possibility of free schooling (in case one of the parents has a residence permit).
The residence permit in Slovenia entitles you and your family members to live in Slovenia and move freely on the territory of the Schengen Agreement without visas.
Education (as a base for immigration)
Immigration steps when receiving an education in Slovenia (second higher education)
- Selecting a university and program
- Document submission
- Obtaining enrolment confirmation
- Applying for a residence permit based on educational needs
