Permanent residence permit

WHAT

After five years of continuous and legal stay in Slovenia, you can apply for a permanent residence permit which allows you to settle in the country without any time restrictions.

HOW

You can submit the application for a permanent residence permit in person or through your legal representative at the administrative unit in the area of your residence. While your application is being processed, you must have a valid temporary residence permit. In order to obtain a permanent residence permit, you must fulfill the following conditions:

  • Five years of continuous legal stay in Slovenia on the basis of a temporary residence permit, the conditions that apply to the first residence permit having been fulfilled.
  • Adequate health insurance.
  • Sufficient means of subsistence.

A holder of EU Blue Card:

A permanent residence permit is issued to a holder of an EU Blue Card if he/she has been residing in the territory of the EU continuously and legally for five years as a holder of the EU Blue Card, of which the last two years have been spent continuously in Slovenia before applying for a permanent residence permit.

Family members:

A permanent residence permit is issued to your family members if you are a holder of a permanent residence permit in Slovenia or you have a refugee status. Your family members can get a permanent residence permit after two years of continuous legal stay in Slovenia on the basis of a temporary residence permit.

 

When other legal conditions are fulfilled, a permanent residence permit may be issued before the expiry of a five-year period. More information on permanent residence permit can be found here:

(in English)
http://www.mnz.gov.si/en/services/slovenia_your_new_country/residence_permit_for_the_third_country_national/permanent_residence_permit/

(in Slovenian)
http://www.mnz.gov.si/si/mnz_za_vas/tujci_v_sloveniji/bivanje_drzavljanov_tretjih_drzav_v_sloveniji/dovoljenje_za_stalno_prebivanje/

(link in English, website available also in Slovenian, French, Spanish, Russian, Bosnian and Albanian): http://www.infotujci.si/v/12/permanent-residence-permit

Good to know

The condition of five years of continuous legal stay is also fulfilled if you were out of Slovenia during this period and had no temporary residence permit or no certificate attesting to the submission of an application for the extension or renewal of a temporary residence permit, if your absence was not longer than six consecutive months and if its total length does not exceed ten months within a five-year period. Also, the period of residence on the basis of a long-stay visa is included in the five-year period if you applied for a temporary residence permit before the expiry of your visa. Furthermore, if you hold the EU Blue Card, the period of your stay in other EU member states is included in the five-year period. As a holder of the EU Blue Card, you can obtain a permanent residence permit if you have been residing on the territory of the EU continuously and legally for five years, of which the last two years have been spent continuously in the Republic of Slovenia. On the other hand, only half of the duration of your stay on the basis of a temporary residence permit for education and vocational training purposes is taken into account when considering your eligibility for a permanent residence permit.

WHERE

A list of administrative units can be found here (in Slovenian): http://www.upravneenote.gov.si/

Attention

You must register your permanent address (residence) at the administrative unit within 8 days of being served with the permanent residence permit for a foreigner. You could be fined if you fail to do it (on time). A list of administrative units can be found here (in Slovenian): http://www.upravneenote.gov.si/