Seasonal workers

WHAT

Slovenian employers can employ foreign workers in order to perform seasonal work lasting up to 90 days in a calendar year provided that they meet certain conditions (see below). Seasonal work applies only to the field of agriculture and forestry in connection with the seasons.

WHO

You are a (foreign) seasonal worker if you enter the Republic of Slovenia and reside there with the purpose of performing work in the field of agriculture or forestry for up to 90 days in a calendar year. If you are a third-country national wanting to perform seasonal work, you must acquire a work permit that allows you to perform seasonal work for up to 90 days in a calendar year.

HOW

If you are a third-country national, your employer must submit an application for a work permit at the Employment Service of Slovenia. The application must be sent by mail or submitted in person. The work permit is issued after you have fulfilled the required conditions:

  • You have a valid passport.
  • You have the required health insurance.
  • You have signed the contract for services or employment contract.

More general information on work in Slovenia can be found here
(in Slovenian): https://www.ess.gov.si/tujci/delo_v_sloveniji
(in English): http://english.ess.gov.si/the_info_point_for_foreigners/working_in_slovenia

Where

The application for a work permit issued to seasonal workers who are third-country nationals must be sent to the following address:

Zavod Republike Slovenije za zaposlovanje (Employment Service of Slovenia),
Rožna dolina, Cesta IX/6, 1000 Ljubljana.

It can also be delivered in person to:

Employment Service of Slovenia
Rožna dolina, Cesta VI/7, 1000 Ljubljana

Telephone: +386 1 300 49 41

http://english.ess.gov.si/about_ess/addresses_and_working_hours/item?OEN=9924&jezik=ang

or any of the Employment Service of Slovenia organizational unit.

More information on the Employment Service for Foreigners can be found here (in English): http://english.ess.gov.si/about_ess/addresses_and_working_hours/item?OEN=9924&jezik=ang

The list of the Employment Service of Slovenia organizational units can be found here (in English): http://english.ess.gov.si/about_ess/addresses_and_working_hours

Ljubljana, Slovenia

Zavod Republike Slovenije za zaposlovanje (Employment Service of Slovenia)

Rožna dolina, Cesta IX/6

1000 Ljubljana

Ljubljana, Slovenia

Zavod Republike Slovenije za zaposlovanje, Služba za zaposlovanje tujcev (Employment Service of Slovenia, Service for Employment of Foreigners)

Rožna dolina, Cesta VI/7

1000 Ljubljana