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EU Citizen Permanent Residence Registration Certificate

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Which citizenship, status or regional agreement creates the person's right to move/reside?

Citizenship of an EU Member State: the permanent residence registration certificate is a form of residence permit issued, on application, to an EU citizen.

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Under which circumstances can the person reside: worker, self-employed, student, jobseeker, self-funded person or another recognised basis?

The EU citizen must have resided in Slovenia for at least five years on the basis of an EU residence registration certificate, with a regulated status / lawful residence in Slovenia, and must fulfil other statutory conditions.

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  • The page does not break the prior residence down by worker, self-employed, student, jobseeker or self-sufficient basis (those purposes are on the residence registration certificate page)

What entry, registration or residence-document formalities remain?

Application only at an administrative unit in Slovenia, in person, by registered post or by e-mail; required: completed form, photo (or reference number from the electronic photo repository) and signed signature-capture form; optional evidence for early issue. Fees listed on the page: EUR 9,10 certificate fee, EUR 0,50 application fee, EUR 12,32 card (personal delivery) or EUR 23.36 (delivery by post). During the procedure the EU citizen must reside lawfully / hold a valid temporary registration certificate.

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Limits of the record
  • The fee list on the page is labelled for the (temporary) residence registration certificate; the page does not state separately whether identical fees apply to the permanent certificate

Which non-member-country family members can accompany or join, and what broad rights do they receive?

Answer not available

When do permanent/long-term rights arise and what continuity, absence or retention conditions matter?

The certificate may be issued for an unlimited period after five years of legal and continuous residence. Continuity is kept despite absences of at most six months per year, once up to twelve consecutive months for important reasons (pregnancy, childbirth, serious illness, study, vocational training, posting to work in another state), or for military service. Earlier acquisition is possible for persons of Slovenian origin, where residence is in the state interest, for workers/self-employed who retire (employed in Slovenia in the last 12 months and resident over three years), early retirees, cross-border workers with over two years of residence, persons who after three years work in another EU state and return daily or weekly, their family members, and family members of Slovenian citizens, EU citizens or foreigners with permanent residence after at least two years. The official source does not state the rules for retaining or losing the permanent certificate after issue.

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Limits of the record
  • Loss or retention rules of the permanent certificate after issue (e.g. long absences) are not stated on the pages
  • https://www.gov.si/en/topics/entry-and-residence/
    A permanent registration certificate may be issued to an EU citizen for an unlimited period of time if he or she has resided in the Republic of Slovenia legally and continuously for five years.
  • https://infotujci.si/pogoji/drzavljani-eu/dovoljenje-za-stalno-prebivanje/
    Pogoj petletnega neprekinjenega zakonitega prebivanja je izpolnjen tudi, če je bil državljan EU v tem obdobju odsoten iz Republike Slovenije: za največ šest mesecev na leto enkrat do največ dvanajst zaporednih mesecev iz pomembnih razlogov, kot so nosečnost, rojstvo otroka, resna bolezen, študij, poklicno usposabljanje, napotitev na delo v drugo državo zaradi služenja vojaškega roka
  • https://infotujci.si/pogoji/drzavljani-eu/dovoljenje-za-stalno-prebivanje/
    Državljan EU lahko pridobi potrdilo o prijavi stalnega prebivanja pred potekom petih let, če: je slovenskega rodu je njegovo prebivanje v Republiki Sloveniji v interesu države je kot zaposlena ali samozaposlena oseba v Sloveniji prenehal delati in je po predpisih Republike Slovenije upravičen do prejemanja starostne pokojnine, pod pogojem, da je bil v zadnjih 12 mesecih zaposlen v Sloveniji in je tu neprekinjeno zakonito prebival več kot tri leta je bil v Republiki Sloveniji v zadnjih 12 mesecih zaposlen in se je predčasno upokojil, tukaj pa neprekinjeno zakonito prebival več kot tri leta (v obdobje 12-mesečne zaposlitve se šteje tudi zaposlitev v drugi državi članici EU, v kateri je bil zaposlen) je prebival v Republiki Sloveniji in je v drugi državi članici EU dnevno ali tedensko delal, tukaj pa neprekinjeno zakonito prebival več kot dve leti se kot zaposlena ali samozaposlena oseba po treh letih nepretrgane zaposlitve ali opravljanja dela in neprekinjenega zakonitega prebivanja v Republiki Sloveniji zaposli v drugi državi članici EU in se vsak dan ali vsaj enkrat tedensko vrača v Republiko Slovenijo je družinski član državljana EU iz tretje, četrte, pete ali šeste alineje je družinski član slovenskega državljana, državljana EU ali tujca, ki ima v Republiki Sloveniji dovoljenje za stalno prebivanje, v Republiki Sloveniji pa neprekinjeno zakonito prebiva najmanj dve leti

These are the answers currently recorded in the catalogue. A missing or partial answer is not an eligibility decision.

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