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EU Citizen Residence Registration Certificate

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

EU citizenship (a valid identity card or passport suffices for entry, no visa or residence permit needed). The Aliens Act provisions for EU citizens also apply to citizens of the European Economic Area and their family members.

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

Recognised purposes: employment or work, self-employment, provision of services, job search, study/vocational training/education, family reunification with an EU or Slovenian citizen, or another justified reason where conditions are met. Conditions: EU citizenship, valid ID card or passport, appropriate health insurance, sufficient means of subsistence and a demonstrable purpose of residence (e.g. employer confirmation, registration as jobseeker with the Employment Service, proof of admission to study).

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What entry, registration or residence-document formalities remain?

For the first three months after entry no registration is needed; for a longer stay the EU citizen must obtain a residence registration certificate at the administrative unit of residence before the three months expire (it may be requested right after entry). Application only at an administrative unit in Slovenia. The certificate is a biometric residence card valid five years, or shorter if the intended stay is shorter; it may be renewed under the same conditions. Fees: EUR 9,10 certificate fee, EUR 0,50 application fee, EUR 12,32 card (personal delivery) or EUR 23.36 (by post).

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

Family members of an EU (or Slovenian) citizen: spouse or partner in a civil partnership/union; children up to age 21; children of the spouse/partner up to 21; children over 21 and older relatives whom the EU citizen (or the spouse/partner) is obliged to maintain or actually maintains; also household members from another EU state, persons personally cared for due to health, and a partner in a long-term relationship. The official source does not state the work or other rights of non-EU family members.

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  • Work and other rights of non-EU family members are not stated on this page
  • https://www.gov.si/en/topics/entry-and-residence/
    Family members of an EU citizen or of a Slovenian national are the following persons: his or her spouse or partner in a civil partnership or civil union, children of up to 21 years of age; children of the spouse, partner in a civil partnership or a civil union with whom the EU citizen or the Slovenian citizen has resided in a long-term partnership until they reach the age of 21, children above the age of 21 and older relatives whom an EU citizen is obliged to maintain or actually maintains; children above the age of 21 and older relatives of the spouse, partner in a civil partnership or civil union or partner with whom the EU citizen has resided in a long-term partnership, whom the spouse, registered partner or partner with whom the EU citizen has resided in a long-term relationship is obliged to maintain or actually maintains; older relatives of an EU citizen until they reach the age of 21. The following persons are also considered family members: an individual who, as a member of the household in another EU Member State, resided with an EU citizen or Slovenian citizen, an individual whom the EU citizen or Slovenian citizen is obliged to maintain or actually maintains in accordance with the acts of his or her country of citizenship,– children above the age of 21 and ancestors whom the EU citizen or the Slovenian citizen is obliged to maintain or actually maintains in accordance with the legislation of the state of which he is a citizen; an individual who is personally taken care of by an EU citizen or Slovenian citizen due to his or her medical condition, the partner with whom an EU citizen or Slovenian citizen is in a long-term relationship.

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

An EU citizen can obtain a permanent residence registration certificate after five years of lawful continuous residence; continuity is kept despite absences of up to six months per year, once up to twelve consecutive months for important reasons, or for military service. Earlier acquisition applies to specified groups (Slovenian origin, state interest, retiring workers, cross-border workers and their family members). The official source does not state the rules for retaining or losing permanent status.

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Limits of the record
  • Retention/loss rules after acquiring permanent status are not stated
  • https://www.gov.si/zbirke/storitve/pridobitev-potrdila-o-prijavi-stalnega-prebivanja-za-drzavljana-eu/
    Potrdilo o prijavi stalnega prebivanja v Republiki Sloveniji lahko pridobi državljan EU, če v Republiki Sloveniji zakonito prebiva neprekinjeno pet let.
  • https://www.gov.si/zbirke/storitve/pridobitev-potrdila-o-prijavi-stalnega-prebivanja-za-drzavljana-eu/
    Kot zakonito in neprekinjeno prebivanje se šteje tudi, če je bil državljan EU v tem obdobju odsoten iz Republike Slovenije: 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, ali zaradi služenja vojaškega roka.
  • https://www.gov.si/zbirke/storitve/pridobitev-potrdila-o-prijavi-stalnega-prebivanja-za-drzavljana-eu/
    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,

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