Slovenia business visa

1. Visa-free business visit

   No visa needed

   Ordinary passport holders from the listed countries and territories can make short business visits without a visa.

   Stay

   Up to 90 days in any 180-day period across the Schengen Area.

   Passports that qualify (63)

   • Albania
   • Andorra
   • Bosnia and Herzegovina
   • Georgia
   • Kosovo
   • Moldova
   • Montenegro
   • Monaco
   • North Macedonia
   • San Marino
   • Serbia
   • Ukraine
   • United Kingdom
   • Vatican City
   • Argentina
   • Brazil
   • Chile
   • Colombia
   • Paraguay
   • Peru
   • Uruguay
   • Venezuela
   • Antigua and Barbuda
   • Bahamas
   • Barbados
   • Canada
   • Costa Rica
   • Dominica
   • El Salvador
   • Grenada
   • Guatemala
   • Honduras
   • Mexico
   • Nicaragua
   • Panama
   • Saint Kitts and Nevis
   • Saint Lucia
   • Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
   • Trinidad and Tobago
   • United States
   • Mauritius
   • Seychelles
   • Brunei
   • Hong Kong
   • Israel
   • Japan
   • Macau
   • Malaysia
   • Singapore
   • South Korea
   • Taiwan
   • Timor-Leste
   • United Arab Emirates
   • Australia
   • Kiribati
   • Marshall Islands
   • Micronesia
   • New Zealand
   • Palau
   • Samoa
   • Solomon Islands
   • Tonga
   • Tuvalu

2. Short-stay Schengen visa for business

   Visa needed

   Business visitors who require a visa and do not qualify for an exemption.

   Stay

   Up to 90 days in any 180-day period, subject to the stay granted.

   Valid for

   Usually the intended trip for new applicants; up to five years for qualifying multiple-entry visas.

   Entries

   One, two or multiple entries.

   Fee

   EUR 90 normally. An external application centre may charge up to EUR 120 extra.

   Processing

   15 calendar days for an accepted application with no issues; delays can occur.

   1. Choose the embassy or consulate of your main destination, or first-entry country if there is no main destination.
   2. Apply no more than six months before entry.
   3. Attend the first-application interview and provide fingerprints and a digital photo if required.
   4. Pay the applicable fee and wait for the decision.

1. Apply to Slovenia's embassy or consulate if Slovenia is your main destination.
2. Submit the application no more than six months before entry, directly or through the embassy's application centre.
3. Attend in person for a first application and interview. Provide fingerprints and a digital photo if required.
4. Pay the applicable fee and wait for the decision.

• A recognised travel document.
• Fingerprints and a digital photograph, if required.

• Count short visits across the Schengen Area together.
• Follow your visa's permitted stay, validity dates and entry allowance.
• Applicants who show a need for frequent travel may qualify for a longer multiple-entry visa.
• Permission for a business visit does not explain every rule for taking a job in Slovenia.

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