Citizenship

The application for the acquisition of citizenship of the Republic of Slovenia is to be filed together with the supplements with any of the administrative units. For the procedure of the acquisition of citizenship administrative fee needs to be paid. Citizenship of the Republic of Slovenia can be acquired by means of naturalisation if the following conditions are fulfilled:

• you are 18 years old or above;
•  you are released from the previous citizenship or you can prove that you will obtain a release if you are granted citizenship of the Republic of Slovenia;
•  you have been living in Slovenia for 10 years, and during this period for 5 years permanently, before the application was submitted and you have alien status;
• you have the means to provide for the material and social security for you and persons you need to support;
•  you speak Slovenian for the purpose of everyday communication, which you prove with a certificate stating that you successfully passed a Slovenian language exam at the basic level;
• you have not been convicted, by a final judgment, to an unconditional prison sentence, longer than three months, and no conditional prison sentence has been passed with a probation period longer than one year;
• your residence in the Republic of Slovenia has not been annulled;
• your admission to citizenship of the Republic of Slovenia does not represent a threat to public order, security or the defence of the country;
• your tax liabilities are paid;
• you take an oath to respect the free democratic constitutional order based on the Constitution of the Republic of Slovenia.

The citizenship of the Republic of Slovenia can also be obtained on other grounds. Further information on the conditions for the acquisition of citizenship is available at any of the administrative units or on the website of the State Portal.