Business visitors for establishment purposes (BVEPs)

Categories of visa, permits or any similar type of authorisation regarding entry and temporary stay

• Slovenia does not issue specific residence permits for this category of third-country nationals. They are admitted through other existing channels (short-term Schengen type-C visas).

Short-term business visitors (STBV)

Categories of visa, permits or any similar type of authorization regarding entry and temporary stay

• Slovenia does not issue specific residence permits for this category of third-country nationals. They are admitted through other existing channels (short-term Schengen type-C visas).

Contractual service suppliers (CSSs)

Categories of visa, permits or any similar type of authorization regarding entry and  temporary stay

1. Those staying less than 90 days are admitted through visa channels (short-term Schengen type-C visasSearch for available translations of the preceding linkEN•••).

   Short-term services by third-country providers on the basis of the commencement of the provision of services:

   A foreign employer may post workers to provide services connected to the supply of goods and maintenance in the Republic of Slovenia on the basis of the registration of the commencement of the provision of services.

   The provision of services referred to in the preceding paragraph shall be allowed in the following cases:

   • where the services provided by the posted workers are connected to the supply and assembly of machinery, devices or equipment, the training of the client’s staff or the dismantling of machinery, devices or equipment;
   • where regular maintenance services as agreed upon in the contract on the purchase of machinery, devices or equipment are provided by posted workers employed with the manufacturer; or
   • where under the contract on the purchase of machinery, devices or equipment abroad, its supplier is required to repair machinery, device or equipment malfunctions at its own expense.

    

   The employer shall register the commencement of the provision of services with the Employment Service prior to the start thereof. The Employment Service shall issue a certificate of registration.

   The registration document shall contain the following information:

   • the company name and registered office or address of the client;
   • the company name and registered office or address of the foreign employer;
   • the name and date of birth of the responsible person of the client and of the service provider;
   • the name, date of birth, nationality and temporary residence in the Republic of Slovenia of each posted worker;
   • the type of service;
   • the location and duration of the provision of services.

    

   The provision of services may not exceed a period of 14 uninterrupted days and a total duration of 90 days in a calendar year. The same posted worker may be again posted to work in the Republic of Slovenia after an interim break of duration equal to the time required for the previously provided service.

2. A third-country national who is posted, by his or her employer established outside the Republic of Slovenia, to the Republic of Slovenia for a limited period of time in order to provide cross-border services not referred to in the previous point must obtain a single permit for posted workersSearch for available translations of the preceding linkEN•••.

Independent professionals (IPs)

1. Those staying less than 90 days are admitted through visa channels (short-term Schengen type-C visasSearch for available translations of the preceding linkEN•••).

   Short-term services by third-country providers on the basis of the commencement of the provision of services:

   A foreign employer may post workers to provide services connected to the supply of goods and maintenance in the Republic of Slovenia on the basis of the registration of the commencement of the provision of services.

   The provision of services referred to in the preceding paragraph shall be allowed in the following cases:

   • where the services provided by the posted workers are connected to the supply and assembly of machinery, devices or equipment, the training of the client’s staff or the dismantling of machinery, devices or equipment;
   • where regular maintenance services as agreed upon in the contract on the purchase of machinery, devices or equipment are provided by posted workers employed with the manufacturer; or
   • where under the contract on the purchase of machinery, devices or equipment abroad, its supplier is required to repair machinery, device or equipment malfunctions at its own expense.

    

   The employer shall register the commencement of the provision of services with the Employment Service prior to the start thereof. The Employment Service shall issue a certificate of registration.

   The registration document shall contain the following information:

   • the company name and registered office or address of the client;
   • the company name and registered office or address of the foreign employer;
   • the name and date of birth of the responsible person of the client and of the service provider;
   • the name, date of birth, nationality and temporary residence in the Republic of Slovenia of each posted worker;
   • the type of service;
   • the location and duration of the provision of services.

    

   The provision of services may not exceed a period of 14 uninterrupted days and a total duration of 90 days in a calendar year. The same posted worker may be again posted to work in the Republic of Slovenia after an interim break of a duration equal to the time required for the previously provided service.

2. A third-country national who is posted, by his or her employer established outside the Republic of Slovenia, to the Republic of Slovenia for a limited period of time in order to provide cross-border services not referred to in the previous point must obtain a single permit for posted workers