How to Move to Slovenia? (Visa, Residence Permit, Taxes)

How to Move to Slovenia

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00:00 Intro
00:45 Where is Slovenia

Slovenia is a country in Central Europe, and as a matter of fact, it is one of the youngest countries in the European continent. It became independent just in 1991 after the collapse of Yugoslavia. Actually Slovenia was the first country to breakaway from Yugoslavia, and this helped the country greatly to improve its economy and overall quality of life. Other countries that were dragged longer in the Yugoslav wars had much harder times to rebuild their countries and economies.

Today, Slovenia is a full European Union member (and among the smallest states in the EU). It is also a member of the Schengen area, meaning that in normal circumstances there is freedom of movement for the people inside this area.

Presently, Slovenia is a highly developed nation, member of the EU and the Schengen area with a stable economy and currency.

02:01 Residence Permit in Slovenia (EU citizens)

If you are an EU citizen you can just come to Slovenia without much planning. If you want to stay more than 3 months in the country you need to register your stay. You will need an address to register your stay but this is a pretty straightforward process. You don’t need to get a visa or deal with embassies before actually coming to Slovenia.

02:30 Residence Permit in Slovenia (non-EU citizens)

If you are a non-EU citizen however, in Slovenia, like in any EU country, it is much harder to actually get residency. Slovenia does not offer many options, but it is still possible to get a residence permit.

-The most common types of residence permits in Slovenia are for employment, or if you have a family member in the country. If you are a citizen of a Western Balkan country which is not part of the EU, it might be easier for you to get a residence permit in Slovenia than other non-EU countries.

03:21 Business Residence Permit in Slovenia

The easiest way to get a residence permit in Slovenia as an independent person is by opening a company in the country.
However, opening a company per se is not enough to make you eligible for a residence permit in Slovenia.
As a non-EU citizen you will still need to meet one of the requirements that i will list now:
You either have to hire one EU national for 6 months or;
Have a monthly turnover above 10k euros per month during six months in the company or;
Invest a capital of at least 50k euros in the your company;
The option of investing 50k euros is the easiest and the fastest one to get a residence permit in Slovenia, as it will involve spending less on taxes or having staff. Also for a new company it may be hard to actually get a 10k euro turnover right from the start.

04:37 Slovenia Permanent Residence Permit

If you stay long enough in Slovenia on a temporary permit basis you will be able to apply for a permanent residence permit.
In most cases, after residing 5 consecutive years in Slovenia you will be able to apply for a permanent residence permit.
The permanent residence permit has a number of advantages compared to the temporary one.

05:05 Slovenia citizenship

If you want to get Slovenian Citizenship by naturalization, consider the fact that getting citizenship in the country is harder than in most countries around it.
In normal circumstances, you will need to live in Slovenia for 10 years to be eligible to apply for citizenship. From those 10 years, the immediately previous 5 years to the application have to be of continuous residence.
Apart from that you will also need to renounce your previous citizenship if you acquire Slovenian citizenship through naturalization. There are a few exceptions to that however.

05:55 Advantages of living in Slovenia:

-Location: Slovenia has one of the most privileged locations in Europe.
-Safety: Slovenia is one of the safest countries in Europe.
-Part of the EU, Schengen and eurozone (stability).
-Most people speak more than one language (and English)
-Nature: despite its small size Slovenia is blessed with some of the most amazing natural landscapes in Europe.

07:42 Disadvantages

-Taxes at a personal level.
-The second disadvantage of living in Slovenia is that the country in itself is quite small. Even Ljubljana, the capital and largest city in the country, is still a relatively small city.
-The last disadvantage of living in Slovenia is its cost of living.

[lachezarvelev]

I LOVE SLOVENIA and their people ! One day I will be there ! Greetings from Bulgaria !

[seamusp]

Another really informative and fun video. And the best unexpected gift of the day. Thanks!

[joseantoniosalasiturralde]

Thank you very much Sire. I did this request and you upload it :)

[abhishwetkumar]

You explained it well, thank you ! It looks like finding an IT JOB in Slovenia is little tricky....

[amitria]

Bro, I only comments because you have most simply and fair description and information . I personally belive that you really wants people to understand. Lots of wishes and love to meet you somedays ...

[Willie.B]

I'm currently working towards a 5 year plan to move from London to Slovenia to buy and run a bed & breakfast for adventure sports holidays. Luckily I am also an EU passport holder through Ireland. The biggest issue I have come across so far is motgages on properties, Volksbank in Austria requires a 30% deposit, hence needing 5 years to finalise a move. Purchase, renovations etc...it adds up.

[williamblas]

I was born and raised Canadian but live in Slovenija for 3 years. I would have stayed there unfortunately my mom got sick with cancer so now I am a stay at home mom yet it's fine because she means the most to me, she raised me and I will stay with her till the end. Even if not being able to go back to the best country in the world.

[sunilsehrawat]

I live Slovenian people's are really very good. I am leaving here from 4 months and I didn't feel even a single day that I am not at my country. I am from India and there's joint families we talk with each other and I am feeling same here. I love Slovenian people's and respect Slovenia government also.🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏❤️❤️❤️❤️

[Olan...]

Compared to the UK Slovenia is much cheaper, especially the supermarkets and eating out is also considerably cheaper and generally much higher quality foods are served because Slovenia insisted on keeping their seed banks when they joined the EU.so you can actually taste the difference in the food .

[matiasnigrum]

Great video...u gotta a fresh new subscriber work In Slovenia and moved from Italy because the wages are higher in Slovenia significantly....just in Lombardia u can get better wages but is to far ... Slovenia is among the best countries in the world for quality of life ...

[neilhampson]

Still deciding whether to move to Slovenia, Poland or Czechia.

[prajaktagujar]

Heyy
Thank you for sharing this information
I'm planning to move here for study
Please advise would it be a good decision

[aqdasf.]

Great video ... It'll be nice If you could make similar videos about individual countries. Anymore countries which offer residence permits through opening a company?

[EliaAntoldi]

I've heard that if you are freelancer you can ask for tax only your 20% of income (and it's 20% ) so basically you are paying less then 10% . It is amazing

[alinesarabia]

I would really love to move to Slovenia, but they don't have a digital nomad visa. I think that would be the best way for me to emigrate as I can work from anywhere.

[forever_vegan]

Hi, please make a video for Estonia 🇪🇪 Thank you 🙏

[katewilliamson]

I really, really want to move to Slovenia. I am from New Zealand.
I am an artist who paints nature. It looks fantastic there. Can I get a artists residency there??? If I could I'd be there tomorrow.

[powerthings]

Thanks for your video, we love Slovenia. Emigration here is not easy ... Slovenia does not have big residence, CBI or retirement visa programs like Spain or Portugal. EU citizen is no problem, it's about like moving from one US state to another. Former YU republic citizen might be a bit easier. Companies are not that easy to open (d.o.o., which is like an LLC) or an s.p., which is cheaper but requires property usually. Croatia is not as cheap as it used to be ...if corporation, CBI or low taxes are a priority, Bulgaria has lowest in EU at low CBI requirements and 10% flat tax (after liberal exemptions).

[roundabouttirellc]

Do you know how fluent you must be in order to get Slovenian citizenship it you are doing so by decent

[sulaimansow]

Thanks for the information, how can i relocate to slovenia from Sierra Leone?