• Slovenian passport
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The front cover of a contemporary Slovenian biometric passport (with chip )
Identity page of the Slovenian passport
TypePassport
Issued by Slovenia
First issued1 October 1991
28 August 2006 (biometric passport)
12 December 2016 (current version)
PurposeIdentification
EligibilitySlovenian citizenship
Cost
  • €48 (10 years; age 18+)
  • €41 (5 years; age 3-18)
  • €37 (3 years; age under 3)
  • €37 (1 year; when in 5 years two or more passports were lost or stolen or fingerprints cannot be taken)[1]

Slovenian passports (Slovene: slovenski potni list) are issued to citizens of Slovenia to facilitate international travel. Every Slovenian citizen is also a citizen of the European Union. The passport, along with the national identity card allows for free rights of movement and residence in any of the states of the European Union, European Economic Area and Switzerland, as a result of the right of free movement and residence granted in Article 21 of the EU Treaty.[2]

The Slovenian ID card is also valid for travel to most other former Yugoslav republics: Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, North Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia.

Physical appearance

Slovenian passports are the same burgundy colour as other European passports, with the Slovenian Coat of arms emblazoned in the centre of the front cover. The words evropska unija (English: European Union) and republika slovenija (English: Republic of Slovenia) are inscribed above the coat of arms and the word potni list (English: Passport) is inscribed below. Passports issued in officially bilingual areas of Slovenia also have Italian or Hungarian text below the Slovene. These are unione europea, repubblica di slovenia and passaporto in Italian and európai unió, szlovén köztársaság and útlevél in Hungarian. Slovenian passports have the standard biometric symbol at the bottom and use the standard EU design.

Visa requirements

Countries and territories with visa-free entries or visas on arrival for holders of Slovenian passports
  Slovenia
  Freedom of movement
  Visa not required
  Visa on arrival
  eVisa
  Visa available both on arrival or online
  Visa required prior to arrival

As of January 2023, Slovenian citizens had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 182 countries and territories, ranking the Slovenian passport 11th overall in terms of travel freedom (tied with the Hungarian, Latvian, Lithuanian, and Slovak passports), and the highest ranking of the former Yugoslavian states, according to the Henley Passport Index.[3]

See also

Media related to Slovenian passport at Wikimedia Commons

References

  1. ↑ "Vloga Pridobitev Potnega Lista". eUprava (in Slovenian). Retrieved 6 January 2022.
  2. ↑ Treaty on the Function of the European Union (consolidated version)
  3. ↑ "Global Ranking - Passport Index 2019" (PDF). Henley & Partners. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
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