Slovenia has formally launched a brief residence allow for digital nomads, including one other choice to Europe’s rising map of distant work locations. The scheme took impact on November 21, 2025, following adjustments to the nation’s Foreigners Act.
The allow is geared toward non-EU and non-EEA residents who work remotely for employers or shoppers primarily based outdoors Slovenia, or who’re self-employed overseas. All work have to be carried out remotely through digital applied sciences, and allow holders should not allowed to enter the Slovenian labor market or present companies to Slovenian corporations.
The digital nomad residence allow is legitimate for as much as one 12 months and is non-renewable. After it expires, candidates should spend no less than six months outdoors Slovenia earlier than making use of for a brand new digital nomad allow. Nonetheless, those that determine to stay within the nation on one other foundation, equivalent to native employment, could apply for a unique kind of residence allow whereas their digital nomad standing remains to be legitimate.
A key requirement is proof of ample technique of subsistence. Candidates should reveal a month-to-month revenue of no less than twice Slovenia’s common web wage, at present estimated at round €2,800–€3,200 per thirty days, in keeping with immigration and relocation advisers.
Different core circumstances embrace a legitimate passport (usually with no less than three months’ validity past the keep), complete medical health insurance masking Slovenia, proof of distant work (employment contract, service contract, or enterprise documentation), and a clear prison report. Purposes could be filed at Slovenian embassies or consulates overseas, or, for these already legally within the nation, at native administrative items.
This system additionally permits fast household reunification and not using a minimal prior residence interval, a extra versatile provision than many commonplace residence routes.
With this transfer, Slovenia joins different EU states equivalent to Spain, Portugal, Malta, and many others., hoping to draw distant staff, combining authorized readability for digital nomads with an financial increase from long-term worldwide residents.
