Temporary residence permit for a family member of an EU Blue Card holder
Residency route facts
Identity
| Official name (local) | Dovoljenje za začasno prebivanje družinskega člana imetnika modre karte EU as of 2026-08-25[2] The Ministry's published page heading. |
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| Official name (English) | Temporary residence permit for a family member of an EU Blue Card holder as of 2026-08-25[2] Translation; no official English name is published. |
| Legal basis | Zakon o tujcih (ZTuj-2), 42. in 43. člen; 47. člen, šesti odstavek kot ga je nadomestil 29. člen ZTuj-2I (Uradni list RS, št. 32/25) as of 2026-08-25[2][7] The article numbers are the Ministry's own citation; articles 42 and 43 were not read. Article 47(6) as replaced supplies the duration rule and WAS read: the family member of an EU Blue Card holder is issued and extended for the same period as the Blue Card, and where the Blue Card holder has obtained a permanent residence permit the family member's permit is issued and extended with a validity of three years. |
| Instrument type | residence permit as of 2026-08-25[2] |
Who can apply
| Nationals not served by this route | EU, EEA as of 2026-08-25[1][4] |
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| Minimum age | Not established from a qualifying source Not established. |
| Criminal-record condition | Not established from a qualifying source Not established; no criminal-record certificate is listed among the documents on this page. |
Permit terms
| Initial duration | Not established from a qualifying source No figure of its own. Article 47(6) as replaced ties it to the sponsor: the permit is issued and extended for the same period as the Blue Card, which is itself capped at two years on first issue. The duration_basis field carries the tie; no number is asserted here because the permit has none. |
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| How the initial term is set | matches the sponsor's permit |
| Renewable | Yes as of 2026-08-25[2][7] |
| Renewal duration | Not established from a qualifying source Tied to the Blue Card in the same way. Article 47(6) as replaced adds one figure that is not tied: where the Blue Card holder has obtained a permanent residence permit, the family member's permit is issued and extended with a validity of three years. |
| Work rights | full as of 2026-08-25[2] The Ministry states it twice on the same page: family members of EU Blue Card holders have the right to enter the labour market in Slovenia, and the permit allows access to it. This is the only family-member permit in the Slovenian estate that carries labour-market access without a further authorisation, and it is also one of the categories the Ministry exempts from the survival-level Slovenian condition at extension. |
Permanent residence and citizenship
| Counts toward permanent residence | Not established from a qualifying source Not established. |
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Requirements
| Who can sponsor | specific permits as of 2026-08-25[2] Two sponsor sub-types: a Blue Card issued in Slovenia, and a Blue Card previously issued in another EU member state together with a Slovenian intra-EU mobility permit. |
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| Eligible relations | spouse, unmarried partner, minor child, adult dependent child, parent as of 2026-08-25[2] The page's own definition for this permit, which is narrower than article 47(3)'s general one and is recorded as published: the spouse or unmarried partner; minor unmarried children of the holder or of the spouse or partner; adult unmarried children whom the holder must support under the law of their home state; and parents, where justified grounds exist. 'registered_partner' is not listed on this page and is not added by inference. |
| Sponsor income requirement | Not established from a qualifying source Not established for this permit. The Ministry's page states no means condition of its own, and the general reunification page's six-month weighted mechanism is written for the article 47 route. |
| Sponsor waiting period | 0 months as of 2026-08-25[3][7] None. The fourth sentence of article 47(1) as replaced by ZTuj-2I article 29 names the EU Blue Card holder first among those who may reunite family members with no limit tied to residence length or permit validity, and the Ministry's Blue Card page states that the family application may be filed at the same time as the Blue Card application. |
| Pre-entry language test | No as of 2026-08-25[5] None at issue, and none at extension either: the Ministry's exception list to the survival-level Slovenian condition names family members of an EU Blue Card holder first. |
Process
| Where to apply from | either as of 2026-08-25[2] The Blue Card holder's application and the family member's application are decided simultaneously where they are filed simultaneously. Where the family member files at a Slovenian diplomatic mission abroad, they may enter Slovenia before the decision and must notify the administrative unit on arrival. |
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| Statutory processing time | Not established from a qualifying source Not established. |
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Physical presence
| registration only | to keep the permit as of 2026-08-25[1] Temporary residence must be registered with the administrative unit within eight days of entry, of service of the document, or of taking up residence. |
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Family inclusion
| Family members may be included | Not applicable This route is itself a family-member permit. |
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Your next step
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Verification
| Sources cited | 7 |
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| of which official (tier 1) | 7 |
| Oldest as-of date | 2026-08-25 |
| Newest as-of date | 2026-08-25 |
| Reviewed on | 2026-08-26 |
| Schema version | 1.1 |
Sources
- [1] Entry and residence
Ministrstvo za notranje zadeve in javno upravo (GOV.SI) · official portal · Tier 1 · Published 2026-06-12 · Accessed 2026-08-25 · Archived copy - [2] Dovoljenje za začasno prebivanje družinskega člana imetnika modre karte EU
Ministrstvo za notranje zadeve in javno upravo · official guidance · Tier 1 · Published 2026-08-12 · Accessed 2026-08-25 - [3] Enotno dovoljenje zaradi visokokvalificirane zaposlitve – Modra karta EU
Ministrstvo za notranje zadeve in javno upravo · official guidance · Tier 1 · Published 2026-08-12 · Accessed 2026-08-25 - [4] Dovoljenje za prebivanje na podlagi dela (kazalo)
Ministrstvo za notranje zadeve in javno upravo · official guidance · Tier 1 · Published 2026-01-15 · Accessed 2026-08-25 - [5] Združitev družine in pravica do celovitosti družine
Ministrstvo za notranje zadeve in javno upravo · official guidance · Tier 1 · Published 2026-08-13 · Accessed 2026-08-25 - [6] Enotna dovoljenja (eBDP) – Stroški
Ministrstvo za notranje zadeve in javno upravo (SPOT) · fee schedule · Tier 1 · Published 2024-03-27 · Accessed 2026-08-25 · Archived copy - [7] Zakon o spremembah in dopolnitvah Zakona o tujcih (ZTuj-2I)
Državni zbor Republike Slovenije / Uradni list Republike Slovenije · gazette · Tier 1 · Published 2025-05-06 · Accessed 2026-08-25