Single permit for seasonal work longer than 90 days
Residency route facts
Identity
| Official name (local) | Enotno dovoljenje za sezonsko delo daljše od 90 dni as of 2026-08-25[4] The Ministry's published page heading. |
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| Official name (English) | Single permit for seasonal work longer than 90 days as of 2026-08-25[4] Translation; no official English name is published. |
| Legal basis | Zakon o tujcih (ZTuj-2), 45.a člen; Zakon o zaposlovanju, samozaposlovanju in delu tujcev (ZZSDT), 28., 29., 30. in 31. člen; Zakon o kmetijstvu (ZKme-2), 30. člen as of 2026-08-25[4] |
| Instrument type | residence permit as of 2026-08-25[4] Seasonal work of up to 90 days in a calendar year is deliberately NOT recorded as a route: the Ministry states that for it a third-country national needs no residence permit at all, only a work permit from the Employment Service. This route is the permit for seasonal work beyond 90 days. |
Who can apply
| Nationals not served by this route | EU, EEA as of 2026-08-25[2][3] |
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| Minimum age | Not established from a qualifying source Not established; no age condition is stated. |
| Criminal-record condition | Yes as of 2026-08-25[4] Non-conviction is listed among the conditions. |
Permit terms
| Initial duration | up to 6 months as of 2026-08-25[1][4] Issued for the term of the employment contract or contract for work with the same employer or work contractor. The total duration of seasonal work may not exceed six months in a calendar year, or seven months in the exceptional cases the law provides for. |
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| How the initial term is set | matches the contract |
| Renewable | Yes as of 2026-08-25[4] May be extended within the calendar-year cap. |
| Renewal duration | up to 7 months as of 2026-08-25[4] |
| Maximum total duration | up to 7 months as of 2026-08-25[4] Seven months in a single calendar year in the exceptional cases the law allows; six months otherwise. The Employment Service states the six-month figure for consents. The calendar-year reset is not expressible and survives in this note. |
| Work rights | own activity only as of 2026-08-25[4] Seasonal work in agriculture, forestry, hospitality or tourism, with the employer or work contractor named in the contract. The Employment Service states that seasonal work may be performed only on the basis of an employment contract, except in the cases the law on temporary and occasional work in agriculture allows. |
Permanent residence and citizenship
| Counts toward permanent residence | No as of 2026-08-25[6] |
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Requirements
| Job offer required | Yes as of 2026-08-25[4] A valid employment contract or contract for work must be attached. |
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| Labour-market test | Yes as of 2026-08-25[1] The absence of a suitable person on the unemployment register is the first condition of consent, checked through a PDM-KTD notification with a five-working-day reply. It is waived where the foreigner works under a civil-law contract – the Employment Service says it issues consent in that case without checking the first condition. |
| Qualification requirement | none as of 2026-08-25[1] Neither enumeration states any qualification condition. |
| Employer sponsorship | Yes as of 2026-08-25[1] The employer or work contractor must be registered in the business register for the activity or entered in the register of agricultural holdings as holder or family member, must not be in liquidation or bankruptcy, and must have all tax obligations settled. |
| Own means requirement | 1 × basic amount of minimum income per month as of 2026-08-25[4] Article 33(3) of ZTuj-2: a foreigner must have sufficient means of subsistence for the period of residence, monthly at least in the amount of the basic minimum income in the Republic of Slovenia. This is the general condition on every temporary residence permit in the Act and the Ministry's page for this permit repeats it without stating an amount of its own. |
| Paid in-country | Yes as of 2026-08-25[4] |
| Job-search route | No as of 2026-08-25[4] |
Process
| Where to apply from | either as of 2026-08-25[4] |
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| Statutory processing time | Not established from a qualifying source Not established for the permit; the Employment Service's 15-day period applies to its consent. |
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Physical presence
| registration only | to keep the permit as of 2026-08-25[2] 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 | No as of 2026-08-25[6] Article 47(1) of ZTuj-2 expressly excludes seasonal workers from the right to family reunification. This is one of the two exclusions the paragraph states in terms, the other being daily cross-border migrants. |
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| Eligible relations | Not applicable No family reunification is available on this permit. |
| Family may apply at the same time | Not applicable No family reunification is available on this permit. |
Your next step
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Verification
| Sources cited | 6 |
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| of which official (tier 1) | 6 |
| 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] Enotno dovoljenje za sezonsko delo tujcev v kmetijstvu več kot 90 dni
Zavod Republike Slovenije za zaposlovanje · official portal · Tier 1 · Accessed 2026-08-25 - [2] 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 - [3] 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 - [4] Enotno dovoljenje za sezonsko delo daljše od 90 dni
Ministrstvo za notranje zadeve in javno upravo · official guidance · Tier 1 · Published 2026-08-12 · Accessed 2026-08-25 - [5] 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 - [6] Zakon o tujcih (uradno prečiščeno besedilo) (ZTuj-2-UPB15)
Uradni list Republike Slovenije · statute · Tier 1 · Published 2025-06-24 · Accessed 2026-08-25 · Archived copy