Slovenia citizenship: required documents
The documents you'll gather for Slovenia citizenship by descent, by route and by ancestor. Your exact list is generated from your lineage in the wizard.
By descent (Art. 4)
Parent-to-child descent: document your Slovenian ancestor and the chain (register a birth abroad before age 36), then apply to the Ministry of the Interior.
You
- •Birth certificate
Each ancestor in the chain
- •Birth certificate
- •Marriage certificate — if_married
- •Adoption certificate / order (if applicable) — if_adopted
- •Amended birth certificate (if applicable) — if_adopted
- •Name connection / spelling-variation proof (if applicable) — if_has_name_changes
Your qualifying ancestor
- •Birth certificate
- •Marriage certificate — if_married
- •Adoption certificate / order (if applicable) — if_adopted
- •Amended birth certificate (if applicable) — if_adopted
- •Name connection / spelling-variation proof (if applicable) — if_has_name_changes
Émigré naturalisation (Art. 12 / 13)
Facilitated naturalisation for émigrés and descendants up to the 4th generation.
You
- •Birth certificate
- •Valid passport / national ID
- •Residence permit / registration
- •Proof of continuous legal residence
- •Language / integration certificate
- •Criminal-record / police clearance
- •Naturalisation application form
Each ancestor in the chain
- •Birth certificate
- •Marriage certificate — if_married
- •Adoption certificate / order (if applicable) — if_adopted
- •Amended birth certificate (if applicable) — if_adopted
- •Name connection / spelling-variation proof (if applicable) — if_has_name_changes
Your qualifying ancestor
- •Birth certificate
- •Proof of your ancestor's citizenship
- •Marriage certificate — if_married
- •Adoption certificate / order (if applicable) — if_adopted
- •Amended birth certificate (if applicable) — if_adopted
- •Name connection / spelling-variation proof (if applicable) — if_has_name_changes
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