Slovenian passports () are issued to citizens of

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to facilitate international travel. Every Slovenian citizen is also a citizen of the European Union. The

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, along with the

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allows for free rights of movement and residence in any of the states of the

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and

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, as a result of the right of free movement and residence granted in Article 21 of the EU Treaty. 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

are the same burgundy colour as other

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s, with the Slovenian Coat of arms emblazoned in the centre of the front cover. The words ' (English: European Union) and ' (English: Republic of Slovenia) are inscribed above the coat of arms and the word ' (English: Passport) is inscribed below. Passports issued in officially bilingual areas of Slovenia also have Italian or Hungarian text below the Slovene. These are ', ' and ' in

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and ', ' and ' in Hungarian. Slovenian passports have the standard biometric symbol at the bottom and use the standard EU design.

Visa requirements

As of June 2024, Slovenian citizens had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 186 countries and territories, ranking the Slovenian passport 9th overall in terms of travel freedom (tied with the Latvian and Slovak passports) and the highest ranking of the former Yugoslavian states, according to the

Henley Passport Index The Henley Passport Index is a global ranking of countries according to the travel freedom allowed by those countries' ordinary passports for their citizens. It was launched in 2005 as Henley & Partners Visa Restrictions Index and was updated ...

References

External links

Brochure of Slovenian biometric passport (pdf file)
Foreign relations of Slovenia Passports by country European Union passports Identity documents of Slovenia {{passport-stub

Physical appearance

Visa requirements

See also

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