Slovenia has magnificent landscapes, rivers, rugged hills, old caverns, and enchanted buildings. Predjama Fortress, a Renaissance castle constructed within the cave’s entrance some 800 decades previously, is the country’s most famous landmark. It was renowned for its hidden passageways and housed numerous nobles and regal occupants. These characteristics made the palace the most popular visitor destination in Slovenia.

This country has been attracting many tourists with beautiful landmarks for many years, as applying for its visa has been very easy. However, after the coronavirus pandemic, the country has banned many nationals from applying for its visa. 

Slovenia, together with the other EU and Schengen Zone nations, issued an EU-wide entrance restriction on third-country individuals in mid-March 2020 due to the Covid epidemic. Slovenia has opened its gates to citizens of the nine nationalities from July 17: South Korea, Australia, Uruguay, New Zealand, Rwanda, Singapore, Japan, and Thailand, due to better epidemic conditions in Slovenia the EU, and overseas. 

Third-country nationals traveling to Slovenia for the jobs or other vital objectives specified beneath can visit the country if they have documentation of their planned arrival.

  • Individuals who are involved in business activity.
  • Those are transporting commodities to or from Slovenia within 12 hours of entering the country.
  • Owners of diplomatic passports.
  • Individuals who have a hospital session or treatment/surgery arranged in Slovenia.
  • Those were visiting a family member’s burial and departing or coming to Slovenia within 24 hours of admission.
  • Those who enter the country for personal emergency reasons, and leave within 24 hours.
  • Team members of the Slovenian Police and Military and government workers are traveling home after working overseas.
  • People who emigrate for familial concerns, and come back within 24 hours.  

Individuals who do not meet the criteria listed above are not deemed eligible for a visa permit.

Reasons behind Slovenian Visa rejection: 

Besides the pandemic and ban on Slovenian visas, there are the following reasons why your visa request might get rejected. 

  1. Financial Reasons: 

If the officials suspect you cannot afford to visit and live in Slovenia, officials will dismiss your visa request. 

You must effectively prove how you can fund meals, accommodation, transportation, and any other expenditures related to the visit for your visa request to be approved. 

Candidates for Slovenian visas must consequently present budgetary data in the context of monthly income slips, financial records, lease purchases, and other papers that adequately illustrate earnings and assets on their applications.

  1. Criminal Behavior in the Past or Present 

The individual’s previous and present situations and their activities play a significant role in the embassy investigator’s judgment to issue a Slovenian visa. In these situations, the candidate may be denied since they are deemed a danger to Slovenia. 

  1. You have failed to demonstrate your job profile. 

Even with a strong financial record, the embassy will reject your immigration request if you cannot establish your business position, and submit records of your trade license documentation if you operate a local company. No consulate will trust you until you can offer concrete evidence that you’re working or monitoring and controlling your firm.

  1. Documents that have gone missing 

The submission of various necessary and additional papers is needed for Slovenian visa requests; failure to provide any of these can lead to a visa request being turned down. For instance, if you do not offer up evidence of healthcare tourism insurance or some necessary document, the embassy may deny your request. 

Furthermore, if you submit all of the required papers and one of those (or perhaps all of them) includes unclear data, your registration may be declined.

To avoid your visa getting rejected, ensure that you have submitted all necessary documents with clear information. Also, make sure that you have enough money to fund your stay in Slovenia. Decide and mention your accommodation and travel route in your documents.