Visa Requirements & Letter of Invitation
General Information
A passport valid for three months longer than duration of the stay is required by all except nationals of European Union (EU) countries with a valid national ID card.
Visas are required by all except the following:
- nationals of EU countries for stays of up to three months.
- it was agreed that travellers from countries with which the European Union has not reached an agreement on the abolition of visas must have visas in their passports valid for at least six months, which they can get at any Slovene (or otherwise authorized) representative office in their home countries. More information: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, click here under the field Useful information.
- nationals of Andorra, Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Chile, Costa Rica, Croatia, Ecuador, El Salvador, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Hong Kong (SAR), Iceland, Israel, Korea (Rep), Liechtenstein, Macau (SAR), Mexico (one month only for business trips), Monaco, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Romania, San Marino, Switzerland, Uruguay, Vatican City and Venezuela for stays of up to 90 days.
- nationals of Malaysia for stays of up to 30 days.
- nationals of Singapore for stays of up to 14 days.
Visitors from outside the European Union should check whether or not a visa is required. For more comprehensive informations, please click here.
Letter of Invitation
Participants that require to receive an official invitation letter in order to obtain a visa should apply for this invitation by at least 6 weeks prior to the meeting at the very latest. The deadline for this type of “Letter of invitation” is 21 July 2006.
Participants that require to receive an invitation in order to raise travel funds or for administrative purposes should also apply for this invitation by at least 4 weeks prior to the meeting at the latest. It should be understood, however, that such an invitation is not a commitment on the part of the organizers to provide financial support. Therefore, the deadline for this type of "Letter of Invitation" is 04 August 2006.
It should be understood that the organizers can only issue an Invitation which includes the time of the assembly plus the Saturdays and Sundays directly before and after the conference, respectively.
Please send your request for a “Letter of invitation” to ems-sec@met.fu-berlin.de.
Include your name, affiliation and the session of your contribution.
Border Formalities
Border formalities are minimal and correspond to the European standards. To cross the border, a valid passport is sufficient if the visit is no longer than three months. Citizens of member countries of the European Union, Croatia, and Switzerland can cross the border with a valid personal identification document, but the visit can not be longer than thirty days. All those who need visas to visit Slovenia can obtain them from Slovenia’s representative offices in their home countries. Upon entering the European Union, Slovenia did not automatically become a member of the Schengen Agreement; entering the Agreement will be possible after a transition period and when the current members of the Agreement establish that the candidates have fulfilled all the conditions for membership. This means that border controls will remain until Slovenia obtains full membership in the Schengen Agreement.
