Area: Javna uprava
Competent authority: MNZ
EZU URL: .nan
Initiative ID: 183
Initiative accepted and completed: '2013-10-22'
Initiative classified in EZU: .nan
Initiative forwarded in response: '2013-10-22'
Initiative published: '2013-10-22'
Initiative submitted: '2013-08-09'
Response from the competent authority: Reply from the Ministry of the Interior, Directorate
  for Administrative Internal Affairs, Migration and Naturalisation. In accordance
  with Article 33 of the Aliens Act (Official Gazette of the Republic of Slovenia,
  No. 50/11 and 57/11-amended), each application for a residence permit, regardless
  of the reason or purpose for which the residence permit is issued to the alien,
  must be accompanied by evidence of sufficient means of subsistence for the duration
  of the alien's stay in the country. Article 123(2), which regulates the issue of
  a residence registration certificate for other reasons, also contains a provision
  on the evidence to be taken into account in the procedure for issuing a residence
  registration certificate. Both Articles provide that the alien may prove that he
  or she meets the condition of sufficient means of subsistence by means of his or
  her own means of subsistence, by means of work, by means of rights deriving from
  work or insurance, by means of income from property, capital and other sources,
  or by means of assistance from those who are obliged to support him or her, by means
  of a contract whereby another natural or legal person pays the alien a certain amount
  of money for his or her subsistence, or by any other means whatsoever. However,
  the application for a residence permit must be accompanied by appropriate evidence
  that the above conditions have been met, and the law does not specify the formality
  of the evidence. With regard to the comment concerning the use of the Slovene language
  and the completion of the prescribed applications, we would like to clarify that
  the official language in the Republic of Slovenia is Slovene (except in areas where
  ethnic communities reside, also Italian and Hungarian), as provided for in Article
  62 of the General Administrative Procedure Act (Official Gazette of the Republic
  of Slovenia, No. 24/06 - UPB2, 126/07, 65/08 and 8/10), i.e. "the administrative
  procedure shall be conducted in the Slovene language. Applications shall be made,
  decisions, decisions, minutes, official records and other documents shall be drawn
  up and all acts in the procedure shall be performed in that language. Parties and
  other participants in the proceedings who do not speak the language in which the
  proceedings are conducted or who are unable to use it because of a disability shall
  have the right to be accompanied by an interpreter." The use of Slovene is also
  provided for in the Law on the Public Use of Slovene (Official Gazette of the Republic
  of Slovenia, No 86/04), which stipulates that the official language is Slovene and
  that written and oral communication in all areas of public life in the Republic
  of Slovenia takes place in Slovene, except where, in accordance with the Constitution
  of the Republic of Slovenia, Italian and Hungarian are also used and where the provisions
  of international treaties binding on the Republic of Slovenia specifically allow
  for the use of other languages. In the light of this provision, the official's request
  was understandable. We would also like to remind you that the application forms
  for the issue of a residence registration certificate are an integral part of the
  Regulation on the content, form, method of issue and termination of residence registration
  certificates for citizens of the Member States of the European Union and their family
  members and family members of Slovenian citizens (Official Journal of the Republic
  of Slovenia No 99/11, 90/12 and 65/13) and, as stated above, are to be filled in
  in the Slovene language. The Ministry of the Interior has also prepared the above-mentioned
  forms in English, but these forms are intended as an aid for filling in the Slovenian
  application form, which should be pointed out to the foreigner when submitting the
  English application form. At our request, the Ljubljana Administrative Unit provided
  explanations concerning the conduct in question, and the reply indicates that you
  were alerted to the above fact.
Text file: 183.txt
Title: Accountability and professionalism of professionals in the Offices
URL: https://www.stopbirokraciji.gov.si/pobuda/?st=183
