Area: Delovno pravno
Competent authority: MDDSZ
EZU URL: .nan
Initiative ID: 765
Initiative accepted and completed: '2017-03-01'
Initiative classified in EZU: .nan
Initiative forwarded in response: '2016-09-21'
Initiative published: '2016-09-21'
Initiative submitted: '2016-09-10'
Response from the competent authority: 'Response of the Ministry of Labour, Family,
  Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities:The Aliens Act (Official Gazette of the Republic
  of Slovenia, No.45/14 - official consolidated text, 90/14, 19/15, 47/15 - ZZSDT
  and 5/17), in Article 91(2), sets a time limit within which the competent authority
  has to decide on an application for a residence permit. The Article provides that
  the decision must be taken within 30 days of receipt of a complete application.
  However, in the case of a special determination procedure, the competent authority
  has 60 days to take a decision. According to official data from the Ministry of
  the Interior, which is responsible for maintaining the Register of Aliens and which
  provides information on the timeframe for the issuance of uniform residence and
  work permits, in the first ten months of 2016, uniform residence and work permits
  were issued on average within 32 days. However, the uniform residence and work permit
  is served to the foreigner in 44 days on average.  This shows that on average, uniform
  permits are issued in accordance with and within the legal deadlines set out in
  the Aliens Act. In any case, it is not insignificant that in 2017, in the face of
  increased (seasonal) needs of the Slovenian economy, a significant increase in the
  number of applications for employment and work of foreigners was again recorded,
  which is probably the reason why the timeframe for decision-making by the competent
  authorities in the procedures for issuing uniform residence and work permits is
  occasionally lengthened.   In the past year, the Employment Service of the Republic
  of Slovenia has taken a number of actions to shorten the procedures for issuing
  work permits and consents to single permits, namely: - electronic data exchange
  with other competent authorities has been established, which has significantly shortened
  the procedures for issuing work permits and the procedures for granting consents
  to the ED; - two telephone numbers have been established at the Employment Service
  of the Republic of Slovenia specifically for administrative units, which are available
  to the Employment Service of the Republic of Slovenia at all times, not only during
  office hours. In addition, the Institute has a contact centre which provides general
  information to clients and also provides clients with information on the officials
  who deal with applications. It should be noted that the administrative units are
  the administrative authority for the processing of applications for a single permit,
  and therefore clients can obtain information on the conduct of the ED procedure
  from the administrative units; - in cases where the administrative authority for
  the conduct of the procedure is the Institute, clients can obtain general information
  and information on the procedure from an official at the Institute (procedures for
  the issue of permits under the Agreement with BIH, work permits for Croatian nationals);
  - In view of the exceptionally high increase in applications for work permits and
  consents, ZRSZ has also strengthened the staffing of the Employment of Foreigners
  Service (increased workload, assistance from colleagues from other regional services).'
Text file: 765.txt
Title: Issuing work permits within a reasonable time
URL: https://www.stopbirokraciji.gov.si/pobuda/?st=765
