Slovenia: visa and entry rules
What you need to get in, how long you may stay, and what an overstay costs
Slovenia's borders: every crossing point
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With Croatia, Italy, Austria and Hungary the borders are internal ones inside the Schengen area.
Croatia has been in Schengen since 1 January 2023, so there are no permanent checks in that direction any more - but Slovenia has introduced spot checks even since then.
By sea there is a short stretch of coast at Koper, with ferries from there to Italy and Croatia.
The country is small and full of transit traffic: the route from Austria to the Adriatic runs precisely through it.
Driving to Slovenia
A vignette is required for the motorways; it is electronic and is bought in advance.
A Green Card is compulsory.
Winter tyres are compulsory from November to March.
The main flow of traffic towards the Croatian coast runs through the country, and in summer there are jams in that direction.
Travelling to Slovenia with a pet
The rules are the same throughout the EU.
An ISO-standard microchip is compulsory, and it is implanted BEFORE the rabies vaccination - otherwise the vaccination does not count.
The rabies vaccination may not be given before the animal is 12 weeks old, and 21 days must pass between the vaccination and entry.
A rabies antibody titre test is required only for pets from a country not on the EU's approved list. The US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and the UK are on the list, so this does not apply to pets travelling from those countries; Russia is one of the countries it does apply to. The blood is taken no earlier than 30 days after the vaccination, and then three months must pass before entry.
An EU veterinary certificate is needed, issued by the state veterinary service.
No more than five animals per person without commercial paperwork.
Overstaying your visa in Slovenia
The violation is recorded across the whole Schengen area, not in a single country.
The main consequence is a refusal of your next visa. The record stays in the system, and obtaining a Schengen visa afterwards becomes considerably harder.
An entry ban for a significant overstay applies to the entire zone at once.
The days are counted across the whole of Schengen. The typical mistake is to count your stay in each country separately.
What else to check before you go
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Entry rules change faster than anything else on this site, and they change without notice. We cross-check every page against several sources and state the date it was verified, but that does not replace the main step: before you travel, check an official source — the country’s consulate, its immigration service or its e-visa portal. Especially if more than a couple of months have passed since our check.