2.2 residence permits in the republic of slovenia - Ljudmila

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2.3 THE ACQUISITION OF CITIZENSHIP
There are several ways of obtaining citizenship of the Republic of Slovenia. In general
you must comply with the following conditions to obtain citizenship by means of
naturalisation:
• you are aged 18 years or more;
• you must be released from your current citizenship or, alternatively, be able
to demonstrate that you will be released from it, provided that you are granted
the citizenship of the Republic of Slovenia;
• you have been living in the Republic of Slovenia for a period of ten years, of
which five were spent continuously in Slovenia before applying for citizenship,
and your status as an alien has been arranged;
• you have secured adequate financial means, ensuring that you are capable of
providing material and social security for yourself as well as for the persons
you have to support;
• your knowledge of Slovenian is sufficient for the purposes of everyday communication;
you will be required to prove this with a certificate, confirming
that you have passed the basic level Slovenian language exam;
• you have not been convicted by a judgement which has the force of res judicata
(to unconditional imprisonment longer than three months), or you have
not been sentenced to conditional imprisonment for a trial period, longer
than one year;
• you have not had your residence status in the Republic of Slovenia annulled;
• public order, security and defence of the country will not be jeopardised if you
become a citizen of the Republic of Slovenia;
• you have no existing tax liabilities;
• you take an oath, declaring respect for free democratic constitutional order
as set out in the Constitution of the Republic of Slovenia.