24 January 2008. After a week I got my diploma, today we went to Ljubljana to take care the working permit. Not as the diploma that we can take care by post, for this one we need to give all the requirements personally. And before we went there, first we stopped by to Indonesian consulate cause i need to report myself. I actually already fax them my passport 2 months after arrived, but since i need them to give the stamp on it so i have to go there personally. Finally we could meet Mr. Arne Mislej - honarary consul ( you need to syncronize time before you meet him because he is busy and mostly not in the office :-)) and got the stamp. One thing solved! feel relieve ...
Now as for the working permit, the process lasts approximately one month but can take more time if you do not obtain all the necessary documentation. Once you send your application with all the relevant documents, the Slovenian Employment Office has officially a maximum of 60 days to process it. The employment and work of foreigners in Slovenia is strictly regulated and employment is only possible on the basis of a work permit. A work permit usually lasts for one year and afterwards you may renew it according to the same conditions in which you applied.
There are three types of work permits in total and they are categorized as follows;
(1) Permit for Employment,
(2) Personal Work Permit and
(3) Permit for Work. The most common is the Permit for Employment.
A Permit for Employment is issued at the request of an employer and allows the foreigner to work at that particular employer only. There is basically one major obstacle with this type of work permit, and that is any unemployed Slovenian citizen has priority over a foreigner. However, an unemployed Slovene’s qualifications must be equal to or higher than the foreigner’s. So, the current situation on the labour market is a very important issue when dealing with this type of work permit. In special cases, foreigners can apply for a Personal Work Permit. This type of work permit allows a foreigner to practice or seek any work with the same conditions as a Slovene citizen. Those looking to reunite with family or seeking self employment can apply. Also refugees, foreigners who have been employed for 5 years by the same employer in Slovenia, foreigners whose parents were Slovenian citizens, and permanent residence holders can also apply. The work permit is normally issued for 3 years; however, permanent residence holders receive permanent work permits. Finally, a Permit for Work is issued for foreign managers, workers of foreign companies who are practising some activities in Slovenia, for seasonal work of foreigners and so on. With this type of work permit, foreign companies can also provide services with so called seconded (or posted) employees, where an employee from a foreign company can work at a Slovenia company for a maximum of 3 months. This applies to foreign companies which are located in countries that do not have free access to the Slovenian labour market, that do not have a subsidiary located in Slovenia and also do not own at least 51 percent of the shares in any company currently located in Slovenia. For some activities which last a short time (including foreign artists, urgent services, foreigners who participate at exhibitions and fairs, etc.) foreigners do not need a work permit but must report the activity to the Slovenian Employment Office. One of the many misconceptions about work permits is that all EU citizens can work in Slovenia without a work permit, which is totally false. Only citizens of new EU member countries (Estonia, Latvia, Poland, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Cyprus and Malta) and citizens of Ireland, the United Kingdom and Sweden have free access to the Slovenian labour market and are therefore not required to apply for a work permit. As mentioned already, work permits can be complicated so take the time to do proper research prior to applying, but if you do not have time to do that then hire someone competent who can. The information provided is for reference only and cannot be taken as advice. Individual rules and regulations apply to each person and country nationals. (source:http://www.sloveniatimes.com/en)
And since I am the family of Slovenian citizen, i can either apply for personal work permit and permit for work. Yet, for personal work permit, as the new law I should live here for certain years before i can apply. So today we took care for the most common is Permit for Employment. As the requirements are copy of my verified diploma, copy of passport, copy of marriage certificate, and filling the form. It cost around 72 euro, and you need to pay in advance via bank transfer. Its expensive indeed. But if you want to work legally then you MUST pay it!!
Still we had unpleasent experience we took care of it. As we already knew, here all the goverment office usually has the official hours when you can and can not to take care something. You cant just go and give them the documents. They wont take it if the time is not approprieate. And as we already checked from their site, today is suppose their official hour. But when we got there, the receptionist lady said that today they dont have the official hours for foreigner who want to take care the permit. But we can give the documents to the lady inside until someone who in charge will take it. So we went there and met her. And when Grega asked her what actually we need to give her (he actually already knew it, but he only wanted to make sure if we get her the right documents), she said that she doesnt know and will take whataver he gave ... WTF!! I mean as the person who work in Slovenian Employment Office, she should know about the law and stuff. At least if she doesnt know, she can check or call the person who familiar with it. Not giving the ignorance answer like that.Especially we already paid so much for this. As a public service you should give your best service. Good thing we already check through internet before.
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