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Slovenia for Burkinabè passport holders: Embassy visa

Your circumstances

Passport:
🇧🇫 Burkinabè
Lives in:
Not specified (general rule)
Going to:
🇸🇮 Slovenia
Purpose:
Holiday

Route summary

Embassy visa

Schengen visa required

Burkinabè passport holders need a short-stay Schengen visa (type C) for Slovenia, applied for before travel at the consulate or its visa centre.

Conditions

  • A Schengen visa is valid for the whole Schengen area: up to 90 days in any 180 days.
  • Apply at the consulate of Slovenia if it is your only or main destination (longest stay), or of the first country you enter if stays are equal.
  • Apply where you legally live, no earlier than 6 months and no later than 15 days before travel; an appointment may be needed.
  • If you already hold a valid residence permit or long-stay visa issued by a Schengen country, you can visit other Schengen countries for up to 90 days in 180 without a new visa (Schengen Convention art. 21).
  • Fingerprints are taken when you apply (some exemptions) and your entry is recorded in the EES at the border.

About this route

Route type
Embassy visa: you apply through an embassy, consulate or appointed visa centre.
Documents
5 listed by the official source.
Fee
€90 (as published).
Processing
15 days as a rule; up to 45 days if more checks are needed.

Next step

Book an appointment with the consulate or its visa centre

Official application pagegov.si ↗ (opens in a new tab)

Last checked 4 Oct 2026 against eur-lex.europa.eu · EUR-Lex consolidated text + EC "Applying for a Schengen visa" page read 2026-10-04

Documents

5 documents listed by the official source
  • Passport valid 3+ months after leaving the Schengen area, issued within the last 10 years, with 2 blank pages
  • Completed application form
  • ICAO-standard photo
  • Travel medical insurance (emergency care, hospitalisation, repatriation)
  • Proof of purpose, accommodation, funds and intention to return

Fees

Official government fee
€90
Children aged 6–12: EUR 45.
Visa-centre / service fee (not a government fee)
May be charged by visa centres; amount not published by the government
Notes from the source
EUR 90 adults, EUR 45 children aged 6–12; visa centres may add a service fee.

Visa-centre, service or other third-party charges are never official government fees.

Processing and validity

Processing time
15 days as a rule; up to 45 days if more checks are needed
Validity
Single or multiple entry, as stated on the visa
Maximum stay
Up to 90 days in any 180-day period, as stated on the visa

How to apply: Schengen visa required

4 steps from the official source
  1. Step 1: Book an appointment with the consulate or its visa centre
  2. Step 2: Submit the form, documents and fingerprints
  3. Step 3: Pay the fee
  4. Step 4: Wait for the decision (usually 15 days)

Where: Consulate of Slovenia (or its external visa centre) responsible for where you live

Official application page: gov.si ↗ (opens in a new tab)

Requirements for all visitors to Slovenia

These apply on top of the visa rules above, whatever your passport, unless an item says otherwise.

  • Proof of fundsProof of means of subsistence: EUR 70 per day (50 % for accompanied minors) unless sponsorship/paid accommodation

    Applies to: non-EU/EEA/Swiss visitors at the external Schengen border, on request.

    Official source: home-affairs.ec.europa.eu · Last checked 2 Nov 2026

Quick answers

Do Burkinabè passport holders need a visa for Slovenia?

Schengen visa required. Burkinabè passport holders need a short-stay Schengen visa (type C) for Slovenia, applied for before travel at the consulate or its visa centre. Source: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:02018R1806-20251230

Business, work or just passing through?

The rules above are for a holiday: tourism and visiting family and friends. Business visits, paid work and transit are covered separately below.

Business visits to Slovenia

Option 1
Embassy visaBusiness visit (meetings, conferences – not paid work)

Business visit: Schengen visa required

Short business visits (meetings, conferences, negotiations – not paid work) follow the same route as a holiday, because the official source covers business visits (Tourism, family visits, business (short stay)). Burkinabè passport holders need a short-stay Schengen visa (type C) for Slovenia, applied for before travel at the consulate or its visa centre.

Conditions

  • A Schengen visa is valid for the whole Schengen area: up to 90 days in any 180 days.
  • Apply at the consulate of Slovenia if it is your only or main destination (longest stay), or of the first country you enter if stays are equal.
  • Apply where you legally live, no earlier than 6 months and no later than 15 days before travel; an appointment may be needed.
  • If you already hold a valid residence permit or long-stay visa issued by a Schengen country, you can visit other Schengen countries for up to 90 days in 180 without a new visa (Schengen Convention art. 21).
  • Fingerprints are taken when you apply (some exemptions) and your entry is recorded in the EES at the border.
Government fee
€90
EUR 90 adults, EUR 45 children aged 6–12; visa centres may add a service fee.
Processing
15 days as a rule; up to 45 days if more checks are needed
Validity
Single or multiple entry, as stated on the visa
Max stay
Up to 90 days in any 180-day period, as stated on the visa
Steps, documents & where to apply

How to apply

  1. 1Book an appointment with the consulate or its visa centre
  2. 2Submit the form, documents and fingerprints
  3. 3Pay the fee
  4. 4Wait for the decision (usually 15 days)

Where: Consulate of Slovenia (or its external visa centre) responsible for where you live

Official application page ↗

Documents checklist

  • Passport valid 3+ months after leaving the Schengen area, issued within the last 10 years, with 2 blank pages
  • Completed application form
  • ICAO-standard photo
  • Travel medical insurance (emergency care, hospitalisation, repatriation)
  • Proof of purpose, accommodation, funds and intention to return

✓ EUR-Lex consolidated text + EC "Applying for a Schengen visa" page read 2026-10-04

Official wording

“Regulation (EU) 2018/1806, Annex I (consolidated 30 Dec 2025): Burkina Faso listed among third countries whose nationals must hold a visa when crossing the external borders.”

Working in Slovenia

Main work visa routes for Slovenia

These are the main routes and what they require. Whether you qualify depends on your circumstances; the official page decides.

EU Blue Card

For: Highly qualified non-EU employees

  • Work contract or binding job offer for highly qualified employment of at least 1 year
  • Salary at or above the national EU Blue Card threshold (see the official page)
  • Higher professional qualifications (or national requirements for regulated professions)
  • Sickness insurance
  • Slovenia applies a labour market test (employer must first look for local/EU workers).

Source: European Commission – EU Immigration Portal: EU Blue Card in Slovenia (page dated 1 April 2025) (home-affairs.ec.europa.eu).

What the source says

"have a valid work contract or binding job offer for highly qualified employment" … "meet the minimum salary threshold in the Member State concerned" … "present documents proving that the relevant higher professional qualifications are met" … "present a proof of sickness insurance" … "with a duration of at least 1 year" … "Slovenia applies a labour market test."

Checked 16 Oct 2026. Requirements, fees and thresholds change; confirm on the official page before applying.

Transit through Slovenia

Option 1
Visa-freeAirport transit (changing flights in Slovenia)

Airside transit: no airport transit visa needed; leaving the transit area needs normal Schengen entry

Unless your nationality is on the EU common airport-transit-visa list or Slovenia's national list (those passports have their own rule here), you don't need an airport transit visa to change planes in the international transit area of an airport in Slovenia. If you have to pass through border control (e.g. to collect bags, change airport or terminal outside the transit area, or your onward flight is to another Schengen country), you are entering the Schengen area and the normal entry rules for your passport apply - see the holiday section.

Conditions

  • Stay in the airport's international transit area (do not pass border control).
  • Flights to or from another Schengen country count as entering the Schengen area: normal entry rules for your passport apply.
  • Hold the documents required for your final destination; your airline may check them.
Government fee
Fee not officially published
Processing
Not verified yet
Validity
Not verified yet
Max stay
Not verified yet
Steps, documents & where to apply

How to apply

Steps not verified yet — follow the official source below.

Documents checklist

Document list not verified yet — check the official source.

✓ Checked on the live official page

Official wording

“Visa Code (Reg. 810/2009) Art. 3: an airport transit visa is required for nationals on the common list (Annex IV; Handbook Annex 7A) and, where a member state has notified one, its national list (Handbook Annex 7B, 1 July 2026). Nationals not on these lists need no airport transit visa.”

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Before you go to Slovenia

Customs cash limits and the scams official travel advice warns about in Slovenia.

Cash you can bring in and take out

Bringing cash in
Declare cash of EUR 10,000 or more (or equivalent) when arriving from outside the EU.
Taking cash out
Declare cash of EUR 10,000 or more (or equivalent) when leaving to a country outside the EU.

Official source: taxation-customs.ec.europa.eu · Last checked 4 Oct 2026 · Details

Common tourist traps

  1. Unregistered tour guides

    How it works: Licensed guides must show a tour-guide card.

    How to avoid it: Ask to see the card before booking.

  2. Jaywalking fines

    How it works: Heavy on-the-spot fines apply; if you cannot pay, documents or assets can be held.

    How to avoid it: Use marked crossings.

  3. Unofficial e-vignette sellers

    How it works: Motorways need an e-vignette; unofficial websites resell them.

    How to avoid it: Buy only from DARS (official site, petrol stations, post offices).

Emergency numbers in Slovenia

  • Police 113
  • Ambulance, fire & mountain rescue 112

Paraphrased from official travel advice: gov.uk · FCDO page updated 11 Aug 2026 · Last checked 2 Nov 2026.

Explore Slovenia

Planning more than the paperwork? Our Slovenia guide picks out places to visit and things to do, with a source for every tip.

Places to visit:
Postojna Cave · Ljubljana
Things to do:
Pletna boat to Bled Island
Read the full Slovenia guide

Burkinabè passport: of the 148 destinations with a rule verified from an official source, 20 visa-free, 11 visa on arrival, 31 eVisa or travel authorisation, 85 embassy visa.

Slovenia: rules verified from an official source for 197 of 198 passports. Slovenia guide and every passport →

Where else can Burkinabè passport holders travel? See every destination we cover →

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