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The birth of a child is registered automatically and free of charge for a beneficiary of international protection, same as for all children born in Slovenia. A state registrar visits the hospital and carries out the procedure. The parents are given a copy of the birth certificate. Since 2022, if the parents are unmarried or cannot provide a marriage certificate the father may be listed on a child’s birth certificate solely based on the statement of the parents.[1]
One identified problem in relation to marriage registration is that partners cannot be registered as married in official records if they do not present the requisite documentary evidence from their country of origin. If they get married in Slovenia, they are registered as married based on the marriage certificate issued in Slovenia.
Access to social welfare and integration rights for beneficiaries of international protection, as well as their reunited family members, do not depend on civil registration.
[1] For the issues posed by this situation before 2022, see former updates to this AIDA reports, available here.