Third-country nationals requiring Schengen visa (airport transit visa – A, transit visa – B, and short-stay visa – C) for the entry into:
• the Republic of Austria, or
• the Republic of Hungary, or
• the Kingdom of the Netherlands

may, as of 1 May 2008, apply for such a visa at the Common Application Centre, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Slovenia.

The issue of Schengen visas is thus no longer under the competence of the Embassies of the above countries in Slovenia but under the competence of the Common Application Centre in Ljubljana. The cooperation between the Member States is based on the principles and rules of Schengen representation.

Address and office hours:

Common Visa Application Centre, CAC-Ljubljana
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Slovenia, Consular Division

Address: Trubarjeva 3,  Ljubljana      Phone: +386 (1) 478 2305  

Office hours: every day 9.00–12.00
        
About the CAC-Ljubljana

On 1 May 2008, a Common Application Centre – CAC (“Centre”) was established within the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Slovenia, Consular Division aimed at facilitating visa procedures. So far, the following countries are represented in the Centre: Austria, Hungary and the Netherlands. This means that single visas (airport transit visa – A, transit visa – B, and short-stay visa – C) for Austria, Hungary and the Netherlands are no longer issued by the representations of these EU Member States, but by the Centre within the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Slovenia.

The purpose of the Common Application Centre is to:
• Facilitate and speed up the procedures for short-stay visas for third-country nationals;
• Enable rationalisation of visa operation for the Member States, since in the near future compulsory taking of biometric data will be introduced in visa operation for third country nationals, bringing about higher costs for individual Member States.