It can be used as a travel document when visiting countries in Europe (except Belarus, Russia, and Ukraine), as well as Georgia, French overseas territories, Montserrat (for max.

The back contains the permanent address, administrative unit, date of issue, EMŠO, and a code with key information in a machine-readable zone.

Identity cards issued in officially bilingual areas of Slovenia also have Italian or Hungarian text next to the Slovene.

Every Slovenian citizen regardless of age has the right to acquire an identity card (Slovene: osebna izkaznica), and every citizen of the Republic of Slovenia of 18 years of age or older is obliged by law to acquire one and carry it at all times (or any other identity document with a picture, e.g. the Slovene passport or a driver's license).

With the exception of the Faroe Islands and Greenland, it may be used to travel outside of the EU to Norway, Liechtenstein, BiH, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, and Switzerland.