More than 30,000 Single Permits for temporary residence and work issued since launch of Portal for Foreign Citizens

From the establishment of the Portal for Foreign Citizens on February 1 this year and until October 31, a total of 30,681 requests for a temporary residence and work Single Permit for foreign citizens in the Republic of Serbia were approved, announced the Office for Information Technologies and Electronic Government.

This February, the Office for IT and eGovernment, in cooperation with the Ministry of the Interior, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Labor, Employment, Veteran and Social Policy and the National Employment Agency, developed and put into operation the Portal for Foreign Citizens, which enables a new electronic service of filing requests for a Single Permit for temporary residence and work for foreign citizens in the Republic of Serbia, the press release reminds.

A request for a Single Permit can be submitted by a foreign citizen or an employer on behalf of a foreign citizen exclusively electronically on the Portal for Foreign Citizens.

– If the request is submitted independently by a foreign citizen, it is necessary for them to have an account on the Electronic Identification Portal, while if the request is submitted by an employer, it is necessary for them to have an open account on the eGovernment Portal as a legal entity, as well as for the legal representative to have a registered account. All that is required is for the legal representative of the legal entity to log in to the eGovernment Portal and authorize a person to submit a request for a Single Permit on behalf of that legal entity, by assigning the role "Working with foreign citizens" – stated the director of the Office, Mihailo Jovanovic.

Within the Portal for Foreign Citizens, it is possible to apply for a visa C that is a visa for a stay of up to 90 days, which is issued for tourist, business and other trips, as well as one, two or more entries into the Republic of Serbia. It is also possible to apply for a visa D that is a visa for a stay of 90 to 180 days, which is issued on the basis of employment, education, family reunification, etc.

Kancelarija za informacione tehnologije i elektronsku upravu Beograd

Office for IT and eGovernment

Mihailo Jovanović

Single Permit for temporary residence and work for foreign citizens

visa C

visa D

Portal for Foreign Citizens