Intracompany Transfer Residence and Work Permit

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What type of worker, employment situation, occupation or professional activity is this pathway actually designed for?

This route is for a manager or specialist temporarily deployed (reassigned) by a foreign company to work at its branch, or at a foreign-owned company it founded, registered in Montenegro.

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Intracompany-transfer basis
A foreign company may temporarily deploy its employee to work in a branch of a foreign company i.e. a foreign company founded by it and registered in Montenegro, provided that the foreigner in that foreign company has been employed for at least one year and he/she performs managerial activities or is employed as a specialist.

Does the applicant need a job offer, employer, sponsor, transfer relationship or other employer involvement? What is important about that employer relationship?

The sending foreign company deploys the employee; the employee must already have been employed by that foreign company for at least one year before the transfer.

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Required one-year prior employment
evidence that is employed in a foreign company for at least one year;

What are the few decisive professional characteristics of the pathway: occupation, qualifications, experience, salary, skill level, shortage status, labour-market condition or equivalent?

The pathway is defined by the role: a manager (performs managerial activities or is a member of managerial staff of the foreign company, leads an organisational unit, monitors and controls employees, or decides on employees' rights and obligations) or a specialist (possesses special expertise required for the foreign company's operations). A foreigner temporarily reassigned as a manager or specialist can be issued a residence and work permit regardless of the annual quota.

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https://www.gov.me/en/article/labour-and-employment
A manager is a person who performs managerial activities or is a member of a managerial staff of a foreign company or leads i.e. manages the organization unit or carries out the tasks of monitoring and control of employees or decides on the rights and obligations of employees in that company.
https://www.gov.me/en/article/labour-and-employment
A specialist is a person who possesses special expertise required for the operations of a foreign company.
https://www.gov.me/en/article/labour-and-employment
The permit for temporary residence and work regardless the annual quotas may be issued to a foreigner:
https://www.gov.me/en/article/labour-and-employment
who has been temporarily reassigned as a manager or specialist (the movement of persons within a foreign company);

What work does the permission allow? Is the holder tied to an employer, occupation or sector? Can family accompany where clearly established?

A foreigner may work in Montenegro only in the jobs for which the residence and work permit was issued and only for the employer that employs them. The foreign company posts its employee to work in a part (branch) of the foreign company or in a company it founded that is registered in Montenegro, and the applicant must show they will be returned to work in the foreign company when the temporary assignment ends. The official source does not state whether family members may accompany the holder.

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Limits of the record

The sources do not state whether family members may accompany an intra-company transferee.

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Stranac može da radi u Crnoj Gori samo na poslovima za koje mu je izdata dozvola za privremeni boravak i rad ili potvrda o prijavi rada i samo kod poslodavca koji ga zapošljava.
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Strano privredno društvo može privremeno da rasporedi na rad u dio stranog društva, odnosno privredno društvo čiji je osnivač, a koje je registrovano u Crnoj Gori, svog zaposlenog koji je najmanje:
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5) dokaz da će stranac po isteku privremenog raspoređivanja iz člana 74 ovog zakona biti vraćen na rad u strano privredno društvo iz kojeg je privremeno raspoređen.

How long is the permission normally granted for, how is it renewed, and what longer-term residence direction exists if officially stated?

The permit is issued for up to one year and may be extended until the work is completed, up to a maximum of two years.

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One-year validity, extendable to two years
The temporary residence and work for the movement of persons within a foreign company shall be issued with a validity period of one year and may be extended until the completion of works or up to two years.

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Intracompany Transfer Residence and Work Permit

What type of worker, employment situation, occupation or professional activity is this pathway actually designed for?

Does the applicant need a job offer, employer, sponsor, transfer relationship or other employer involvement? What is important about that employer relationship?

What are the few decisive professional characteristics of the pathway: occupation, qualifications, experience, salary, skill level, shortage status, labour-market condition or equivalent?

What work does the permission allow? Is the holder tied to an employer, occupation or sector? Can family accompany where clearly established?

How long is the permission normally granted for, how is it renewed, and what longer-term residence direction exists if officially stated?

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