Montenegro Residence and Work Permit for Entrepreneur or Owner-Director

16 requirements quoted from the official source.

• ✓Annual Quota May ApplyThe official employment framework places qualifying executive directors and self-employed foreign entrepreneurs outside the annual quota.via gov.me
• ✓Annual Tax And Contribution Payments Eur Min For ExtensionRenewal requires proof of annual tax and contribution obligations discharged in a minimum amount of EUR 5,000.checked 2026-07-26
• ✓Eligibility summarypreduzetnike i izvrsne direktore ... jedini vlasnici ili vlasnici vise od 51% kapitala
• ✓Financial meansArticle 43 requires means of subsistence for a temporary residence or residence-and-work permit, subject to route-specific exemptions.
• ✓Health Fitness Evidence RequiredArticle 69 requires evidence of health fitness for employment and seasonal-employment permits.
• ✓Job offerThe ordinary written job offer and education evidence are waived for this ownership branch.
• ✓No Security Or Public Health Bar RequiredThere must be no national-security, internal-security or public-health obstacle.
• ✓Ownership And Registration Evidence RequiredThe applicant must provide proof of ownership and registration of the entrepreneur or company.
• ✓Ownership Required For DirectorAn executive director must be the sole owner or own more than fifty-one percent of the company capital for this branch.
• ✓Purpose Evidence RequiredArticle 43 requires evidence justifying the particular permit purpose.
• ✓Qualifying RoleArticle 69 applies the business branch to entrepreneurs and executive directors.
• ✓Residence And Work Permit RequiredA foreign national may work on the basis of a temporary residence and work permit or an applicable work-registration certificate.
• ✓Work Limited To Authorised Employer And RoleThe holder may work only in the authorised role and for the employer named by the permit.

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• ✓AccommodationArticle 43 requires secured accommodation, subject to route-specific exemptions.
• ✓Health insuranceArticle 43 requires travel, treaty-based or statutory health insurance, subject to route-specific exemptions.
• ✓Passport or travel documentArticle 43 requires a valid foreign travel document, foreign identity card or stateless-person travel document.

3 exclusions quoted from the official source.

• ✗No Disqualifying Conviction In Montenegro RequiredThe applicant must not have an unspent final unconditional prison sentence exceeding six months in Montenegro for an offence prosecuted ex officio.
• ✗No Disqualifying Conviction In Origin Country RequiredThe applicant must not have an unspent final unconditional prison sentence exceeding six months in the country of origin for an offence prosecuted ex officio.
• ✗Ownership Percentage Min ExclusiveThe statutory branch requires sole ownership or ownership exceeding fifty-one percent.

• ✓Annual Quota ExemptionThe official employment framework places qualifying executive directors and self-employed foreign entrepreneurs outside the annual quota.via gov.me
• ✓Extension Window Days Before ExpiryAn extension request may be filed from sixty until no later than thirty days before expiry.
• ✓Official source basispreduzetnike i izvrsne direktore ... jedini vlasnici ili vlasnici vise od 51% kapitala
• ✓Report summarypreduzetnike i izvrsne direktore ... jedini vlasnici ili vlasnici vise od 51% kapitala
• ✓Standard Decision DaysArticle 62 sets a forty-day decision period for a complete temporary-residence application.
• ✓Standard Initial Permit Months MaxUnless a specific route provides otherwise, Article 63 issues a temporary residence permit for up to one year.