For the relevant traveller scope, is a visa, electronic authorisation, visa on arrival or no advance visa normally required?
EU citizens do not need a visa: with a valid ID card they can stay up to 30 days, with a valid passport up to 90 days. Citizens of the countries on the official list may enter, transit and stay up to 90 days visa-free with a valid travel document; citizens of EU states, Albania, Andorra, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Iceland, Kosovo, Liechtenstein, North Macedonia, Monaco, Norway, San Marino, Serbia, the Holy See and Switzerland may also enter with a valid ID card for up to 30 days, and citizens of the Western Balkans freedom-of-movement agreement states for up to 90 days with a valid personal document. Holders of a valid Schengen, Australian, Bulgarian, Japanese, Canadian, New Zealand, Irish, Romanian or US visa, or UK nationals, may stay up to 30 days (not beyond the visa's expiry); holders of a residence permit of those states or an APEC business travel card up to 30 days; UN laissez-passer holders up to 90 days; holders of 1951 Refugee or 1954 Stateless Convention travel documents issued by the listed states up to 30 days; citizens of Belarus, Peru and Russia up to 30 days under bilateral agreements. Otherwise a foreigner enters with a valid travel document with a visa, or accompanied by a Montenegrin residence permit, unless a law or international agreement provides otherwise.
See recorded sources
- https://www.gov.me/en/article/visas
Citizens of the European Union do not need a visa to travel to Montenegro. With a valid ID card, they can stay in Montenegro for up to 30 days, while with a valid passport, they can stay for up to 90 days .
- https://www.gov.me/en/article/visas
Citizens of the following countries may enter, transit through and stay in Montenegro for up to 90 days, with a valid travel document issued by the competent authorities of those countries, without a visa:
- https://www.gov.me/en/article/visas
Holders of valid foreign travel documents with a valid Schengen visa, a valid visa of the Commonwealth of Australia, the Republic of Bulgaria, Japan, Canada, New Zealand, the Republic of Ireland, Romania, the United States of America Nationals of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland may enter, transit through and stay in Montenegro for up to 30 days, and no longer than until the expiry of the visa, if the validity of the visa is less than 30 days.
- https://www.gov.me/en/article/visas
Holders of valid foreign travel documents who have a residence permit in the Schengen zone countries, the Commonwealth of Australia, the Republic of Bulgaria, Japan, Canada, New Zealand, the Republic of Ireland, Romania, the United States of America and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
- https://www.gov.me/en/article/visas
or who are holders of business travel cards issued by the member states of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) can enter, transit through the territory and stay in Montenegro for up to 30 days, and no longer than until the expiration of the residence permit or that business travel card, if their validity period is shorter than 30 days.
- https://www.gov.me/en/article/visas
Holders of valid travel documents issued by the United Nations or its specialized agencies (Laissez-Passer) may enter, transit through and stay in Montenegro for up to 90 days without a visa.
- https://www.gov.me/en/article/visas
Holders of valid travel documents issued by the Member States of the European Union, the Commonwealth of Australia, the Republic of Iceland, Japan, Canada, New Zealand, the Kingdom of Norway, the United States of America, the Swiss Confederation and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, on the basis of the Convention relating to the Status of Refugees of 1951 or the Convention relating to the Legal Status of Stateless Persons of 1954, as well as special travel documents for foreigners, may enter, cross the territory and stay in Montenegro for up to 30 days, without a visa.
- https://www.gov.me/en/article/visas
Citizens of the Republic of Belarus, the Republic of Peru and the Russian Federation may, in accordance with concluded international agreements on mutual travel of citizens, enter, transit through and stay in Montenegro for up to 30 days, with a valid travel document issued by the competent authorities of those countries.
- https://www.gov.me/en/article/visas
A foreigner may enter, move and stay in Montenegro with a valid foreign travel document with a visa or a valid foreign travel document accompanied by a temporary residence permit, a temporary residence and work permit, or a permanent residence permit, unless otherwise provided for by this Law or an international agreement.
- https://www.gov.me/en/article/visas
Citizens of the Member States of the European Union, the Republic of Albania, the Principality of Andorra, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Republic of Iceland, the Republic of Kosovo, the Kingdom of Liechtenstein, the Republic of North Macedonia, the Principality of Monaco, the Kingdom of Norway, the Republic of San Marino, the Republic of Serbia, the Holy See and the Swiss Confederation may enter, transit through and stay in Montenegro for up to 30 days, without a visa, with a valid ID card issued by a competent authority of those countries.
- https://www.gov.me/en/article/visas
We also note that citizens of the signatory states of the Agreement on Freedom of Movement in the Western Balkans can enter, transit through the territory and stay in Montenegro for up to 90 days without a visa, with a valid personal document issued by the competent authority.