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Single Permit — Referred or Assigned Person

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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 person employed abroad who is assigned by that foreign employer to work in Serbia for a specified period under a business-and-technical-cooperation contract with the Serbian employer.

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    If you are employed abroad and your employer assigns you to work for a specified period of time with the employer in the Republic of Serbia on grounds of concluded business and technical cooperation contract with the employer from the Republic of Serbia.

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

Yes: the person must be employed abroad, and the foreign employer assigns them for a specified period to an employer in Serbia under a business and technical cooperation contract between the two employers that states the place and time limit of the work. The foreign employer must confirm at least one year of employment or engagement and issue an act referring the person, the Serbian employer's registration certificate is required, and both employers state that the person will return to the foreign employer at the end of the secondment.

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    If you are employed abroad and your employer assigns you to work for a specified period of time with the employer in the Republic of Serbia on grounds of concluded business and technical cooperation contract with the employer from the Republic of Serbia.
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    concluded contract between the employer for whom work is performed or services provided and a foreign employer, which must include the place and time limit for performing the work and a certified translation thereof;</li> <li>registration certificate of the employer from the Republic of Serbia;</li> <li>confirmation from a foreign employer that the foreign citizen has been employed, i.e. engaged for at least one year with that employer and a certified translation thereof;</li> <li>act of a foreign employer on referring a foreign citizen to work temporarily in the Republic of Serbia and a certified translation thereof;
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    An employer’s and foreign employer’s statement that a foreign national will be returned to work with a foreign employer at the end of the secondment

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

The distinctive fit is an overseas employment relationship combined with a time-limited assignment to Serbia under a cross-company business-and-technical-cooperation arrangement. The source does not state a salary threshold, occupation list, or shortage test.

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    your employer assigns you to work for a specified period of time with the employer in the Republic of Serbia on grounds of concluded business and technical cooperation contract

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

The holder may stay and work in Serbia during the validity of the single permit. The work is performed under a contract between the Serbian employer (for whom work is done or services provided) and the foreign employer, which must include the place and time limit for the work; the request can be rejected if there is justified suspicion that the single permit will not be used in accordance with the basis on which it was requested. The official source does not state whether family may accompany or whether the holder may change employer.

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  • The sources do not state whether family may accompany or whether the holder may change employer.

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

A temporary residence or single permit can be issued for up to three years depending on the reason for stay, and the single permit's validity term is three years. An extension request can be submitted until the expiry date of the previously valid permit; the extension runs from the first day after the previous permit expires. The official source does not state a longer-term residence direction.

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Limits of the record
  • No normal assignment duration or longer-term residence direction specific to referred persons is stated.

These are the answers currently recorded in the catalogue. A missing or partial answer is not an eligibility decision.

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