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Temporary Residence with Work Right — Volunteering

SerbiaCulture, faith and volunteering

Explore the five recorded questions, answers and sources for this pathway.

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What exact activity, role or purpose qualifies?

The checked official sources did not provide enough route-specific evidence to confirm the activity or role that qualifies.

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Limits of the record
  • This detail is not established in the evidence recorded here. Confirm the applicable requirement with the responsible authority.

What organisation, institution, religious body, charity, teacher or host must support the activity?

The host must be a volunteering organiser registered in Serbia and entered in the register or records of volunteering organisers under the Law on Volunteering; if volunteering is in a company or public enterprise, the competent ministry's consent to the volunteering programme is also needed.

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  • Recorded source · welcometoserbia.gov.rs
    If you are registered as a volunteer in an organization registered in the register of volunteers in the Republic of Serbia, in accordance with the Law on Volunteering.
  • Recorded source · welcometoserbia.gov.rs
    confirmation that the volunteering organizer is registered in the records of the volunteering organizers (if the volunteering is performed in a company or public enterprise, the consent of the ministry responsible for work on the volunteering programme is also attached);

What proves the placement, role, affiliation, experience or cultural/religious/voluntary activity?

Proof consists of a voluntary service agreement (volunteering contract), the organiser's registration excerpt in Serbia, the state act on registration of the organiser in the records of voluntary service organisers (or confirmation from those records not older than six months), and the voluntary service scheme with the competent authority's written consent where the organiser is a business or public enterprise.

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  • Recorded source · mup.gov.rs
    A voluntary service organizer’s excerpt on registration in the Republic of Serbia A voluntary service agreement A legal act of the state authority on registration of a voluntary service organizer in the prescribed records of voluntary service organizers, i.e. confirmation of data from the voluntary service organizer's records not older than six months A voluntary service scheme, and a written consent by the competent authority to the scheme if a voluntary service organizer is either a business or public enterprise

Can the person receive salary, pocket money, accommodation, meals or reimbursement? Can they undertake other work?

For volunteering, the temporary residence permit is issued with the right to work. The official source does not state whether pay, pocket money or accommodation may be received.

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Limits of the record
  • The official source does not state the complete answer to this question for this route.
  • Temporary residence permit / specific employment reasons
    If the reason for your stay is one of the four listed, your temporary residence permit will be a permit with the right to work in accordance with the purpose of the approved stay. Your right to work is integrated into the temporary residence permit, which is issued for a maximum of 36 months.

How long can they stay, can they change host/activity, can family accompany, and can the status be extended?

For volunteering, the temporary residence permit with the right to work is issued for a maximum of 36 months. The official source does not state host-change, family-accompaniment or extension rules.

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Limits of the record
  • The candidate package contained unsupported or non-literal excerpts; only literal captured evidence was retained. Independent review is pending.
  • Temporary residence permit / specific employment reasons
    If the reason for your stay is one of the four listed, your temporary residence permit will be a permit with the right to work in accordance with the purpose of the approved stay. Your right to work is integrated into the temporary residence permit, which is issued for a maximum of 36 months.

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

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