Visa D — Employment

A work visa is required for foreigners who are subject to a visa regime or who need a visa D to submit an application for residence approval and are coming to work in Serbia.

A work visa is actually a visa D issued for the purpose of employment.

Specific employment reasons for which a visa D can be obtained are as follows:

Employment on the basis of an employment contract or another contract that exercises rights in accordance with the Labour Law (employment in the narrow sense),

Self-employment (registration certificate),

Referred person (agreement on business and technical cooperation),

Movement within the company,

Independent professional,

Training and development (professional practice, specialization, training, internship, work practice, professional training/development),

Accredited foreign journalist,

Realization of the project in cooperation with the state authorities of the Republic of Serbia,

Realization of an audio-visual work (hiring a member of the author's and acting crew who produces an audio-visual work on the territory of the RS).

In this case too, we recommend starting from the contract you have and the type of employer offering employment. This information will be the main guidance in defining the grounds of employment on which to apply for a visa D.

If you concluded with the employer an (draft) employment contract or other contract proving the employment in accordance with labor regulations outside the employment relationship (temporary and periodical work contract, contract for work, etc.) in accordance with the law.

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.

authorization for the submission of the request/power of attorney* (if the request is submitted by the employer on behalf of a foreign citizen);

There are several types of employment that serve as grounds and you can only choose one:

diploma, certificate, i.e. other public document on the acquired appropriate type and level of the required professional qualification, i.e. education and a certified translation thereof;

If you have been employed in a company abroad on managerial or specialist positions for at least one year and the employer temporarily assigns, i.e. transfers you to work in a branch, representative office, or subsidiary company registered in the Republic of Serbia for a specified period of time.

diploma, i.e. certificate of acquired appropriate higher education, i.e. technical qualifications issued by an accredited educational institution and a certified translation thereof;

certificate of work experience in the profession and a certified translation thereof;

If you are planning to work in Serbia, a D visa issued on the basis of employment serves as both a work permit and allows you to start working immediately upon arrival in the coun 980 try. Unlike previous practice, new regulations stipulate that by obtaining a D visa, you automatically meet the requirements to start working in Serbia.

When issuing a long-stay visa on the basis of employment, the organization responsible for employment issues submits to the competent authority an assessment of the fulfilment of the conditions for employment in the Republic of Serbia, which creates the conditions for a long-stay visa on the basis of employment to be simultaneously a permit for residence and work in the Republic of Serbia, during the validity period of the visa.

It is important that you choose the right visa ground as it defines the documents you need to submit. Also, your stay in Serbia must fit the grounds for obtaining a visa.

This visa allows you to stay and work in Serbia for a maximum period of 180 days. If you wish to stay longer and continue with the same employment, you must apply for a single temporary residence and work permit.

The term of validity of the single permit is also three years.

The request for extension of temporary residence can be submitted until the expiration date of the previously valid temporary residence permit. The same norm is prescribed for the extension of a single permit.