Residence permit in Montenegro

• An owner who runs the company

  A foreigner who is the executive director and owns the whole company, or more than 51% of its capital (Law on Foreigners, Art. 69).

• Staff of your company

  A foreign employee your Montenegrin company hires, on the basis of a written job offer for a specific post (Art. 69).

• A company still to be founded

  Company formation comes first: the owner's file needs proof of ownership and registration of the company.

Company formation in Montenegro →

Residence on the basis of a property you own is a different permit and is outside this service. Check the price and the seller before you buy →

1. 01

   Which basis applies

   Owner and executive director, or employee: we check your case against the conditions of Article 43 before the file is prepared.

2. 02

   The company's documents

   Proof of ownership and registration of the company, or the company's written job offer for a specific post, as Article 69 requires.

3. 03

   Your checklist

   A list of the personal documents the law asks for, matched to your case, so nothing is missing at the counter.

4. 04

   File review before filing

   We check the file for completeness before you, or the company as employer, file it.

5. 05

   The renewal

   The file notes when the renewal is filed (Article 82) and, for an owner-director, the proof of taxes and contributions it needs (Article 70).

• A valid passport, valid at least three months longer than the permit you apply for (Art. 43(1)(4)).

• Proof of means of subsistence and proof of accommodation in Montenegro (Art. 43(1)(1) and (2)).

• Health insurance: travel health insurance from an authorized insurer, insurance under an international agreement, or insurance under Montenegrin law (Art. 43(4)).

• Proof that you have not been sentenced in your country of origin to an unconditional prison term longer than six months (Art. 43(1)(7)).

• Proof of health fitness (Art. 69(1)).

• Owner and executive director with the whole company or more than 51% of its capital: proof of ownership and registration of the company, instead of a job offer and proof of education (Art. 69(3)).

• Employee: the company's written job offer for a specific post and proof of education and qualifications (Art. 69(1) and (2)).

• We do not represent you before the Ministry of the Interior and do not file the application in your name. The law has the foreigner file in person or electronically, and allows the employer to file (Art. 79 and 79a).

• We do not promise the outcome or the date. The Ministry decides, after the opinions of the police and the security agency (Art. 62 and 80).

• Residence on other grounds (family reunification, property, studies, digital nomads) is outside this service.

• If you want a lawyer to represent you in the procedure, a lawyer does it, not us.

1. Law on Foreigners (Official Gazette of Montenegro 12/18), Arts. 38-43: purposes of temporary residence and conditions (in Montenegrin)
2. Law on Foreigners (Official Gazette of Montenegro 12/18), Arts. 66-80: temporary residence and work permit (in Montenegrin)
3. Law on Foreigners, amendments (Official Gazette of Montenegro 3/19), Arts. 69 and 80 (in Montenegrin)
4. Law on Foreigners, amendments (Official Gazette of Montenegro 3/26, in force 17 January 2026), Arts. 43, 69, 70, 79, 79a and 82 (in Montenegrin)
5. Law on Foreigners, latest amendments (Official Gazette of Montenegro 154/26, in force 27 October 2026); they do not change the articles cited on this page (in Montenegrin)