Serbia residence permit through your own company or residential property: unified permit for up to 3 years, permanent residence after 3 years

The unified permit (jedinstvena dozvola) is residence and work in one decision; it goes to those who work, including in their own company. It is issued by the Ministry of Interior for up to 3 years, the decision takes 15 days and filing is electronic only. Temporary residence (privremeni boravak) is granted on other grounds, for example ownership of a home: also up to 3 years, decision in 30 days. Both count equally towards permanent residence.

No. The Law on Foreigners names neither minimum company capital nor a minimum property price. The share capital of a d.o.o. under the Companies Law is from RSD 100. What is actually checked is the genuineness of the company's activity for the unified permit and title to a residential property for the property route.

By law: 30 days for temporary residence and 15 days for the unified permit from a complete file. Add company registration or the property deal, document collection with apostille and translation, biometrics and card issue, and for Indian passport holders the D visa. A realistic path from the first meeting to the card is several months; we do not promise two weeks.

Yes, for ordinary passports, according to the Serbian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. A long-stay D visa (90–180 days, Art. 22) is obtained at the Serbian embassy or through the government eVisa portal, and the residence application is filed after entry; the basis of the application must match the basis of the D visa. UAE nationals enter visa-free for 90 days in any 6 months and may file electronically from abroad. Indian citizens resident in the UAE still need the D visa.

With the unified permit, yes: it includes the right to work. For temporary residence through property, Art. 46a(3) provides a right to work without a unified permit for foreigners holding temporary residence on other grounds, in accordance with the employment law; how exactly the rule applies to your case we check before filing rather than promise in advance.

Corporate income tax is 15 % (Art. 39 of the Corporate Income Tax Law). For individuals: 10 % on salary (Art. 16), 15 % on dividends and interest (Art. 64), 20 % on rental income (Art. 68 of the Personal Income Tax Law). You become a tax resident after 183 or more days in Serbia within 12 months (Art. 7). The application of double taxation treaties is calculated for your country.

For the permit itself the law sets no minimum number of days, but at renewal the Ministry checks that the basis still holds. For permanent residence the requirement is specific: three years of continuous residence with absences of up to 10 months in total or up to 6 months at a stretch (Art. 67). Tax residence is a separate 183-day calculation.

The law requires proof of means for the period of stay and health insurance, but names no fixed amount: bank statements, company income and contracts are accepted. The family of a working founder is exempt from proof of means and insurance (Art. 43a). The policy is chosen to the Ministry's requirements; a travel policy for a few weeks does not qualify.

The basis disappears and the status cannot be renewed on it. Before the permit expires we move to another ground under Art. 40, such as another company, a new home or family reunification, so that the time towards permanent residence is not interrupted.

Citizenship is not part of this programme. The Citizenship Law (Art. 14) allows admission of a permanent resident with 3 years of registered residence who is over 18, has been released from the previous citizenship or has declared readiness to renounce it, and signs a declaration that he regards Serbia as his state. The decision is discretionary; we neither promise it nor build the plan on it.

Not directly: the immediate family under Art. 55 is the spouse, partner and children under 18. Adult children and the parents of an adult applicant are treated as extended family only if dependent and unable to care for themselves, at the Ministry's discretion. The working route for parents is their own ground, for example a home in their name under Art. 54, which gives temporary residence on the same terms as yours.

There is no monetary family threshold in the law: the Ministry assesses whether the means cover everyone living with you, on statements and contracts. If you obtain the unified permit through a company, immediate family members are exempt from proof of means and insurance (Art. 43a). Only the fees grow: RSD 23,450 plus RSD 2,190 for the card per person.

Yes. If the application is refused through the fault of our team or an error in building the case, we refund the company's service fee less a minimal retention for costs actually incurred. Refund terms, the payment schedule and the rules on retaining service costs are fixed in the contract before work begins. Before we start, we check your documents and risk history free of charge and tell you about any risks in advance.