Would you like to live in Serbia while continuing to work online? If you work remotely, provide services to clients in different countries or run your own online business, Serbia can be an attractive destination for relocating and doing business.
Serbia currently has no special category of residence called a "digital nomad visa". However, depending on how you work and how long you plan to stay, there are various options for regulating your residence and work.
One of these options is to register your own business in Serbia and to regulate your residence on the basis of self-employment.
Important!
The mere fact that you work online does not automatically mean that you meet the requirements for long-term residence in Serbia. Before the procedure is started, the appropriate legal basis needs to be determined with regard to your nationality, your existing business model, the type of activity, the clients you work with and the period during which you wish to stay in Serbia. If self-employment is the appropriate basis, the business registration needs to be properly linked with the visa and/or residence procedure.
This service may be suitable for:
We analyse every case individually in order to determine which business form and which basis of residence suit the specific situation.
First we check your nationality, how you currently do business, the activity you carry out and your plans for staying in Serbia. On that basis we determine whether self-employment is the appropriate basis and which steps need to be taken.
If the chosen model is self-employment, we prepare the procedure for registering the appropriate form of business in Serbia. For many independent professionals, one option is registering as a sole trader (preduzetnik). On registration, the business activity, the registered address and other details relevant to your future business need to be determined correctly.
For nationals of countries that require a long-stay visa, an application for a D visa is filed once the appropriate basis has been established. In the case of self-employment, the D visa is applied for on the basis of employment – self-employment. Whether a D visa is required depends, among other things, on the applicant's nationality and on the specific entry and residence regime in Serbia.
If you plan to live and work in Serbia for a longer period, the next step is to regulate your temporary residence and your right to work. In the case of self-employment, the application is filed for a single permit for temporary residence and work. The procedure is conducted electronically via the single portal for foreign nationals.
Once the permit has been approved, you can continue to live and do business in Serbia in line with the basis on which your residence was granted. If your family later moves to Serbia as well, we can also analyse the possibility of regulating their residence on the basis of family reunification.
Depending on your situation, we can guide you through the entire procedure:
This way you do not have to link the business registration, the visa and your residence status on your own – we plan the procedure as a whole.
You work online for clients abroad and wish to relocate to Serbia.
After analysing your business model, we determine whether registering a business in Serbia and self-employment represent the appropriate basis.
If so, we can organise the procedure from registering the business, through the D visa where required, to regulating longer-term residence and work in Serbia.
If your spouse and children later join you, we also plan their procedure for regulating residence.
Problems most often arise when:
Registering a business provides the basis for starting the appropriate procedure, but it does not automatically guarantee that a visa or residence will be approved.
Legal and administrative support for foreign entrepreneurs, companies and investors, residence and the legal set-up of your business.
Learn moreLegal and administrative support throughout the entire procedure, from choosing the legal basis to the final decision.
Learn moreTemporary residence on the basis of family reunification, from assessing the requirements to monitoring the case.
Learn moreSend us the basic information about your nationality, the work you do, how you currently do business and your planned stay in Serbia. We will check which option suits your situation and explain the steps to you before you start the business registration or the visa procedure.
