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Exceptional Permanent Residence for Humanitarian or National Interest

MontenegroLong-term residence

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What qualifying residence period is required and when does the period begin?

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  • No fixed minimum residence period is required; the permit may be granted to someone who held temporary residence in Montenegro for less than five continuous years.

Which types of residence count fully, partially or not at all where the official rules specify this?

The checked official sources did not provide enough route-specific evidence to confirm which types of residence count towards the qualifying period.

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  • Art. 86 only states (in the sentence cited by protected R2) that the foreigner had approved temporary residence of less than five continuous years; no rule on which residence types count fully or partially for this route.

What absence/continuity rules affect accumulation of the qualifying residence period?

The checked official sources did not provide enough route-specific evidence to confirm the absence and continuity rules for the qualifying period.

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  • Art. 86 absence rule (ten months total / six months once) is written for the five-year period; the source does not state whether it applies to this exceptional route.

What other major conditions apply, how is the status obtained, and what renewal, document-validity, retention or loss rules matter?

The qualifying condition is that reasons of humanity, or the interest of Montenegro, require the grant. The official source does not state whether the general permanent-residence conditions (document, means, insurance, accommodation, language, tax proof) are also waived for this exceptional route beyond the shortened time requirement.

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  • This page does not clarify whether the other general permanent-residence conditions (Article 88) also apply, or are waived, for this exceptional grant.

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

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