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Temporary Residence for European Voluntary Service

MontenegroCulture, faith and volunteering

Explore the five recorded questions, answers and sources for this pathway.

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What exact activity, role or purpose qualifies?

This route is for volunteer work performed within the European Voluntary Service, for a foreigner aged between 18 and 30.

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  • Age requirement, 18 to 30
    izdati strancu koji ima između 18 i 30 godina života, koji ispunjava uslove iz člana 43 ovog zakona, a kao dokaz o
  • Route purpose
    Dozvola za privremeni boravak radi obavljanja volonterskog rada u okviru Evropske volonterske službe može se

What organisation, institution, religious body, charity, teacher or host must support the activity?

The activity must be within the European Voluntary Service, a service established by the European Union in which volunteer organisations from Europe participate and which enables young people to do volunteer work within a volunteer programme in a European country; the volunteer programme is an accepted programme of activities carried out on the principles of solidarity.

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What proves the placement, role, affiliation, experience or cultural/religious/voluntary activity?

The applicant must attach a concluded volunteer-work contract for participation in the volunteer programme.

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Can the person receive salary, pocket money, accommodation, meals or reimbursement? Can they undertake other work?

Volunteer activities under the programme are unpaid, except for reimbursement of expenses or pocket money. The page does not state whether other, separate work is permitted.

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Limits of the record
  • No rule on undertaking other/outside work alongside the volunteer placement is stated.

How long can they stay, can they change host/activity, can family accompany, and can the status be extended?

The holder may stay in Montenegro in accordance with the purpose for which temporary residence was granted, and temporary residence can be extended only if the extension is requested on the same legal basis on which the previous temporary residence was granted. The official source does not state a maximum length of stay, whether the host can be changed or whether family members may accompany.

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Limits of the record
  • No route-specific permit duration, host-change rule or family-accompaniment rule is stated for this route in the captured sources.

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

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