SerbiaLong-term residence
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Independent temporary residency.
Independent temporary residency
Proof in compliance with the grounds on which a foreign national had been granted temporary residency for the previous four years based on family reunification
Normally four years of temporary residence on family-reunification grounds. Exceptions: if the immediate family member with whom residence was exercised over the previous three years died; or, for a victim of domestic violence or other difficult circumstances, with temporary residence approved for less than four years. The official source does not state when the four-year period begins.
Proof in compliance with the grounds on which a foreign national had been granted temporary residency for the previous four years based on family reunification
Death certificate - if an immediate family member, with whom the right to a temporary residency was exercised over the course of previous three years , passed away.
if a victim of either a family violence or other difficult circumstances is a foreign national with a temporary residency approved for a period of less than four years
Temporary residence granted on the basis of family reunification counts (proved by e.g. marriage certificate, proof of marital or common-law union, child's birth certificate or decision on granted asylum of the family member).
Proof in compliance with the grounds on which a foreign national had been granted temporary residency for the previous four years based on family reunification (e.g. either a marriage certificate issued by competent authorities of the Republic of Serbia or a document proving a marital union with a foreign national in compliance with the national legislation of the country where the marital union was entered into or other proofs of a common-law marriage or declarations by common-law partners and certified statements by two witnesses of a more permanent union of life, proof of a common residential address, i.e. an excerpt from the register of common-law marriages - if it is kept in the country where the common-law marriage existed or a child’s birth certificate or a decision copy on granted asylum in the Republic of Serbia and the identity card for the immediate family member based on which both the application form for temporary residency and available proof of kinship are submitted)
The checked official sources did not provide enough route-specific evidence to confirm the absence and continuity rules for the qualifying period.
Apply with the temporary-residence application form, valid personal document, photos, fee, landlord's statement, proof of subsistence and proof of health insurance, plus proof of the previous family-reunification residence (or the death / domestic-violence alternative proofs). Temporary residence is granted for up to three years per request and extension is requested no sooner than three months before and no later than expiry. The official source does not state loss or retention rules.
Independent temporary residency A completely filled in application form for an approval/extension of temporary residency A valid personal document Two photos (35x45mm, color, full face) Proof of paid prescribed administrative fee A landlord’s statement of his/her agreement to a foreign national’s registered residential address Proof of subsistence during a foreign national’s planned temporary residency Proof of health insurance during a foreign national’s planned temporary residency Proof in compliance
Some of the following alternative proofs shall be enclosed as well :
Temporary residence is granted for a period of time that is calculated starting from the date of submission of the request and for a maximum period of up to three years.
A foreign citizen who has been granted temporary residence on one of the basis prescribed by law, and who still intends to reside in the Republic of Serbia on the basis of the approved temporary residence, should submit a request for the extension of temporary residence no sooner than three months prior to the expiration of the validity period of the temporary residence, and no later than the expiration of the validity period of the temporary residence.
These are the answers currently recorded in the catalogue. A missing or partial answer is not an eligibility decision.
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