Temporary Residence — Family Reunification

Marriage / extramarital union with the RS citizen;</li> <li>Marriage / extramarital union with a foreign citizen with an approved residence permit;</li> <li>Marriage / extramarital union with a foreign citizen with approved permanent residence;</li> <li>Kinship with the RS citizen;</li> <li>Kinship with a foreign citizen with approved temporary residence;</li> <li>Kinship with a foreign citizen with approved permanent residence.

You want family reunification as the spouse of a citizen of Serbia; You want family reunification as the spouse of a foreign citizen who has been granted temporary or permanent residence in the Republic of Serbia or has been granted asylum in the Republic of Serbia; You are in an extramarital union with a citizen of Serbia or a foreign citizen who has been granted temporary or permanent residence in the Republic of Serbia or has been granted asylum in the Republic of Serbia; You are a family member of a citizen of the Republic of Serbia or a foreign citizen who has been granted temporary or permanent residence in the Republic of Serbia or has been granted asylum in the Republic of Serbia. Depending

Family reunification– marriage to a foreign national with either a single permit or granted temporary residency on the grounds of employment

Marriage certificate issued by competent authorities of the Republic of Serbia

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

Single status certificate of the citizen of the Republic of Serbia An applicant’s single status certificate Other proofs of a common-law marriage ( 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 )

A child’s birth certificate Presence of both parents is required. If it is not possible to ensure the presence of both parents, an affidavit of the other parent shall be enclosed.

A decision copy on granted asylum in the Republic of Serbia An ID copy for the immediate family member based on which the application form of temporary residency is submitted Available proof of kinship

Family reunification– marriage to a foreign national with either a permanent residency or temporary residency on the grounds other than employment

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 Proof of subsistence during a foreign national’s planned temporary residency Proof of health insurance during a foreign national’s planned temporary residency

Available proof of kinship Proof of subsistence during a foreign national’s planned temporary residency

A landlord’s statement of his/her agreement to a foreign national’s registered residential address

The application for a temporary residency approval shall be submitted to the Police Directorate for the City of Belgrade-Directorate for Foreign Nationals and regional police directorates , i.e., organisational units tasked with residence and movement of foreign nationals in the Republic of Serbia depending on either a foreign national’s short-term address or a foreign national’s residential address, or electronically at the single Foreign Nationals’ Portal

Adults who have an approved residence permit on the basis of family reunification with an adult foreign citizen automatically get the right to work in the Republic of Serbia.

it has been made possible for a large number of foreign citizens to have the legally approved right to work in the Republic of Serbia without being issued a single permit for temporary residence and work. This group of foreign citizens primarily includes foreign citizens who have been granted temporary residence on the basis of family reunification with a citizen of the Republic of Serbia

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.

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

You can apply for permanent residence after three years of continuous residence in the Republic of Serbia on the grounds of approved temporary residence or approved temporary residence and work (single permit) .