With the establishment of the Portal for Foreign Citizens in February this year, a new service for submitting requests for a Single Permit for Residence and Work of Foreign Citizens in the Republic of Serbia has been enabled. A request for a Single Permit can be submitted by a foreign citizen or an employer on behalf of a foreign citizen exclusively electronically on the Portal for Foreign Citizens.

The Office for IT and eGovernment, in cooperation with the Ministry of the Interior, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Labour, Employment, Veteran and Social Policy, and the National Employment Service, developed and launched the Portal for Foreign Citizens in February this year. This Portal provides an electronic service for submitting requests for a Single Permit for Temporary Residence and Work of Foreign Citizens in the Republic of Serbia.

"Since the launch of the Portal for Foreign Citizens on February 1 this year and ending with November 30, a total of 34,146 requests for a Single Permit for Temporary Residence and Work of Foreign Citizens in the Republic of Serbia have been positively resolved. In November alone, 3,635 Single Permits were issued", said the Director of the Office for IT and eGovernment, Mihailo Jovanović, adding that the Single Residence and Work Permit is issued as a biometric document, in the form of a card.

If the request is submitted independently by a foreign citizen, it is necessary for them to have an account on the Electronic Identification Portal, while if the request is submitted by an employer, it is necessary for them to have an account on the eGovernment Portal as a legal entity, and for the legal representative to have a registered account as well. All that is required is for the legal representative of the legal entity to log in to the eGovernment Portal and authorize someone to submit a request for a Single Permit on behalf of that legal entity, by assigning the role “Work with Foreign Citizens”.

Additionally, within the Portal for Foreign Citizens, it is possible to apply for a visa C, which is a visa for a stay of up to 90 days, issued for tourist, business and other trips, as well as one, two or more entries into the Republic of Serbia. It is also possible to apply for a visa D, which is a visa for a stay of 90 to 180 days, issued on the basis of employment, education, family reunification, etc.