Foreigners employment and labour procedure

The employer submits a request for issuing of a permit for seasonal work of a foreigner (Form Z3) to the Employment Agency of Montenegro – organizational unit according to the seat of the employer.

With the request, it is necessary to submit the following evidence:

for the registration of the employer (Commercial Court and Monstat);

for a valid travel document for the foreigner;

for the acknowledged education document of the foreigner, in accordance with the Law on recognition and assessment of education documents (»Off. Gazette of MNE«,no. 4/08)

registration of the vacancy (Form E1).

Evidence is submitted in original, ie. in certified transcript, and evidence issued in another country,  incertified translation into Montenegrin. Employment agency of Montenegro – Labour Bureau (a part of which is the organizational unit where the request issubmitted), issues the permit forseasonal work, if all the required evidence is submitted. Permit for seasonal work is issued for the period of 8 months and it is valid from the day of receiving the authorisation fortemporary residence for the purpose of seasonal work. Prior to issuing the work permit, the employer is obliged to submit evidence for executed payment of administrative tax in the amount of 90.00€, per work permit. A foreigner, upon receiving the permit for seasonal work, submits to the Ministry of interior a request for authorisation of temporary residence for the purpose of seasonal work, if the foreiner is in Montenegro, or to the diplomatic-consular representative office of Montenegro, if the foreigner is in the territory of his/her own country. Authorisation for temporary residence for the purpose of seasonal work is issued within 7 days. Upon authorised temporary residence, the employer concludes a work contract with the foreigner and registers him/her for social security; The employer is obliged to file an aplication for registration, or cancellation of the work of the foreigner within 15 days from the day of  starting or terminating the work of the foreigner. The registration, or cancellation of the work of a foreigner is submitted to the Labour Bureau issuing the work permit.

With the application for the registration of the work of a foreigner, it is necessary to submit the following:

Evidence of authorized temporary residence of the foreigner; Work contract, concluded with the foreigner; Evidence of social security for the foreigner with whom the work contract is concluded (Form M-1 and Form MZ-1). With the application for cancellation of the work of a foreigner, it is necessary to submit the cancellation of social security for the foreigner with whom the work contract was concluded (Form M-2and Form MZ-2). The Agency, on the basis of the registration of the starting, or termination, of the work of a foreigner and the submitted evidence issues acorresponding certificate.