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ulucanhal52

hello everyone, well after trying some other countries now we want to move and live in montenegro,planing to visit first in March and while we are there buy a flat to live and fix the paperwork for long term stay .

I read some information about starting a business, and with the business registration long term visa process is much easier?   Do anyone has experience in this?

applying  for long term visa  with purchasing property or opening a business?  which is more easy?  if you have any experience and advice on the topic i would like to hear from you.  Thanks  Hal.

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Tsarine

Hello Hal and welcome!

Currently there is a new law proposal which is changing the situation, but it is not final yet, so you need to keep yourself informed in the coming weeks. 

Until now it was very easy to obtain temporary residency whether you were opening a company or buying a property.

In the project of the new law, there's a potential obligation to hire 3 people including 2 montenegrin nationals which makes things a lot more complicated. However, there should be some exceptions for IT companies for example etc. Also there's the option to gain residency with a Digital Nomad Visa, which has less obligations. For residency by property ownership, there was no minimum value but now it may be revised to minimum 200k...

As I said, it's not final yet but you need to stay tuned. If you need some contact with an accounting company that helps with residency matters let me know.

Cheers!

Tsarina

ulucanhal52

Hi Tsarina,thank you so much for reaching out and providing that information,yes we want to retire in Montenegro, for that we will come in March and visit for few months and look for an apartment to buy, yes we will need help with our residency matters that will be good help if you refer somebody to us.

for now we are excited for our move and reading as much about Montenegro, good to meet you and knowing that we have a friend already in Montenegro.

thanks again have a great day.  Hal