Registration of permanent address

What

If you are a migrant and not accommodated at one of the official reception centers of the Commissariat for Refugees and Migration (CRM), and you have the means to find your own accommodation for  temporary stay, you are obliged to register yourself with one of the units of the Ministry of Interior (i.e. Police, referred to as MOI).

Who

Permanent residence can be granted to a foreigner:

1) who until the date of submission of request for permanent residence in Serbia spent at least five years in Serbia without interruptions on a granted temporary residence;

2) who is married to a national of Serbia, or a foreign national with permanent residence, for at least 3 years;

3) who is underage, on a temporary residence, if one of their parents is a national of Serbia or a foreign national with permanent residence, with the consent of the other parent;
4) who has heritage from the territory of Serbia.

How

In order to obtain this type of residence, in addition to the request certain documentation (documentation for permanent residence permit, available in Serbian – Latin) you need to  submit, as a proof of the merits of the request, depending on the reason of residence.
The permanent residence request form can  be found here (available in Serbian – Cyrillic and Latin, English language).

Good to know

More closer information about required documents for permanent stay you can find here.
If you want to register on new apartment address, you need to have lease contract in order to prove that you are really on that address.

Where

You can do this in one of the units of MOI in your place of stay.

Belgrade, Serbia

Policijska uprava za grad Beograd (Police Department administrative office for the City of Belgrade)

Boulevard of Despota Stefana 107

11000 Belgrade
T +381112798101

Attention

Keep in mind that if you do not adhere to the laws regarding address registration, you may be in risk of getting arrested and prosecuted for breaking the laws of the Republic of Serbia.