Unemployment/job seeking of third country nationals

What

If you are a person with permanent residence, you can enjoy the same rights as Serbian citizens, which means that you have equal right to access a labor market in Serbia with your personal work permit. It means also if you are a family member with temporary residence and personal work permit.
You can register at the National Employment Bureau (Nacionlana služba za zapošljavanje) to apply for financial assistance during unemployment and receive counseling in job seeking. As part of the counseling, you’ll get information on different job positions as well as courses to help you get new job.

Who

If you are unemployed individual who has permanent residence and personal work permit, or family member with temporary residence and personal work permit. Also if you are a student and unemployed, your employer can submit request for your work permit under special conditions.

How

You have to register at National Employment Bureau. To register at the NEB, you have to visit personally the office with a valid identification document and residence permit. Once you have registered, they will assign you an advisor that will assist you in job seeking. For a personal work permit or work permit, you or your employer (if you are a student) can submit request at the same institution.

Good to know

Documents required for applying for a work permit  in Serbia (in Serbian – Cyrillic and Latin): http://www.nsz.gov.rs/live/dokumenti/dozvole_za_rad.cid17195

Where

A list of all branch offices in the Republic of Serbia (in Serbian – Cyrillic and Latin):
http://www.nsz.gov.rs/live/mreza/direkcija

Belgrade, Serbia

Nacionalna služba za zapošljavanje, Direkcija u Beogradu (National Employment Agency, Directorate Belgrade)

Kralja Milutina 8

11000 Belgrade

Attention

If you are a student, you can be employed, under the conditions stipulated for obtaining a work permit, but during the time when you have lecture activities you are allowed to work no longer than 20 hours a week.