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Sourced, up-to-date guides to property, vehicles, shopping, tax, work and everyday life in Montenegro.
Who can adopt a child in Montenegro, which ages and conditions the law requires, which child can be adopted, when parental consent is needed, how the procedure at the social work centre works, what adoption means for the child's name and rights, and how long adoption leave lasts from 2026.
September 27, 2026
Who in Montenegro must take the mandatory sanitary health check, what it covers for work with food, in nurseries, salons and pharmacies, how often it is repeated, where it is done and what to bring, what it costs at health centres, who pays, what the hygiene training is and what the fines are from 2026.
September 27, 2026
How much tax and contribution is due on a fee under a Montenegrin service contract from 2026, when the contribution applies and when it does not, what is left of a 1,000 euro gross fee, who withholds the tax, whether the contract counts towards your pension record and what the Obligations Act says about deadlines, defects and payment.
September 27, 2026
When family members of a deceased insured person or pensioner receive a survivor's pension, what applies to spouses, unmarried partners, divorced spouses and children, until what age a child receives it, what percentage applies to one or more family members, where to apply and what changes from 1 December 2026.
September 27, 2026
When you are entitled to a full or partial disability pension, how many years of insurance you need after an illness or a work injury, how the amount is calculated, how much you can work on a partial pension, what the review examination is and what changes when unified disability assessment starts on 1 December 2026.
September 27, 2026
Whether the work booklet still exists, who issues it, what you need for a work booklet in Podgorica and Herceg Novi, what applies to foreigners, how to get a duplicate of a lost booklet and add a qualification, when the employer returns the booklet and the fines.
September 27, 2026
How many IVF cycles the Health Insurance Fund covers, up to what age, what applies to couples with children, donor IVF and women not living in a relationship, how the path runs from your chosen gynaecologist to a referral, which documents are needed and where the treatment takes place.
September 27, 2026
What the JPR form is, what attachments A, B and C are for, when an employer must register an employee for compulsory social insurance, what goes into Attachment B, how an accountant or other tax representative is recorded, what is new from 1 January 2026 and the fines for an unregistered worker.
September 27, 2026
When debts for electricity, water, waste collection, telephone and building management become time-barred, how long rent, interest and other debts last, when the period starts, what a time-barred debt means for the debtor, why a reminder does not stop the clock and why acknowledging the debt or a lawsuit does.
September 27, 2026
Who must file the annual personal income tax return, which attachment of the GPP-FL form covers which type of income, when and how the return is filed, how tax is paid and overpayments refunded, how tax paid abroad is credited and the fines for filing late.
September 27, 2026
Who needs the professional exam for a job in a state body, who is exempt, who can sit it, how to apply, what it costs for university and secondary education, which subjects it covers, how the written and oral parts work and what the September 2026 amendments change.
September 27, 2026
Who registers a child's birth and by when, what to do if the baby is born outside a maternity ward, how parents choose the first name and surname, what happens if they disagree, how a child born abroad and a foreign couple's child born in Montenegro are registered and the fines for a missed deadline.
September 27, 2026
How long a probation period can last, the maximum for fixed-term contracts, when probation is extended for sick leave or parental leave, what happens if you do not pass or the employer gives no assessment, how the contract is terminated during probation and when probation cannot be agreed again.
September 27, 2026
How long fixed-term work with the same employer can last, the exceptions for replacements, seasonal work and projects, when the law treats you as permanently employed, what the April 2026 right to offer a switch to a permanent contract brings and what applies during pregnancy and parental leave.
September 27, 2026
Where the Central Register of Business Entities is searched today, what the statuses active, inactive, in liquidation and deleted mean, which company data the register publishes, how to get an extract and how to check at the Central Bank whether a company's accounts are blocked.
September 27, 2026
Who is entitled to the travel concession under the new February 2026 law, how many trips it covers and how the fare for a bus, train or car is refunded, who can be a companion, how the commute to work is claimed, the deadlines and what changes with the unified disability assessment.
September 27, 2026
Who can join the Professional Training Programme for university graduates, the deadlines of the fifteenth cycle, how to apply on the eUprava portal with an electronic ID card, how much the allowance is, what counts as work experience and what applies after the programme.
September 27, 2026
Which diseases children must be vaccinated against, which vaccine a child gets at which age, why vaccination is a condition for kindergarten, who issues the certificate and what it contains, the fines for parents, kindergartens and doctors and the rules for the HPV vaccine.
September 27, 2026
When a child from Montenegro can cross the border with one parent, alone or with a third person, how long parental approval is valid, why the passport and the ID card differ, what applies after a divorce, how to prepare the consent and what the border police check.
September 27, 2026
Who registers a death and by when, what goes with the report, how to get an extract from the register of deaths in Montenegro and from abroad, when the Pension Fund pays funeral costs, who gets burial costs from the social welfare centre and how many days of paid leave an employee has.
September 27, 2026
Who can register with the Employment Agency of Montenegro, what to bring, how online registration works on the Moj zavod portal, how often you must report and what the individual employment plan is, what registration gives you and when you are removed from the register.
September 27, 2026
What the new paternity leave in the April 2026 Labour Law amendments brings, how long it lasts and when it starts, how it is paid, whether it depends on length of service or marriage, how the maternity and parental leave in force now work and the fine for employers.
September 26, 2026
Which surnames spouses can choose at the wedding, how to take back a former surname after divorce, how a name is changed on request and who is refused, what applies to children, what is new since August 2026 and the fine for not using your registered name.
September 26, 2026
How much money the 2026 Agrobudget holds after the July amendment, what farmers get per hectare of arable land, meadow and olive grove, per cow, sheep and litre of milk, who qualifies for subsidies and how the new support for the excise share of fuel prices is calculated.
September 26, 2026