For foreign founders
Open a sole-proprietor business in Serbia
Register a sole-proprietor business remotely without your own KES/QES. EUR 1,200 covers registration, an invitation letter, D visa and residence support after arrival, including package fees and processing. Pay EUR 600 for registration and EUR 600 for the visa process.
Package and monthly costs
- Package: EUR 1,200
- Sole-proprietor registration, invitation letter, D visa support and residence/single-permit application support after arrival. All package fees and processing are included.
- Two payments
- EUR 600 for registration and EUR 600 for the D visa process.
- If the D visa is refused
- The fixed refund is EUR 400. First-month tax and contributions are a separate business expense, not part of the package or offset against this refund.
- Monthly business costs
- Approximately EUR 300 in tax and contributions plus EUR 50 agency administration. These start at registration, including before visa approval or arrival.
- Optional accommodation
- A place in a shared room in Belgrade: EUR 150 per month. Travel and monthly costs are separate from the package.
Budget approximately EUR 350 per month for the active business, or EUR 500 with the optional room. First-month tax and contributions of approximately EUR 300 are paid separately.
Family applications are quoted separately.
Registration does not guarantee a bank account, visa or residence permit. Banks and authorities decide on applications.
From passport photo to arrival in Serbia
Start with an enquiry. Send your passport photo only after we confirm how to provide it securely.
- 01 Send your business details Tell us your citizenship, country of residence and activity. We confirm the documents and authorisation required.
- 02 Register remotely After your enquiry, provide a passport photo and the agreed authorisation. Your own KES/QES and a registration visit are not required. Monthly business costs start at registration.
- 03 Prepare the invitation letter and D visa file We prepare the invitation letter and coordinate the separate visa document checklist and application. A passport photo alone is not a complete visa file.
- 04 Attend the competent Serbian embassy In person We confirm the competent mission before you book travel. Attend for visa placement when required; the nearest embassy may not handle your application.
If you also apply for residence: this is separate from company setup. Official residence guidance requires attendance for biometric data collection once the conditions for issuing the permit are met.
Start your sole-proprietor setup
Tell us your goal, citizenship, country of residence and business activity. Additional planning details are optional. Do not send identity documents.
Thank you, we have it.
We will reply by email with the route that applies to you and what it needs.
Practical guides
The detail behind each step, with the official source for every rule.
- Serbia D Visa for Business Owners and Self-Employed Founders The long-stay visa that comes before a residence and work permit, and what the official pages actually say about it.
- Serbia's Single Permit: Residence and Work for Self-Employed Founders Who can apply, which documents to prepare and when you need to be in Serbia.
- Can You Obtain Serbian Residence by Opening a Company? Company formation can open a basis to apply. It is not residence, and it is not automatic.
- Work Authorization for Foreign Owners of Serbian Companies The search term is "work permit". The documents the official pages describe are a D visa and a single permit.
- How Much Does It Cost to Open and Run a Company in Serbia? Three buckets, never blended: what the state charges, what third parties charge, and what we charge.
- Opening a Serbian Business Bank Account as a Foreign Owner The paperwork is standard. The decision to take you on as a client belongs to the bank alone.
- Taxes and Accounting for Foreign-Owned Companies in Serbia The tax is the same whoever owns the company. What foreign ownership changes is what happens when the profit leaves Serbia.
- Serbian Qualified Electronic Signature for Foreign Company Owners A compliance tool, not an immigration document. It signs your filings, and a fair amount of it can sit with your accountant.
- Bringing Your Family to Serbia as a Foreign Business Owner A listed ground for temporary residence, and a separate application from your own.
- From Temporary to Permanent Residence in Serbia Three years of approved status, counted strictly, applied for in a window that opens 60 days before your permit expires.
- How Long Does It Take to Open and Activate a Company in Serbia? Nine stages, two of them with a timing worth quoting, and no single door to door number.
- Registering the Beneficial Owner of a Foreign-Owned Serbian Company The APR filing every Serbian company owes, and the one foreign owners most often hear about too late.
Guides by country
Passport nationality decides whether you need a visa and which mission handles it. These pages cover the route for each country, and say plainly when a route is changing.
- Opening a Company in Serbia as a Pakistani Citizen The company part is routine. The consular part is not, because two official Serbian sources currently disagree about where a Pakistani national applies.
- Opening a Serbian Company as an Indian Citizen What you can do from India, what needs a visa, and what the official pages do not say.
- Opening a Serbian Company While Resident in the UAE Two separate questions: which passport you hold, and where you legally live. Only one of them decides your Serbian visa.
- Opening a Serbian Company as a Bangladeshi Citizen The company can be set up from Bangladesh. The permission to live in Serbia is a separate application, decided separately.
- Opening a Serbian Company as a Nepali Citizen A Nepali passport needs a visa for Serbia, and the company is only the first of two separate decisions.
- Opening a Serbian Company as a Nigerian Citizen The company can be registered from Nigeria. Entry and residence are separate applications, decided by the Serbian authorities.
Who will handle your company setup
Biro Vision is a bookkeeping agency in Belgrade. Before work starts, we confirm the services, documents, fees and steps that require your attendance.
About Biro VisionIf you later take a job in Serbia
If you take employment, we can register temporary suspension of your business. The active-business EUR 300 tax and contributions and EUR 50 agency charges stop only after suspension and the required employment and immigration status changes.
Existing liabilities remain payable. Your employer handles employment payroll contributions. We do not provide jobs or guarantee employment.
Request a quote for your Serbian company setup
Tell us your citizenship, country of residence, business activity and whether you plan to relocate. We will confirm which services we can provide and what they cost.