Serbia medical treatment visa

A check-up, surgery or rehabilitation that ends within 90 days needs no special status. Visa-exempt nationals enter without a visa, and others use a visa C with proof of the purpose, such as a letter from the clinic. Medical treatment and care is, however, one of the listed purposes of a long-stay D visa and of temporary residence. The healthcare institution where you will be treated, or the social welfare institution where you will live, must be registered in Serbia.

For medical treatment, the D visa file contains the photo, an invitation letter, proof of adequate and valid health insurance, proof of means of subsistence for the stay, the decision registering the Serbian healthcare institution, and a letter from that institution stating the place of treatment and the need for continuous treatment for a specified period.

For care, you submit the photo, invitation letter, health insurance and means of subsistence, a letter from the social protection institution confirming that you have been accommodated, the decision registering that institution and the work licence issued to it by the authority responsible for social protection. In both cases you add the form, a passport valid 90 days beyond departure and the fee.

Accepted proof of means includes a salary statement, a pension payment, a scholarship, registration of an agricultural holding, a bank balance equal to the Serbian minimum salary for the year of the application, or a written guarantee from a Serbian company or a certified guarantee from a private person with proof of their funds. If your country has a social insurance agreement with Serbia, its health insurance document is accepted; otherwise a private policy, enough funds to cover emergency and chronic treatment, a guarantee, or a Serbian health insurance card.

Nationals who need a visa apply for the D visa at a Serbian mission in their country of residence or on the Welcome to Serbia portal, ideally well ahead of the trip; the fee is EUR 50. The D visa allows 90 to 180 days with multiple entries. To continue treatment, you apply for temporary residence on the same ground while the visa is still valid. Visa-exempt nationals can apply directly for temporary residence for medical treatment or care, in person at the police or online. The request fee is RSD 430 and the approval fee RSD 23,450; the biometric card is paid separately.

Your stay must be registered within 24 hours of arrival by the hospital, hotel or host, or by you. When temporary residence is approved, you go to the police foreigners’ office at the booked time to give biometric data and receive a certificate with your foreigner registration number, followed by the residence card. Requests for minors are filed in person by their legal representatives.