Move to Montenegro

The most common routes are forming a local company and giving yourself a residence-and-work permit, or basing residence on owning property. Under reforms that took effect in January 2026, the property route requires property worth at least €150,000, and renewing a company-based permit requires the company to have paid at least €5,000 in taxes and contributions the previous year.

Yes, Montenegro runs a digital nomad residence permit for remote workers earning from foreign sources, with income broadly set against a multiple of the local minimum wage. It is a time-limited programme, so confirm that it is still open and check the current income requirement directly with the authorities before relying on it.

Naturalisation generally requires about 10 years of lawful, continuous residence, plus knowledge of the Montenegrin language. Montenegro closed its citizenship-by-investment programme at the end of 2022, so there is no longer a passport-by-investment route.

Generally no. Montenegro usually requires people who naturalise to give up their previous citizenship, allowing dual nationality only in limited cases or under bilateral agreements. This is an important difference from many other European countries, so plan around it.

Not yet. Montenegro is an EU candidate country and the most advanced in the current enlargement process, with a political goal of joining around 2028. That is a target, not a guarantee. It already uses the euro, though unilaterally and outside the eurozone.