Includes license requirements for key professional services that are open to U.S. service providers.
Last Published: 2/26/2018

Foreigners who wish to practice law, medicine and accounting in Serbia, must comply with local requirements. All attorneys, including foreign ones, in order to practice law in Serbia need to be registered with the Serbian Bar Association.  Foreign attorneys, without passing the Serbian bar exam, can advise legal entities and individuals on application of the laws of their home country and on international law.

Exceptionally, foreigners may practice certain medical services in Serbia upon obtaining a temporary license from the local Chamber of Healthcare Professionals.  The license can be issued for up to 180 days in one calendar year.  In order to apply for the license, a foreign professional should have (i) a written invitation from a Serbian medical institution, (ii) a license or other adequate document issued by its country of residence, and (iii) to apply healthcare technologies that are performed or permitted in Serbia.

As an individual, there are no educational prerequisites to practice accounting services in Serbia. However, it is necessary to have an established entity in Serbia which has accounting services registered as its prevailing business activity.

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