According to the Decree of the Government of the Republic of Serbia published in the Official Gazette on December 15, 2020. regarding protection from infectious diseases, all foreign citizens will need a negative PCR test on COVID 19, issued by the reference laboratory of the country they come from, not older than 48 hours. Persons who have not been tested and do not have a negative test upon entering the Republic of Serbia will be returned from the border crossing without permission to enter the country.

If there is a delay while entering the Republic of Serbia, which cannot be attributed to the guilt of passengers but is a consequence of an external event that could not be predicted, avoided or eliminated (flight delay, delay of the departures of buses, trains, etc.) then the test cannot be older than 72 hours upon entry to the Republic of Serbia.

Citizens of the Republic of Serbia and foreign citizens who have been granted temporary residence or permanent residence in the Republic of Serbia, as well as members of diplomatic and consular staff and their families, in case of not having a negative PCR test not older than 48 hours, will be quarantined at home for 10 days. If a person who has been assigned a quarantine measure receives a negative PRC test issued by a reference laboratory in the Republic of Serbia during the duration of the measure, it ceases to be valid.

There is a written notification at all border crossings - a health warning about the measures to be followed to prevent the occurrence, spread and control of the infectious disease COVID 19 caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, and other written notifications in the form of a health warning can be delivered during passport control.

Negative PCR test is not required for:

1. foreign citizens in transit through the Republic of Serbia. Transit for foreign citizens is limited to a period not longer than 12 hours from the moment of entry into the territory of the Republic of Serbia;

2. Crew and cabin crew of aircraft whose final destination is the Republic of Serbia;

3. Crews, personnel and passengers in transit or transfer through the international airports of the Republic of Serbia.

4. Accredited members of the staff of foreign diplomatic and consular missions and offices of international organizations, as well as members of their families who are holders of special identity cards or identification documents issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the General Secretariat of the Government;

5. Children up to 12 years old;

6. Foreign citizens who have been granted permanent residence or permanent residence in the Republic of Serbia;

7. Members of foreign military, police and other security services who are in transit through the territory of the Republic of Serbia or come to the Republic of Serbia to perform official tasks with prior notice;

The condition of possessing a negative PCR test on COVID 19 does not apply to foreign nationals when performing international transport, for taking over or unloading goods or for transporting persons to or through the Republic of Serbia, when it comes to crews:

1. Freight motor vehicles when performing international road transport. If it is a transit traffic, it is limited to a period not longer than 12 hours from the moment of entering the territory of the Republic of Serbia;

2. Cargo ships transporting goods to one of the domestic ports. In the case of transit navigation on the international waterway on the territory of the Republic of Serbia, it is limited to a period not longer than 90 hours for ships and 60 hours for self-propelled vessels from the moment of entering the territory of the Republic of Serbia in the case of upstream navigation, and for a period not longer than 72 hours for ship formations and 54 hours for self-propelled vehicles from the moment of entering the territory of the Republic of Serbia in the case of downstream navigation;

3. Buses in regular and international passenger transport, both in transit and in the case when the final or departure destination is the Republic of Serbia;

4. Railway vehicles and train staff;

5. Humanitarian convoys contracted through diplomacy;

NOTE: Wearing protective masks is mandatory in all closed spaces, as well as in open spaces where it is not possible to respect the mandatory measure of distance of 2 meters, such as rows in front of shops, pharmacies, restaurant...