President of the Republic of Serbia Aleksandar Vucic, Prime Minister of the Republic of Serbia Ana Brnabic and the Speaker of the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia Maja Gojkovic adopted a Decision on the introduction of a state of emergency in accordance with the Constitution on 15 March. The decision came into force the same day.

The borders of the Republic of Serbia are closed to all foreign nationals, with the exception of diplomats accredited in Serbia and their family members as well as foreigners with a residence permit in the Republic of Serbia.

Citizens of the Republic of Serbia, as well as accredited diplomats and foreign nationals residing in the Republic of Serbia, who enter the Republic of Serbia, are obliged to be in self-isolation for at least 14 days. This measure will be strictly controlled and its violation will be most severely sanctioned.

Citizens will be provided with a legally binding solution upon entering the country. Imprisonment for violating this provision is up to three years in prison. This is very important to reduce the movement of citizens, which is one of the main reasons for introducing a state of emergency in order to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 virus.

In the case of citizens of the Republic of Serbia and foreign nationals residing in the Republic of Serbia, arriving from the Swiss Confederation, Republic of Italy, the Islamic Republic of Iran, Romania, the Kingdom of Spain, the Federal Republic of Germany, the French Republic, the Republic of Austria, the Republic of Slovenia and the Hellenic Republic isolation period will be 28 days.

These measures shall not apply to:

• crews of freight motor vehicles when carrying out international road transport.
• Crews of cargo ships transporting goods to one of the domestic ports.
• the crews of railway vehicles entering the border station zone established by interstate agreements;
• crews and cabin crew of aircraft whose final destination is the Republic of Serbia or are in transit through the international airports of the Republic of Serbia;
• Persons who have obtained consent to enter the Republic of Serbia from a Government working body composed of representatives of the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of the Interior and the Ministry of Construction, Transport and Infrastructure.
• humanitarian convoys under mandatory diplomatic escort.

Having in mind the above mentioned, all diplomatic missions and consular posts of the Republic of Serbia abroad will suspend their activities regarding the visa applications for foreigners, beside the above mentioned categories, who intend to enter the territory of the Republic of Serbia.

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