Montenegrin citizenship can be obtained by a person who has been married to a Montenegrin citizen for at least three years and who has legally and continuously resided in the country for the same period, as provided for in the amendments to the Law on Montenegrin Citizenship. Amendments to the Law were proposed by deputies Srđan Milić, Neven Gošović and Snezana Jonica, and it will be discussed at the extraordinary session of the parliament, which begins on February 20.
The current law stipulates that Montenegrin citizenship is acquired by admission to a person who has been married to a Montenegrin citizen for at least three years and has legally and continuously resided in Montenegro for at least five years. "The new article changes the deadline for legal and continuous residence in Montenegro, i.e. it is reduced from five to three years, because in this way the required period of marriage and residence is identified", the explanation says.
It is stated that the proposed provision was agreed upon at the session of the Working Group for Building Trust in the Electoral Process. "The proposal of the Law on Amendments to the Law on Montenegrin Citizenship is fully in accordance with the European Convention on Citizenship, the recommendations of the Council of Europe on the prevention and reduction of statelessness, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and other conventions," the explanation says.
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