In the wake of the current situation regarding the outbreak of corona flu epidemics in the United States and a need to undertake additional measures to prevent further spread of the disease, the Consular Department of the Embassy of the Republic of Serbia in Washington D.C. has adopted the following measures which will take effect on Monday, 16 March 2020, and remain in force until further notice:

• The Consular Department will be able to extend services only in very urgent and pressing cases;
• You are kindly requested to call the Consular Department in advance, at least two days ahead of the planned visit, by calling +1(202) 820-3123, and +1(619) 313-9005 or by messaging the  temporary email address: konzularnovasington@gmail.com
• Unannounced visitors whose appointments have not been confirmed will not be admitted;
• Your requests for consular services not requiring personal presence in the Consular Department  should be exclusively sent by post (e.g. registration of birth, marriage and death, admission to citizenship, customs certificates, police clearance and other vital statistics, certificate for transfer of mortal remains, regulation of military service, etc.);
• The Consular Department  shall continue to admit applications for voting abroad in Parliamentary elections in the Republic of Serbia by email, fax or post.
The Embassy of the Republic of Serbia in Washington D.C. appreciates your understanding and cooperation at this time. The  Embassy shall continue to closely monitor the situation regarding the corona virus outbreak in the United States and shall resume its regular regime and hours of operation as soon as the situation improves.

Washington D.C., March 16, 2020
President of the Republic of Serbia Aleksandar Vucic announced yesterday, on Marh 15th, that due to the coronavirus situation, a decision was made to declare a state of emergency throughout the Republic of Serbia.

President Vučić said at a press conference that the decision was made after meeting of the Covid-19 crisis response team and the crisis team for eliminating the possible and harmful effects of the coronavirus on the economy at the Palace of Serbia, which he chaired.

The state of emergency came into force immediately after the decision is published in the Official Gazette, after which a government session was held to adopt a decree on emergency measures.

Accordingly, the borders of the Republic of Serbia are closed to all foreign nationals, with the exception of diplomats accredited in Serbia and foreigners with a residence permit or permanently resident in 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 under criminal responsibility for at least 14 days in self-isolation. 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 violation of 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.

For citizens of the Republic of Serbia and foreign nationals residing in the Republic of Serbia who come from the Swiss Confederation, 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 Republic of Greece isolation for 28 days.

These measures do not apply to:

Crews of freight motor vehicles when performing international road transport. In the case of international road traffic burden, the stay is limited to a period of no longer than 12 hours from the moment of entry into the territory of the Republic of Serbia;

Crew of freight ships carrying goods into one of the domestic ports. In the case of transit sailing on the international water road on the territory of the Republic of Serbia, it is limited to a period of no longer than 90 hours for ship's supply and 60 hours for self-propelled vessels from the moment of entering the territory of the Republic of Serbia in the event of water sailing. In the case of downwater, the stay in the waters of the Republic of Serbia is limited to the period not longer than 72 hours for ship's supply and 54 hours for self-guiding vessels from the moment of entry into the territory of the Republic of Serbia;

Driving staff of railway vehicles entering the zone of border stations established by intergovernmental agreements;
Crew and cabin staff of aircraft whose ultimate destination is the Republic of Serbia or in transit through international airports of the Republic of Serbia;

Persons who received the consent to enter the Republic of Serbia from the government's working body, consisting of representatives of the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Interior Affairs and the Ministry of Construction, Transport and infrastructure.

The humanitarian convoys contracted by diplomatic way (under compulsory escort).
  

The Embassy of the Republic of Serbia would like to announce that the Serbian Parliamentary elections will be held on the 26th of April 2020.

For more information regarding the upcoming elections, please visit the Serbian version of our website by clicking one of the links in the top right corner labeled “ћирилица” or “latinica”.

February 18th, 2020 - Students representing Warwick Middle School Future City team from Lititz, Pennsylvania chose the city of Belgrade as their project in the Future City Competition held from February 15-19, 2020 in Washington D.C.

During their stay, they visited our Embassy with their parents and teachers, and held a special presentation for H.E. Ambassador Djerdj Matkovic and the Embassy staff, sharing their vision of Belgrade in the future.

February 11th, 2020 - H.E. Ambassador Djerdj Matkovic addressed the Guild of Professional Tour Guides of Washington D.C. at the National Portrait Gallery and presented the beauties of Serbia within the promotional activities for the 19th World Federation of Tourist Guide Associations Convention to be hosted by Novi Sad from February 3-7, 2021.