Entering by boat: Montenegro

Before you arrive

• Online procedure: Vignette (permis de croisière) à la capitainerie

The steps

1. Q flag and courtesy flag; call the harbour master on VHF 16.
2. Crew stays on board until formalities are complete.
3. Border police, then Customs, with the crew list.
4. Harbour master: vignette, then sojourn tax.
5. On departure: crew list endorsed, leave within 24 hours.

Papers to have on board

• Passports for the whole crew
• Visas, if your nationality requires them
• Crew list
• Boat papers (registration certificate)
• Insurance certificate
• Skipper’s licence

Good to know

• Go straight to a port of entry before anchoring or stopping anywhere; a fine was reported for arriving at Ulcinj, which is not a port of entry.
• Monitor VHF 16 (and 11, VTS) on approach; the navy may call and ask name, flag, last port and destination.
• A nautical sojourn tax is due on top of the vignette.
• Montenegro is outside Schengen: coming from Croatia, clear out of Croatia first (EES).
• Tax-free diesel possible after outward clearance, by appointment (often through an agent).

Ports of entry

The ports where you can clear in, and the services available there.

Sources

• noonsite.com/place/montenegro/formalities
• montenegroyachtclearance.com/
• noonsite.com/place/montenegro/bar/view/clearance

This information is gathered from public sources and sailors’ experience. It does not replace the country’s authorities, whose word is final: check before you leave.