Under the Law on International and Temporary Protection of Foreigners (Official Gazette of Montenegro, No. 2/17), Montenegro activated TP for all Ukrainian arrivals on 11 March 2022, in line with the EU’s Temporary Protection Directive. That initial decree granted TP for one year, i.e. until 11 March 2023. In March 2023, faced with continued new arrivals, the Montenegrin government issued a follow-on decree extending TP for a further 12 months—until 11 March 2024. This extension also broadened eligibility to include: Ukrainian citizens and stateless persons whose last habitual residence was in Ukraine; Persons who had held Montenegrin residence permits before the war and could not renew them,
under the same rights framework (residence, accommodation, healthcare, education) as first-time TP holders. On 1 June 2024 the Government of Montenegro adopted a new decree extending TP for another year—i.e. until 11 March 2025. The Montenegrin Ministry of Interior has already initiated procedures to extend TP for a further year—i.e. until March 2026. 

Montenegro made progress with the establishment of the Statelessness Determination Procedure (SDP) to identify stateless persons and the nearly universal birth registration coverage. The SDP will be key in fulfilling the country's statelessness-reduction commitments.