Croatia

Combined residence and work permit for highly qualified third-country employment in Croatia.

Single temporary stay-and-work permit for an employed third-country national after the employer obtains a labour-market test and Croatian Employment Service opinion.

Croatian long-term mobility permit for an ICT permit holder from another EEA state working more than 90 days in the same company or group in Croatia.

ICT permit for a manager or specialist transferred from a non-EU company to the same company or group in Croatia.

ICT permit for a graduate trainee transferred from a non-EU company to the same company or group in Croatia.

Stay-and-work permit for seasonal employment up to 90 days in agriculture, forestry, hospitality or tourism.

Stay-and-work permit for seasonal employment up to six months per year in agriculture, forestry, hospitality or tourism.

Single permit for a profession placed on the Croatian Employment Service high-demand list, without a labour-market test but with its opinion.

Article 110 permit for qualifying crew members working in Croatia.

Article 110 permit for qualifying key personnel in a Croatian company without a labour-market test or Employment Service opinion.

Article 110 permit for a qualifying foreign service provider performing contracted services in Croatia.

Temporary stay for a third-country national posted to Croatia by a foreign employer.

Short contracted work certificate for listed training, machinery service, fairs, entertainment, sports support, advertising, performance, funeral, audit or consulting activities for up to 30 days per calendar year.

Short contracted work certificate for listed scientific, educational, media, maritime, cultural, tourism and international-agreement activities for up to 90 days per calendar year.

Article 110 permit for self-employment through a Croatian company or sole trade in which the applicant owns at least 51 percent.

Discretionary privileged naturalisation for a person whose admission is in the interest of the Republic of Croatia.

Temporary stay for a third-country researcher carrying out research in Croatia under a hosting agreement.

Registered EEA residence for higher education, vocational training, student exchange, youth mobility or authorised professional practice.

Article 110 stay-and-work permit for a qualifying trainee placement.

Temporary stay for a third-country national enrolled in Croatian secondary education.

Temporary stay for a third-country national admitted to Croatian undergraduate, graduate or postgraduate study.

Autonomous stay available under the Aliens Act to a qualifying former family-reunification holder, with open work rights.

Privileged naturalisation for a spouse or life partner of a Croatian citizen who lives in Croatia with permanent stay.

Registered residence for an EEA-national family member joining an EEA national in Croatia.

Family-reunification temporary stay for a family member who already lived with another EEA state's long-term resident.

Derived temporary stay for a close family member or qualifying common-law partner of an approved digital nomad.

Permanent stay for a minor with three years of family-reunification temporary stay whose parent holds permanent stay or long-term residence.

Permanent stay for a minor living in Croatia whose parent held permanent stay or long-term residence at the child's birth.

Family member or life partner of a Croatian citizen after four uninterrupted years of the corresponding temporary stay.

Five-year residence card for a non-EEA family member accompanying or joining an EEA national for more than three months.

Temporary stay for a close family member or life partner of a Croatian citizen, qualifying resident, or international-protection beneficiary.

Registered EEA residence for a self-sufficient person not relying on employment or study.

— No eligibility summary published for this route yet

Naturalisation for a person born and living in Croatia with permanent stay and the published citizenship-release and conduct conditions.

Long-term residence after five uninterrupted years of qualifying legal stay in Croatia.

Long-term residence based on five years as an EU Blue Card holder across Member States, including at least the required Croatian period.

Permanent stay for a person with at least ten years of refugee status and three years of uninterrupted temporary stay under the published housing-care ground.

Foreign or stateless member of the Croatian people returning permanently after three uninterrupted years of temporary stay.

Permanent stay after five continuous years legally residing with an EEA national, or alongside an EEA principal with an earlier permanent right.

Permanent stay for a third-country national born in Croatia and living there since birth who could not regulate status for justified reasons beyond their control.

Permanent stay for a former permanent resident on 8 October 1991 who returns under a qualifying state programme.

Permanent stay after five continuous years of legal EEA residence, subject to statutory earlier exceptions.

Regular naturalisation for an adult with eight uninterrupted years of registered Croatian residence and permanent-stay status.

Registered EEA free-movement residence based on employment in Croatia.

Registered EEA free-movement residence for a worker posted to Croatia.

Registered EEA free-movement residence based on self-employment in Croatia.

Temporary stay in Croatia for a third-country national holding long-term-resident status in another EEA Member State.

Article 110 stay-and-work permit for a qualifying volunteer placement.

Up to three months in Croatia for an EEA or Swiss national with a valid identity document.

Visa-exempt third-country short stay in Croatia and the Schengen area for up to 90 days in any 180-day period.

Short-stay C visa for transit, tourism, business, private or another permitted purpose for up to 90 days in any 180-day period.

International-protection procedure for a person in Croatia who fears persecution or faces a qualifying risk of serious harm.

Family-unity procedure for qualifying family members of a person granted asylum or subsidiary protection in Croatia.

Emergency protection activated for an eligible person displaced by a mass influx where the Croatian Government and EU Council apply the framework.

Humanitarian temporary stay for a person identified during stay in Croatia as a victim of domestic violence or violence against women.

Humanitarian temporary stay for an unregularised person whose particularly serious health condition or old age justifies regularisation.

Privileged naturalisation without Croatian residence for a person who establishes membership of the Croatian people.

Privileged naturalisation without Croatian residence for a Croatian emigrant, descendant of an emigrant, or the qualifying spouse.

Airport-transit visa for a national listed in Annex IV of the Visa Code who will remain in the international transit area.

Temporary stay for a substantiated purpose not covered by another enumerated temporary-stay category.