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Autonomous Temporary Stay after Family Breakdown or Abuse

CroatiaFamily

Explore the five recorded questions, answers and sources for this pathway.

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Which family relationships qualify?

The checked official sources did not provide enough route-specific evidence to confirm which family relationships qualify.

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Limits of the record
  • The assigned work page only lists 'autonomous stay' among statuses that may work without a permit. Fetched the official aliens FAQ index (stranci-281595/281595): it says temporary stay 'može se odobriti i kao autonomni boravak' and gives subsistence evidence for it, but never states which former family relationship (spouse, partner, child) or which event (divorce, death, violence) qualifies. The temporary-stay page mentions victims of domestic violence only under humanitarian grounds, a different purpose.

Who may sponsor or bring the family member, and what immigration/citizenship status must that person hold?

The checked official sources did not provide enough route-specific evidence to confirm who may sponsor the family member and the status the sponsor must hold.

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Limits of the record
  • No page read states the status the former sponsor must have held or who may 'bring' the person; the FAQ's subsistence item refers only to 'osobe s kojim se državljanin treće zemlje spajao' (the person with whom the national was reunited), without a status.

What is important for proving marriage, partnership, parentage, custody, dependency or another qualifying relationship?

The checked official sources did not provide enough route-specific evidence to confirm the evidence needed to prove the family relationship.

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Limits of the record
  • No proof requirement for the former relationship, the breakdown, the death or the abuse is stated on any page read (work page, aliens FAQ index, family-reunification page, temporary-stay page).

What important financial, accommodation, insurance or maintenance responsibilities apply?

Means of subsistence for autonomous stay are shown by six payslips immediately before the application, a tax ruling, a pension extract, registration in the family-farm register with proof of income, or a written maintenance statement from a family or household member; if the person with whom the applicant was reunited has died, a bank account may also be submitted. The official source does not state the required amount or the health-insurance or accommodation requirements.

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Limits of the record
  • the item lists the accepted evidence, not the required amount
  • health insurance and accommodation are not in this citation (general temporary-stay conditions apply)
  • chars 38070-38543
    autonomnog boravka, smatra se: šest obračuna isplaćenih plaća neposredno prije podnošenja zahtjeva, porezno rješenje, izvadak od mirovine, rješenje o upisu u Upisnik obiteljskih poljoprivrednih gospodarstava i dokaz o ostvarivanju sredstava s navedene osnove ili pisana izjava o uzdržavanju državljanina treće zemlje koju daje član obitelji ili zajedničkog domaćinstva, a u slučaju smrti osobe s kojim se državljanin treće zemlje spajao, može se priložiti i bankovni račun.

How does the application work at a high level, what rights does the family member receive, how long does the status last, and how can it become independent or longer-term where officially stated?

A family member or life partner of a Croatian citizen who has held, immediately before applying, four continuous years of temporary stay for family reunification/life partnership with the Croatian citizen or autonomous stay may be granted permanent stay. The official source does not state the duration of autonomous stay or the application steps.

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Limits of the record
  • this route to permanent stay is stated only for family of Croatian citizens; nothing is said for former family of third-country nationals
  • the right to work without a permit for autonomous stay is on the work page, not in this citation
  • duration of the autonomous stay itself and the application steps are not stated
  • chars 7065-7389
    Stalni boravak može se odobriti državljaninu treće zemlje koji je: član obitelji ili životni partner hrvatskog državljanina koji neposredno prije podnošenja zahtjeva ima neprekidno četiri godine odobren privremeni boravak u svrhu spajanja obitelji ili životnog partnerstva s hrvatskim državljaninom ili autonomni boravak

These are the answers currently recorded in the catalogue. A missing or partial answer is not an eligibility decision.

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