Permanent Stay for Family or Life Partner of a Croatian Citizen

Within the meaning of the Aliens Act, the following categories of aliens are considered as close family members: a spouse, a common law partner, a minor child common to spouses and common law partners, life partners or informal life partners, and a minor child of each of them, their minor jointly adopted child, or a minor child adopted by either of them who is not married, as well as a minor child of a life or informal life partner or his minor adopted child who is not married, parents or adoptive parents of a minor child who is a Croatian citizen, third-country national who has been granted long-term residence or permanent stay, asylum or subsidiary protection.

Permanent stay may be granted to a third-country national who: is a family member or a life partner of a Croatian citizen who, prior to the day of submission of his application, has had granted temporary stay for the purpose of family reunification or life partnership for an uninterrupted period of four years is a member of the Croatian people with foreign citizenship or who is stateless and proves his status with a certificate issued by the state administration authority for Croats abroad if it is established that he has returned with the intention of residing permanently in the Republic of Croatia, provided that he has had granted temporary stay for an uninterrupted period of three years prior to the day of submission of his application by the date of submission of his application, has had at least three years of uninterrupted temporary stay, and refugee status for at least 10 years, which is proven by a certificate issued by the state administration authority competent for housing care is a minor child who has had granted temporary stay for the purpose of family reunification for an uninterrupted period of three years prior to the day of submission of his application, and one of the parents has had granted permanent stay or long-term residence had permanent residence in the Republic of Croatia on 8 October 1991, and who is a beneficiary of a return, reconstruction or housing care programme, which is proven by a certificate issued by the state administration authority competent for housing care if it is established that he has returned with the intention of residing permanently in the Republic of Croatia, provided that he encloses proof of no criminal record issued by his home country or a country in which he resided for more than a year immediately prior to arriving in the Republic of Croatia, or to underage children who live in the Republic of Croatia: whose one parent had a permanent stay or long-term residence status at the moment of the child’s birth (with the consent of the other parent), whose one parent had a permanent stay or long-term residence status in the Republic of Croatia at the moment of the child’s birth, and the other parent is unknown, dead, pronounced dead, deprived of parental rights or fully or partially deprived of legal capacity with regard to parental care, third-country nationals who were born in the Republic of Croatia and have been living here since their birth, but who have not regulated their residence status for justified reasons that they could not have any impact on (which is proved by an extract from birth register, proof that they have attended preschool or school, proof of employment, proof of being beneficiaries of health care services or social rights and any other proof showing that the said person has been living in the Republic of Croatia).

The following must be submitted as proof of marriage: - extract from the marriage register. The following documents must be submitted as proof of common law partnership: - extract from the birth register for a child common to both partners or a decision of the competent authority on the adoption of the child, or - extract from the birth register or a single status certificate, or an extract from the register of common law partnerships, a statement made by the common law partners on their life together, statements made by witnesses about the existence and the duration of the common law partnership, proof of living together in a shared household in the Republic of Croatia or abroad for at least three years immediately prior to submitting the application, or some other proof indicating to the existence of a common law partnership and the intention to continue living together. The following documents must be submitted as proof of a parent-child relationship: – extract from the birth register or a decision of the competent authority on the adoption of the child.

Član uže obitelji hrvatskog državljanina za odobrenje privremenog boravka ne mora dokazivati osigurana sredstva za uzdržavanje.

3. dugotrajnom boravku (neograničeno) 4. stalnom boravku (neograničeno)

(3) Dozvola boravka državljaninu treće zemlje kojemu je odobreno dugotrajno boravište ili stalni boravak izdaje se s rokom važenja od pet godina.

Članak 171. (1) Dozvola boravka mora se zamijeniti: 1. u slučaju promjene podataka 2. kada je oštećena ili dotrajala tako da više ne služi svrsi 3. kada fotografija na dozvoli boravka više ne odgovara izgledu osobe 4. istekom roka važenja. (2) Zahtjev za zamjenu dozvole boravka podnosi se policijskoj upravi odnosno policijskoj postaji prema mjestu boravišta odnosno prebivališta u roku od osam dana od dana nastupa okolnosti iz stavka 1. ovoga članka.

Zahtjev za izdavanje dozvole boravka (biometrijska isprava) dužan je podnijeti državljanin treće zemlje na: privremenom boravku (uključujući i državljane trećih zemalja kojima je izdana dozvola za boravak i rad, osim sezonskih radnika kojima je izdana dozvola za boravak i rad do 90 dana), dugotrajnom boravku ili stalnom boravku u roku od osam dana od dana odobrenja privremenog boravka, dugotrajnog boravka ili stalnog boravka u Republici Hrvatskoj, a državljanin treće zemlje kojem je izdana dugotrajna viza (temeljem odobrenog privremenog boravka ili dozvole za boravak i rad) zahtjev za izdavanje dozvole boravka može podnijeti u roku od 30 dana od početka valjanosti dugotrajne vize. Uz zahtjev prilaže se fotografija veličine 3x3,5 cm, te na uvid mora priložiti valjanu stranu putnu ispravu. Za izdavanje dozvole boravka državljanin treće zemlje mora osobno pristupiti u nadležnu policijsku upravu/postaju prema mjestu prebivališta odnosno boravišta.

Aliens have to pay an administrative fee in the amount of 83,62 EUR when collecting the decision on granted permanent stay or long-term residence and the amount of 31,85 EUR for the issuance of a biometric residence permit in regular procedure, or 59,73 EUR in accelerated procedure. Both amounts can be paid with a payment slip to the state budget account, IBAN of which can be obtained at the competent police administration/police station.

Cijena biometrijske dozvole boravka u redovnom postupku iznosi 31,85 EUR, a u ubrzanom postupku 59,73 EUR te se naplaćuje i upravna pristojba od  9,29 EUR ( upravnu pristojbu ne uplaćuju državljani trećih zemalja na dugotrajnom boravku ili stalnom boravku) na IBAN državnog proračuna ili državnim biljezima.

An application for permanent stay (Form 1a) is submitted at a competent police administration/police station according to the alien’s place of temporary residence. The decision with regard to the application is made by the Ministry of the Interior.

Stalni boravak odobrit će se državljaninu treće zemlje ako ima valjanu stranu putnu ispravu i ne predstavlja opasnost za javni poredak, nacionalnu sigurnost ili javno zdravlje.

(5) Državljanin treće zemlje iz članka 156. stavka 1. ovoga Zakona u postupku odobravanja stalnog boravka ne mora imati valjanu stranu putnu ispravu kada je ne može pribaviti u diplomatsko-konzularnom predstavništvu strane države u Republici Hrvatskoj, a njegov identitet je moguće nedvojbeno utvrditi na drugi način.

Permanent stay of a third-country national shall be withdrawn if: 1. he has been forbidden to enter into the Republic of Croatia and stay in the Republic of Croatia, or if an alert has been issued in SIS for the purpose of forbidding his entry 2. he has moved out of the Republic of Croatia or has resided abroad for an uninterrupted period of more than one year 3. this is required in order to protect public policy, national security or public health 4. he has made a request for the withdrawal of his permanent stay.

Državljanin treće zemlje na dugotrajnom boravku odnosno na stalnom boravku ima pravo na: rad i samozapošljavanje stručno usavršavanje obrazovanje i studentske stipendije, osim državne stipendije socijalnu skrb, doplatak za djecu porezne olakšice pristup tržištu roba i usluga slobodu udruživanja i povezivanja te članstva u organizacijama koje zastupaju radnike ili poslodavce ili organizacijama čiji članovi obavljaju posebno zanimanje, uključujući i naknade koje im takve organizacije daju. Gore navedena prava, državljanin treće zemlje ostvaruje prava sukladno propisima Republike Hrvatske kojima se uređuju pojedina područja.