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Stay and Work Permit for Volunteers

CroatiaCulture, faith and volunteering

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What exact activity, role or purpose qualifies?

Volunteering is one of the categories for which a stay and work permit is issued under Article 110 of the Aliens Act.

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Limits of the record
  • the page only lists 'volunteers' as an example; it does not describe the qualifying activity, programme or field
  • chars 4063-4373
    - a stay and work permit is issued pursuant to Article 110 of the Aliens Act (e.g. key personnel in companies, self-employment in a company/sole trade in which they hold an ownership share of at least 51%, EU Blue Card, intra-corporate transferees, service providers, volunteers, trainees, crew members, etc.).

What organisation, institution, religious body, charity, teacher or host must support the activity?

The checked official sources did not provide enough route-specific evidence to confirm the host organisation or sponsor required.

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Limits of the record
  • No host organisation, volunteering programme or agreement requirement is stated on the page.

What proves the placement, role, affiliation, experience or cultural/religious/voluntary activity?

The checked official sources did not provide enough route-specific evidence to confirm the evidence that proves the placement, role or affiliation.

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Limits of the record
  • No proof of the volunteering placement or agreement is stated on the page.

Can the person receive salary, pocket money, accommodation, meals or reimbursement? Can they undertake other work?

Other work is not allowed: the holder may work only on the job for which the permit was granted and only with the employer with which they have entered into employment. The official source does not state whether salary, pocket money, accommodation, meals or reimbursement may be received.

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Limits of the record
  • salary, pocket money, accommodation, meals or reimbursement for volunteers are not stated
  • chars 1850-2107
    ATTENTION : Third-country nationals may work in the Republic of Croatia only on those jobs for which they have been granted a stay and work permit or a work registration certificate and only with those employers with which they have entered into employment.

How long can they stay, can they change host/activity, can family accompany, and can the status be extended?

Temporary stay, of which a stay and work permit is one form, is granted for a period of up to one year. The official source does not state whether the host can be changed, whether family can accompany or whether the permit can be extended.

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Limits of the record
  • general temporary-stay rule, not a volunteer-specific duration
  • change of host, family accompaniment and extension are not in this citation

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

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