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Temporary Stay on Humanitarian Grounds - Serious Health or Old Age

CroatiaHumanitarian protection

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What exactly is this: asylum, temporary protection, humanitarian admission, resettlement or another protection mechanism?

A temporary-stay purpose under the Aliens Act ('humanitarian grounds'), listed alongside work, study and family purposes, for a third-country national who, because of particularly serious health reasons or old age, has not regulated their stay in Croatia.

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    Temporary stay may be granted to third-country nationals who intend to stay or who are staying in the Republic of Croatia for the following purposes: family reunification, secondary school education and university studies, scientific research, humanitarian grounds (if, due to particularly serious health reasons or old age, the citizen of a third country has not regulated his stay in the Republic of Croatia, or if during his stay in the Republic of Croatia it has been established that he is a victim of domestic violence or violence against women), life partnership, work, and work of posted workers stay of persons with long-term residence in another EEA Member State, other purposes, stay of digital nomads.

Which population, circumstances or geographic group does the mechanism cover?

The 'serious justified humanitarian reasons' clause covers a third-country national who, owing to particularly serious health reasons or advanced age, has not regulated their stay in Croatia; the same ground also lists trafficking victims in the assistance programme, abandoned or unaccompanied minors, ten-year refugees or housing-programme beneficiaries, cooperating witnesses against illegal employers, and victims of domestic violence.

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    Privremeni boravak iz humanitarnih razloga može se odobriti državljaninu treće zemlje u sljedećim slučajevima: ako je kao žrtva trgovanja ljudima prihvatio program pomoći i zaštite ako je maloljetnik koji je napušten ili je žrtva organiziranog kriminala ili je zbog drugih razloga ostao bez roditeljske zaštite, skrbništva ili bez pratnje državljaninu treće zemlje koji je do dana podnošenja zahtjeva najmanje deset godina bio u statusu izbjeglice ili koji je obuhvaćen programom obnove ili povratka ili stambenog zbrinjavanja izbjeglica iz Republike Hrvatske, što se dokazuje potvrdom tijela državne uprave nadležnog za stambeno zbrinjavanje ako surađuje s nadležnim tijelima i njegovo je sudjelovanje nužno u kaznenom postupku koji se vodi protiv poslodavca koji ga je nezakonito zapošljavao zbog ozbiljnih opravdanih razloga humanitarne prirode (ako zbog osobito teških zdravstvenih razloga ili visoke životne dobi državljanin treće zemlje nije regulirao svoj boravak u Republici Hrvatskoj ili da je tijekom boravka u Republici Hrvatskoj utvrđeno da se radi o žrtvi obiteljskog nasilja ili nasilja nad ženama).

Where can protection be requested, and is this a direct application, border/in-country request, referral or other process?

A direct in-country application at the police administration or police station of the intended place of stay, which is allowed even for visa-required nationals, who otherwise must apply at a Croatian diplomatic mission or consular post.

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    Exceptionally, third-country nationals who are required to have a visa to enter the Republic of Croatia may also apply for temporary stay at a police administration/police station if they are: close family members of a Croatian citizen, life partners or informal life partners of a Croatian citizen, arriving for the purpose of studying at a university at undergraduate, graduate, and postgraduate level, scientific researchers arriving on the basis of a hosting agreement, close family members of third-country nationals referred to in items 3 and 4, submitting an application for temporary stay on humanitarian grounds, family members of an EU Blue Card holder.

What happens after the request: registration, family handling, major support and rights where officially stated?

For the stated serious humanitarian ground, the applicant need not attach proof of subsistence funds or health insurance. Before issuing stay on this ground, the police must seek the Ministry’s consent. Once humanitarian temporary stay is granted, the holder may work without a stay and work permit or work-registration certificate and may access courses, vocational training, education and study.

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Limits of the record
  • The cited sources do not establish case registration, family handling or support while this particular application is pending. The criminal-record exemption in the MUP paragraph is limited to trafficking victims and abandoned minors and is not asserted for this route.
  • MUP humanitarian subtypes
    zbog ozbiljnih opravdanih razloga humanitarne prirode (ako zbog osobito teških zdravstvenih razloga ili visoke životne dobi državljanin treće zemlje nije regulirao svoj boravak u Republici Hrvatskoj ili da je tijekom boravka u Republici Hrvatskoj utvrđeno da se radi o žrtvi obiteljskog nasilja ili nasilja nad ženama).
  • MUP humanitarian application documents
    Državljanin treće zemlje uz zahtjev za odobrenje privremenog boravka iz humanitarnih razloga ne mora prilagati dokaz o osiguranim sredstvima za uzdržavanje i dokaz o zdravstvenom osiguranju, a žrtva trgovanja ili maloljetnik koji je napušten ne treba prilagati niti dokaz da nije pravomoćno osuđen za kaznena djela iz matične države ili države u kojoj je boravio duže od godine dana neposredno prije dolaska u Republiku Hrvatsku.
  • Article 79(4), NN 133/2020
    (4) Prije izdavanja odobrenja za privremeni boravak iz stavka 1. točke 6. ovoga članka policijska uprava odnosno policijska postaja dužna je zatražiti suglasnost Ministarstva.
  • Article 86, NN 133/2020
    Članak 86. Državljanin treće zemlje kojem je odobren privremeni boravak zbog humanitarnih razloga sukladno odredbi članka 79. ovoga Zakona, ima pravo rada bez dozvole za boravak i rad odnosno potvrde o prijavi rada, pravo na pohađanje tečaja, strukovne izobrazbe, obrazovanje i studiranje.

Which competent authority, UN body or official assistance channel should the person use?

The checked official sources did not provide enough route-specific evidence to confirm the competent authority or official help channel.

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Limits of the record
  • No helpline, medical or social-service channel, UN body or scam warning is published on the pages read. The only authorities named are the police administration/police station where the application is lodged (cited under R3) and the Ministry of the Interior as decision-maker; the health ministry's opinion is mentioned only for extending 'other purposes' stays for continuing treatment, a different purpose. Searched captures 6190, 54f0 (2.i), 6a9a and 306e.

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