Temporary residence of third-country nationals can be assigned as follows: Family reunification, employment, secondary education and studying, scientific activity, humanitarian grounds, work of a deployed employee and other reasons.
What is the procedure for issuing a Croatian temporary residence permit
The required document would be the first temporary residence Permit, which would help you stay in Croatia. Upon arrival in this country, one must first get registered with the local authorities and thereafter seek a residence permit. The main condition one can mention is the registration within 30 days after arrival in Croatia. The following is what you should know about the application of residence permits in Croatia:
- Foreigners are obliged to give information concerning the reasons why they need a residence permit in Croatia. One can request a work contract.
- One must have a valid passport for at least 3 months and 1 year.
- The police will seek an exemplar of the criminal records.
- A residence permit in Croatia requires information on accommodation and personal financial resources.
- Citizens who are married will be obliged to present a certificate in this regard.
- There is also a health insurance requirement.
- Certain management charges have to be paid.
- The alien shall in person submit an application in the Republic of Croatia on a temporary residence permit. (form 1a) At a relevant diplomatic mission of the Republic of Croatia or a relevant consular office of the Republic of Croatia.
In exceptional cases, foreigners who require a visa to enter the Republic of Croatia can also issue a request for temporary residence at the police administration/station in the following cases:
- They join an advanced learning institution as a full-time undergraduate, masters and doctoral level student.
- He/she is a scientific researcher who is coming under a guest contract.
Together with the filled application about the issuing of a temporary residence permit, the alien must add:
- Colour photograph 35×45 mm.
- A copy of a valid travel flight.
- Health insurance evidence.
- Evidence of guarantees of means of livelihood (in the value that has been set as a minimum by the Decree on the method of calculation.
- Demonstration of the justification of temporary residence.
- Evidence of payment of consular fee / administrative fee.
The way of stipulating the conditions under which it is possible to grant a temporary residence is defined in the Ordinance on the Status and Work of Aliens in the Republic of Croatia. In case the application is settled in a positive manner, the alien is granted a temporary residence permit in the form of a biometric residence permit.
The validity of the travel document should be not least three months longer than the period of issuing of the temporary residence permit.
The temporary residence rules of foreign nationals in Croatia
Temporary residence must be granted on another basis and can only be granted for up to one year. And after the expiration of six months after expiry of the temporary residence given on another basis, an alien may apply again to be regulated to live in the country on another basis. The foreigner is bound to report his/her residence to the corresponding police administration/station within three days of entering the Republic of Croatia. It can be a temporary residence permit/extension of a temporary residence permit. Which has a duration of up to one year. The application to extend temporary residence will be filed with the police administration/police station within a maximum of 60 days before the expiration of the temporary residence. Regulation of the status of minor children, foreign citizens of the Republic of Croatia. Within the frame of the Aliens Act, minor children. Foreign nationals can be granted temporary residence in the Republic of Croatia on the following grounds: In cases when minor children are in the Republic of Croatia without a legal representative, parents or guardians. And are not in a category of aliens to regulate their status to secondary education. In conformity with the provisions of this Act, it is needed to defend the rights and the interests of the child according to the provisions of the Aliens Act. As well as to address the competent social welfare centres to appoint a guardian / special guardian according to the provisions of the Family Act, during the stay of minor children in the Republic of Croatia.
Residence and work permit
A residence and work permit is a special kind of permit that enables a foreigner to get a temporary permission to live and work in the Republic of Croatia.
Residence and work permits are granted under an annual quota and above the annual quota. The Government of the Republic of Croatia decides the annual quota of licenses, which is published in the Official Gazette.
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