Visas

REQUIRED DOCUMENTS

Basic documentation with the C visa application

  • Visa application form, completed and signed by the applicant
  • A passport that meets the following conditions:

- it must contain at least two empty pages for the visa
- it must be issued in the previous 10 years
- the validity period of the travel document must be at least three months longer than the date you intend to leave the Schengen area

  • Recent identity photo
  • Travel medical insurance
  • Evidence of paid visa fee.

ยท Documentation related to the purpose of stay, means of support, means of travel and the intention to return to the home country or the possibility of entering a third country.

  • Evidence of paid visa fee.

If the application is submitted at the Visa application center, the additional service fee is also paid.

The fingerprints are taken when submitting the application.

Visa application shall be submitted no more than six months before the start of the intended trip, and, as a rule, no later than 15 calendar days before the start of the intended trip.

Basic documentation with the D visa application

  • Visa application form, completed and signed by the applicant.

- it must contain at least two empty pages for the visa

- it must be issued in the previous 10 years

- the validity period of the travel document must be at least three months longer than the date you intend to leave the Schengen area

  • Recent identity photo
  • Travel medical insurance
  • Evidence of granted temporary stay or stay and work permit in Croatia.
  • Evidence of means of travel.
  • Evidence of paid visa fee.

If the application is submitted at the Visa application center, the additional service fee is also paid.

The fingerprints are taken when submitting the application.

During the processing of the application, the applicant may be asked to provide additional information or documents or may be invited for an interview.


The application for a D visa shall be submitted no earlier than two months before, and no later than two months after the beginning of validity of the temporary stay or the stay and work permit in Croatia.

A third-country national who has been issued a D visa must, within 30 days from the beginning of validity of the visa , contact the competent police department or police station in order to register theirplace of residence and create a biometric residence permit.

The complete list of documents can be consulted on the website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Croatia - Enclosed documents (gov.hr) or on the website of the embassy/consulate.


During the processing of the application, the applicant may be asked to provide additional information or documents or may be invited for an interview.