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Detailed guides, tips and real experiences about the Croatian passport process.
Court Interpreter for Croatian — Certified Translations for Citizenship Documents
Who appoints court translators in Serbia, where the official register is, what a properly certified translation looks l…
Your first Croatian passport after the decision: the steps in order
What follows a positive decision from the Croatian Ministry of the Interior: delivery and oath, register entry, domovni…
OIB: what the Croatian personal identification number is and how you get it
What the OIB is, who assigns it and how a new Croatian citizen from Serbia gets one. The application to the Tax Adminis…
Baptism certificates and old church registers as proof of origin: where they are kept
What Articles 11 and 16 of the Croatian Citizenship Act require you to prove, where old registers are kept in Croatia a…
The CV for your Croatian citizenship application — requirements + template
MUP asks for a CV that also briefly states the reasons for applying — its form and length are not prescribed. What has …
How to prove Croatian nationality — the evidence the law and MUP list
Under Article 16, belonging to the Croatian people is established, among other things, by earlier declaration in legal …
The apostille: do you need one for Croatia at all, and who issues it in Serbia
For Serbian public documents used in Croatia an apostille is as a rule not needed: legalisation was abolished by treaty…