The legal framework governing entry, residence and employment of foreign nationals in Croatia is regulated primarily by the Aliens Act, the Act on Nationals of EEA Member States and Their Family Members (Official Gazette No. 66/19, 53/20, 144/20, 114/22), as well as implementing regulations adopted pursuant to these laws. The applicable regime depends primarily on whether the individual is an EU/EEA national or a third-country national. In this article, the focus will be on the various legal grounds for residence available to third-country nationals, outlining all lawful pathways through which they may regulate their stay in the Republic of Croatia.

The Aliens Act is the primary legislative framework governing the conditions of entry, stay, employment, and legal status of third-country nationals in the Republic of Croatia and represents one of the key statutes in the field of migration law

The current regulatory framework governing public procurement in the Republic of Croatia consists of the Public Procurement Act (Official Gazette No. 120/2016), applicable since 1 January 2017, and the Act on Amendments to the Public Procurement Act (Official Gazette No. 114/2022), in force since 11 October 2022. This legislative framework represents the fundamental system of rules regulating public procurement procedures conducted by public and sector contracting authorities, with the aim of concluding contracts for the procurement of goods, works and services, framework agreements, and the implementation of design contests, while ensuring effective legal protection for participants in such procedures.

In a world where global companies operate seamlessly across borders and skilled workers, managers, and trainees become key resources for growth and competitiveness, the institute of intra-corporate transfer (ICT) represents one of the most important mechanisms of business mobility.

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) has established a unified European framework for the protection of personal data, based on clearly defined data subject rights and obligations imposed on controllers and processors. One of the key elements ensuring its effectiveness is the mechanism of administrative liability, contained primarily in Article 83 GDPR.

Part eight of the Ownership and Other Real Rights Act (“Official Gazette” nos. 91/96, 68/98, 137/99, 22/00, 73/00, 114/01, 79/06, 141/06, 146/08, 38/09, 153/09, 90/10, 143/12, 94/17 – consolidated text, 152/14, 81/15 – consolidated text) regulates the ownership of real estate, specifically the acquisition of real property rights by foreign natural and legal persons.

We have conducted an interview with our client, Simon Marchina Gonzalez, who recently obtained Croatian citizenship as a descendant of a Croatian emigrant under Article 11 of the Croatian Citizenship Act.

The EU Blue Card is a residence and work permit issued in the Republic of Croatia for the purpose of highly qualified employment. It is issued as a biometric residence permit that contains the designation “EU Blue Card” in the field indicating the type of permit (hereinafter: the EU Blue Card). The EU Blue Card entitles its holder to enter, re-enter, reside, and work in the Republic of Croatia, as well as to exercise the rights provided under the Aliens Act (Official Gazette Nos. 133/2020, 114/2022, 151/2022, 40/2025) (hereinafter: the AA). In recent years, the EU Blue Card has become one of the most important instruments for attracting highly educated professionals from third countries to the European labour market. It is a form of residence and work permit intended for persons with a high level of professional qualification who come to work in occupations for which there is a labour shortage in EU Member States, including Croatia.