Croatia citizenship: required documents
The documents you'll gather for Croatia citizenship by descent, by route and by ancestor. Your exact list is generated from your lineage in the wizard.
By origin (Art. 5)
For a child of a Croatian citizen: document your parent's citizenship and the chain, then apply through MUP.
You
- •Birth certificate
Each ancestor in the chain
- •Birth certificate
- •Marriage certificate — if_married
- •Adoption certificate / order (if applicable) — if_adopted
- •Amended birth certificate (if applicable) — if_adopted
- •Name connection / spelling-variation proof (if applicable) — if_has_name_changes
Your qualifying ancestor
- •Birth certificate
- •Marriage certificate — if_married
- •Adoption certificate / order (if applicable) — if_adopted
- •Amended birth certificate (if applicable) — if_adopted
- •Name connection / spelling-variation proof (if applicable) — if_has_name_changes
Emigrant / ethnic Croat (Art. 11 / Art. 16)
Document the chain to your Croatian emigrant ancestor (Art. 11) or your Croatian ethnic ties (Art. 16) and file with MUP.
You
- •Birth certificate
- •Statement of belonging / application
Each ancestor in the chain
- •Birth certificate
- •Marriage certificate — if_married
- •Adoption certificate / order (if applicable) — if_adopted
- •Amended birth certificate (if applicable) — if_adopted
- •Name connection / spelling-variation proof (if applicable) — if_has_name_changes
Your qualifying ancestor
- •Birth certificate
- •Proof of your ancestor's citizenship
- •Marriage certificate — if_married
- •Adoption certificate / order (if applicable) — if_adopted
- •Amended birth certificate (if applicable) — if_adopted
- •Name connection / spelling-variation proof (if applicable) — if_has_name_changes
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