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Managers and specialists transferred within their company to work in Croatia as intra-corporate transferees (the same permit also covers trainee employees).
You can enter, reside and work in the Republic of Croatia as an intra-corporate transferee if you are a manager, specialist or trainee employee.
A transfer relationship rather than a local job offer: before being transferred from a company branch outside the EU to a branch in Croatia, the applicant must already have been employed by that company for at least 9 months as a manager or specialist (6 months for a trainee).
Please note that before being transferred from a company branch located outside of the EU to a branch in the Republic of Croatia, you must have been employed by that company for a certain time period: if you are a manager 9 months; a specialist 9 months; a trainee 6 months.
The company must confirm that the manager or expert has the necessary qualifications and experience to work in Croatia; a higher-education diploma is required only for trainees, not for managers or specialists.
Along with the application form, the following documents should be submitted: a copy of the third-country national’s valid travel document, a colour photograph (30x35 mm), evidence of adequate means of supporting himself/herself, evidence of heath insurance, a document proving that he/she has not been convicted of criminal offences by a final ruling, which has been issued by his/her home country or a country in which he/she has resided for more than a year immediately prior to arriving in the Republic of Croatia, an excerpt from a court register or other evidence that an entity established in the Republic of Croatia and an entity established in a third country belong to the same company or group of companies has to be attached, a contract of employment concluded with a company established in a third country, the transfer certificate, the confirmation from the company that the manager or expert has the necessary qualifications and experience to work in the Republic of Croatia, a diploma of a higher education institution (only for trainees).
An ICT manager or specialist works in the manager/expert role at the named Croatian host entity or entities, for the transfer period and employment terms specified in the employment contract and transfer certificate; the transfer remains within the same corporate group. Family members may apply for family-reunification temporary stay, and the European Commission EU Immigration Portal says their applications are processed alongside the transferee’s if submitted together; admitted family members may work without a separate stay and work permit.
The enclosed contract of employment and transfer certificate must show the following: the details of the duration of transfer and the location of one or more host entities, proof that they will assume the position of a manager, expert or trainee in one or more host entities, the salary, as well as other terms of employment provided for during the intra-corporate transfer, and proof that their transfer back to the company, branch office or representative office established in a third country will be possible upon the completion of the intra-corporate transfer.
Family member may apply for a temporary residence for the purpose of family reunification. An application for temporary stay is submitted to the diplomatic mission or consular post of the Republic of Croatia. Third-country nationals who are not required to have a visa to enter the Republic of Croatia may also apply for a temporary stay at a police administration/police station according to their intended place of stay, their employer’s head office or their place of work. The competent police administration or police station processes the residence permit application for the intra-corporate transferee's family members at the same time as the application for the intra-corporate transferee’s permit, in cases where the residence permit application for the intra-corporate transferee's family members is submitted at the same time. Along with the application, the documents provided must include the following: a copy of the third-country national’s valid travel document, a colour photograph (30x35 mm), proof of the purpose of temporary stay (eg. marriage/birth certificate), proof of sufficient means of supporting himself/herself, proof of health insurance, proof that they have not been convicted by a final ruling of any criminal offences in their home country or a country where they resided for more than one year immediately prior to arriving in the Republic of Croatia (for first permit, dully legalised*). Family members can work without a residence and work permit.
Family members Family member may apply for a temporary residence for the purpose of family reunification. An application for temporary stay is submitted to the diplomatic mission or consular post of the Republic of Croatia. Third-country nationals who are not required to have a visa to enter the Republic of Croatia may also apply for a temporary stay at a police administration/police station according to their intended place of stay, their employer’s head office or their place of work. The competent police administration or police station processes the residence permit application for the intra-corporate transferee's family members at the same time as the application for the intra-corporate transferee’s permit
The longest transfer is three years for managers and experts (one year for trainees), after which they must leave Croatia unless they regulate their stay on other grounds, and must be absent for six months before applying for a new ICT permit; an extension application must be filed at the police no later than 60 days before the permit expires, and the holder may stay until the decision is enforceable.
The longest duration of transfer can be three years for managers and experts, and one year for trainees, upon which they shall leave the Republic of Croatia, unless they regulate their stay on other grounds. After this period, the transferee will need to be absent for 6 months before being able to apply for a new ICT permit. Appeals No appeal shall be admissible against the decision of the Ministry.However, an administrative judicial dispute may be instituted against all decisions (first application, family reunification, non renewal or revocation) in line with the Act on Administrative Disputes, Official Gazette, 20/10, 143/12, 152/14, 94/16, 29/17 and 110/21. All written negative decisions shall include instructions on the legal remedy that shall inform: of the possibility to lodge an administrative judicial dispute against the decision, before which body, in what time limit and in which manner. Which are the competent courts? Administrative courts (Administrative court in Zagreb, Administrative Court in Split, Administrative court in Rijeka, Administrative court in Osijek). In line with the Act on Administrative Disputes, Official Gazette, 20/10, 143/12, 152/14, 94/16, 29/17 and 110/21, the administrative dispute shall be submitted to the court within 30 days after the delivery of the written individual decision (first application, non renewal or revocation), if not otherwise prescribed. Extension or renewal An application for the extension of a temporary stay permit must be submitted no later than 60 days before the expiry of the period of validity of the valid temporary stay permit, at a police administration or a police station according to the location of the temporary residence of the third-country national. A third-country national who has applied for the extension of a temporary stay permit before the expiry of the valid temporary stay permit may remain in the Republic of Croatia until the decision on his/her application becomes enforceable.
These are the answers currently recorded in the catalogue. A missing or partial answer is not an eligibility decision.
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