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Stay and Work Permit for Service Providers

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What type of worker, employment situation, occupation or professional activity is this pathway actually designed for?

Service providers: one of the categories for which a stay and work permit is issued under Article 110 of the Aliens Act.

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  • the page only lists 'service providers' as an example; it does not describe the service contract or the foreign provider
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    - a stay and work permit is issued pursuant to Article 110 of the Aliens Act (e.g. key personnel in companies, self-employment in a company/sole trade in which they hold an ownership share of at least 51%, EU Blue Card, intra-corporate transferees, service providers, volunteers, trainees, crew members, etc.).

Does the applicant need a job offer, employer, sponsor, transfer relationship or other employer involvement? What is important about that employer relationship?

The checked official sources did not provide enough route-specific evidence to confirm the employer, sponsor or transfer relationship required.

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  • The page has no statement on the service-contract relationship (foreign provider, Croatian service user, who applies). The generic employer sentences on the page speak of Croatian employers entering into employment, which would misdescribe a posted service provider, so they were not used.

What are the few decisive professional characteristics of the pathway: occupation, qualifications, experience, salary, skill level, shortage status, labour-market condition or equivalent?

Distinctive condition: the permit is issued without a labour market test and without the opinion of the Croatian Employment Service (Article 110 category).

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  • no qualification, salary, contract-value or duration-of-service condition is stated
  • the range contains the R1 bullet; it starts at the heading because the exemption is only stated there
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    Stay and work permits without the labour market test and without the opinion of the Croatian Employment Service - in case the validity of a stay and work permit is extended for the same employer and the same third-country national - seasonal employment in agriculture, forestry, hospitality industry and tourism for up to 90 days in a calendar year - a stay and work permit is issued pursuant to Article 110 of the Aliens Act (e.g. key personnel in companies, self-employment in a company/sole trade in which they hold an ownership share of at least 51%, EU Blue Card, intra-corporate transferees, service providers, volunteers, trainees, crew members, etc.).

What work does the permission allow? Is the holder tied to an employer, occupation or sector? Can family accompany where clearly established?

This Article 110 service-provider permit is for services on behalf of or for a foreign employer without an EEA establishment, outside connected companies. Work is limited to the authorised duties and employer under Article 88. Article 63(4) expressly bars family-reunification or life-partnership temporary stay for family/partners of a holder of a service-provider stay and work permit.

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  • The precise authorised services and employer are determined by the individual permit; this is not a general Croatian labour-market permit.
  • Article 110(5), NN 133/2020
    5. državljaninu treće zemlje pružatelju usluga u ime ili za inozemnog poslodavca koji nema pravo poslovnog nastana u državi članici EGP-a i ne radi se o povezanim društvima kako je propisano člankom 3. stavkom 1. točkom 15. ovoga Zakona
  • Article 88(3)-(4), NN 55/2026
    (3) Državljanin treće zemlje može raditi u Republici Hrvatskoj: – samo na onim poslovima navedenim u potvrdi iz članka 91. stavka 3. podstavka 1. i stavka 4. ovoga Zakona, osim ako ovim Zakonom nije drukčije propisano – samo na onim poslovima za koje je dano pozitivno mišljenje Hrvatskog zavoda za zapošljavanje iz članka 100. stavka 6. ili članka 103.c stavka 5. ili članka 103.d stavka 6. ili članka 103.e stavka 5. ovoga Zakona odnosno koji su navedeni u potvrdi iz članka 91. stavka 3. podstavaka 2. do 4. ovoga Zakona, osim ako ovim Zakonom nije drukčije propisano ili – samo na onim poslovima navedenim u potvrdi o prijavi rada, osim ako ovim Zakonom nije drukčije propisano. (4) Državljanin treće zemlje može raditi u Republici Hrvatskoj: – samo kod onoga poslodavca koji je naveden u potvrdi iz članka 91. stavka 3. podstavka 1. ovoga Zakona, osim ako ovim Zakonom nije drukčije propisano – samo kod onoga poslodavca za kojeg je dano pozitivno mišljenje Hrvatskog zavoda za zapošljavanje iz članka 103.c stavka 5. ili članka 103.d stavka 6. ili članka 103.e stavka 5. ovoga Zakona odnosno koji je naveden u potvrdi iz članka 91. stavka 3. podstavaka 2. do 4. ovoga Zakona, osim ako ovim Zakonom nije drukčije propisano – samo kod onoga poslodavca i korisnika koji su navedeni u potvrdi iz članka 91. stavka 4. ovoga Zakona, osim ako ovim Zakonom nije drukčije propisano – samo kod onoga korisnika za kojeg je dano pozitivno mišljenje Hrvatskog zavoda za zapošljavanje iz članka 100. stavka 6. ovoga Zakona, osim ako ovim Zakonom nije drukčije propisano ili – samo kod poslodavca koji je naveden u potvrdi o prijavi rada, osim ako ovim Zakonom nije drukčije propisano. (5) Poslodavac ne smije zapošljavati
  • Article 63(4), NN 40/2025
    (4) Privremeni boravak u svrhu spajanja obitelji odnosno životnog partnerstva neće se odobriti članu obitelji odnosno životnom ili neformalnom životnom partneru državljanina treće zemlje kojem je: – odobren privremeni boravak kao upućenom radniku iz članka 57. stavka 1. točke 8. ovoga Zakona – odobren privremeni boravak u druge svrhe iz članka 57. stavka 1. točke 10. ovoga Zakona – izdana dozvola za boravak i rad za sezonski rad iz članka 104. ovoga Zakona – izdana dozvola za boravak i rad kao pružatelju usluga iz članka 110. točke 5. ovoga Zakona

How long is the permission normally granted for, how is it renewed, and what longer-term residence direction exists if officially stated?

For an Article 110 stay and work permit, the statutory validity is the time needed for the work or the employment-contract term, up to two years on issue or renewal, unless the Act, an international agreement or a Croatian mobility programme provides otherwise.

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  • The general Article 110 rule does not establish an individual grant length, category-specific renewal steps or longer-term residence direction for Stay and Work Permit for Service Providers.
  • Article 91(10) as amended in 2025
    (10) Dozvola za boravak i rad izdaje se: – na vrijeme na koje je sklopljen ugovor o radu, a najdulje do tri godine ako se odobrava na temelju članka 97. ovoga Zakona ili se produljuje – na vrijeme na koje je sklopljen ugovor o radu, a najdulje do tri godine ako se odobrava na temelju članka 97. ovoga Zakona agencijama za privremeno zapošljavanje iz članka 100. ovoga Zakona ili se produljuje – na vrijeme na koje je sklopljen ugovor o radu za sezonski rad, a najdulje do 90 dana ili do devet mjeseci sukladno članku 104. ovoga Zakona – na vrijeme koje je potrebno za obavljanje posla odnosno na vrijeme na koje je sklopljen ugovor o radu, a najdulje do dvije godine dana ako se odobrava ili produljuje na temelju članka 110. ovoga Zakona, osim ako ovim Zakonom, međunarodnim ugovorom ili programima mobilnosti koje provodi Republika Hrvatska s drugim državama nije drukčije propisano
  • Article 110 route category, NN 133/2020
    5. državljaninu treće zemlje pružatelju usluga u ime ili za inozemnog poslodavca koji nema pravo poslovnog nastana u državi članici EGP-a i ne radi se o povezanim društvima kako je propisano člankom 3. stavkom 1. točkom 15. ovoga Zakona

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