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Temporary Stay as a Posted Worker

CroatiaWork

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

A worker whom a foreign employer, in the course of temporary or occasional cross-border provision of services, sends for a limited time to work in Croatia (not the country where they normally work): under a service contract with a Croatian user, to the employer's own branch or a company it owns, or hired out to a Croatian user by a temporary-employment agency.

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    Upućeni radnik je radnik kojeg strani poslodavac u okviru privremenog ili povremenog prekograničnog pružanja usluga na ograničeno vrijeme upućuje na rad u RH, koja nije država u kojoj uobičajeno radi: temeljem ugovora između korisnika usluge i poslodavca ili u svoju podružnicu ili u društvo u vlasništvu poslodavca ili ga ustupa korisniku u RH kao agencija za privremeno zapošljavanje (radni odnos Agencija-Radnik).

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

No Croatian employer or sponsor is involved: the applicant must be lawfully employed by a foreign employer, and that employer must be a natural or legal person established in another EEA member state or Switzerland.

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    Upućeni radnik može biti državljanin EGP-a, Švicarske Konfederacije ili treće zemlje (u daljnjem tekstu: upućeni radnik) koji je zakonito zaposlen kod stranog poslodavca na području druge države članice EGP-a ili Švicarske Konfederacije. Strani poslodavac je fizička ili pravna osoba koja ima poslovni nastan u drugoj državi članici EGP-a ili Švicarskoj Konfederaciji.

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

The decisive proof is an A1 certificate issued by the sending state plus an employment contract with the EEA/Swiss-established employer; no occupation, qualification, salary level or labour-market condition is set (workers posted from Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Denmark or Switzerland provide payslips instead of A1).

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Limits of the record
  • The page states no occupation, qualification, salary or shortage criterion; the distinctiveness is the absence of such conditions, which is an absence rather than an explicit statement.
  • The official FAQ (capture 6a9a…, line ~717) adds that third-country nationals employed by an employer in a third country cannot be posted to Croatia (e.g. as construction workers) - not in this citation.
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    Upućeni radnici moraju imati potvrdu A1, koju im izdaje matična država iz koje su upućeni, te ugovor o radu zaključen sa stranim poslodavcem koji ima poslovni nastan u državi članici EGP-a ili Švicarskoj Konfederaciji. Iznimno, državljanin treće zemlje koji je upućen iz Norveške, Islanda, Lihtenštajna, Danske ili Švicarske Konfederacije neće priložiti potvrdu A1, već platne liste.

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

A third-country national with temporary stay as a posted worker may work without a separate stay and work permit or work-registration certificate. Family reunification or life-partnership temporary stay is expressly excluded for the family or partner of a holder of temporary stay as a posted worker.

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Limits of the record
  • The cited provisions do not specify the permitted tasks, the sending-employer tie or the posting duration.
  • Article 89(1)(7), NN 133/2020
    (1) Bez dozvole za boravak i rad ili potvrde o prijavi rada može raditi državljanin treće zemlje koji u Republici Hrvatskoj ima odobren: 1. privremeni boravak u svrhu spajanja obitelji s hrvatskim državljaninom, državljaninom treće zemlje na dugotrajnom boravištu, stalnom boravku, odobrenom azilu ili supsidijarnoj zaštiti sukladno propisu kojim se uređuje međunarodna zaštita 2. privremeni boravak u svrhu životnog partnerstva s hrvatskim državljaninom, državljaninom treće zemlje na dugotrajnom boravištu, stalnom boravku, azilu ili supsidijarnoj zaštiti sukladno propisu kojim se uređuje međunarodna zaštita 3. privremeni boravak u svrhu spajanja obitelji ili životnog partnerstva s državljaninom treće zemlje kojem je izdana »EU plava karta« ili dozvola za boravak i rad za premještaj unutar društva 4. privremeni boravak u svrhu spajanja obitelji ili životnog partnerstva s državljaninom treće zemlje koji ima odobrenje dugotrajnog boravišta u drugoj državi članici EGP-a 5. privremeni boravak zbog humanitarnih razloga 6. autonomni boravak 7. privremeni boravak kao upućeni radnik
  • 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

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

Time spent on temporary stay as a posted worker is not counted towards the five years required for long-term residence in Croatia. The official source does not state a posted-worker-specific duration or renewal rule.

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Limits of the record
  • Duration: the temporary-stay page states only the general rule 'up to one year' (capture 6190…, line ~260); no posted-worker-specific duration or renewal rule is published on the pages read.
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    The time required for granting long-term residence does not include : stay on the basis of an issued stay and work permit for seasonal workers stay on the basis of an issued stay and work permit for service providers temporary stay granted to posted workers stay on the basis of an issued stay and work permit for volunteers stay on the basis of an issued stay and work permit for trainees stay on the basis of an issued stay and work permit for intra-corporate transferees and their family members stay on the basis of an issued stay and work permit for other essential personnel, as defined by the Protocol of Accession of the Republic of Croatia to the Marrakesh Agreement establishing the World Trade Organisation, as well as their family members stay on the basis of an issued stay and work permit for frontier workers stay granted for other purposes stay granted for the purpose of secondary school education the time spent serving a prison sentence.

These are the answers currently recorded in the catalogue. A missing or partial answer is not an eligibility decision.

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