Visa requirements for Croatian citizens

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A Croatian identity card is valid for travel to most of the European countries

Visa requirements for Croatian citizens are administrative entry restrictions by the authorities of other states placed on citizens of Croatia. In February 2016, holders of Croatian passports had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 149 countries and territories, and the score of Croatia is currently ranked^[1] 24th in terms of travel freedom (the lowest ranking of all EU member states) according to the Visa Restrictions Index.^[2]

Visa requirements map

Countries and territories with visa-free entries or visas on arrival for holders of regular Croatian passport

Visa requirements

Country	Visa requirement	Notes (excluding departure fees)
Afghanistan	Visa required[3]
Albania	Visa not required[4]	90 days; ID card valid
Algeria	Visa required[5]
Andorra	Visa not required[6]	ID card valid
Angola	Visa required[7]
Antigua and Barbuda	Visa not required[8]	3 months
Argentina	Visa not required[9]	90 days
Armenia	Visa not required[10]	180 days
Australia	eVisitor[11]	90 days on each visit in 12-month period if granted. The European Commission ruled that the eVisitor is not an equivalent of a visa.[12]
Austria	Visa not required	Free movement rights - Transitional restrictions on the free movement of workers may apply.;[13][14] ID card valid
Azerbaijan	Visa required[15]
Bahamas	Visa not required[16]	3 months
Bahrain	Visa on arrival[17]	14 days. Visa is also obtainable online.[18]
Bangladesh	Visa on arrival[19]	30 days
Barbados	Visa not required[20]	28 days
Belarus	Visa required[21]	Visas are issued on arrival at the Minsk International Airport if the support documents were submitted not later than 3 business days before expected date of arrival.[22]
Belgium	Visa not required	Freedom of movement;[13][14] ID card valid
Belize	Visa not required[23]
Benin	Visa required[24]
Bhutan	Visa required[25]
Bolivia	Visa not required[26]	90 days
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Visa not required[27]	90 days; ID card valid
Botswana	Visa not required[28]	90 days
Brazil	Visa not required[29]	90 days
Brunei	Visa not required[30]	90 days
Bulgaria	Visa not required	Freedom of movement;[13][14] ID card valid
Burkina Faso	Visa required[31]
Burundi	Visa required[32][33]
Cambodia	Visa on arrival[34]	30 days. Visa is also obtainable online.[35]
Cameroon	Visa required[36]
Canada	Visa not required[37]	6 months; eTA required if arriving by air.[38]
Cape Verde	Visa on arrival[39]
Central African Republic	Visa required[40]
Chad	Visa required[41]
Chile	Visa not required[42]	90 days
China	Visa required[43]	72-hours visa free visit when in transit at Beijing, Changsha, Chengdu, Chongqing, Dalian, Guangzhou, Guilin, Harbin, Kunming, Qingdao, Shenyang, Tianjin, Wuhan, Xi'an and Xiamen. 144-hours visa free visit when in transit at Hangzhou, Nanjing and Shanghai's Hongqiao and Pudong international airports, Railway Station and port.
Colombia	Visa not required[44]	90 days - extendable up to 180-days stay within a one year period
Comoros	Visa on arrival[45]
Republic of the Congo	Visa required[46]
Democratic Republic of the Congo	Visa required[47]
Costa Rica	Visa not required[48]	90 days
Cote d'Ivoire ! Côte d'Ivoire	eVisa[49]	3 months; eVisa holders must arrive via Port Bouet Airport.
Cuba	Tourist Card required[50]
Cyprus	Visa not required	Freedom of movement;[13][14] ID card valid
Czech Republic	Visa not required	Freedom of movement;[13][14] ID card valid
Denmark	Visa not required	Freedom of movement;[13][14] ID card valid
Djibouti	Visa on arrival[51]
Dominica	Visa not required[52]	90 days in any 180-days
Dominican Republic	Tourist Card on arrival[53]	30 days
Ecuador	Visa not required[54]	90 days
Egypt	Visa on arrival[55]	30 days
El Salvador	Visa not required[56]	3 months
Equatorial Guinea	Visa required[57]
Eritrea	Visa required[58]
Estonia	Visa not required	Freedom of movement;[13][14] ID card valid
Ethiopia	Visa required[59]
Fiji	Visa required[60]
Finland	Visa not required	Freedom of movement;[13][14] ID card valid
France	Visa not required	Freedom of movement;[13][14] ID card valid
Gabon	eVisa[61]	Electronic visa holders must arrive via Libreville International Airport.
Gambia	Visa not required[62]	90 days
Georgia	Visa not required[63]	360 days;[64] ID card valid
Germany	Visa not required	Freedom of movement;[13][14] ID card valid
Ghana	Visa required[65]
Greece	Visa not required	Freedom of movement;[13][14] ID card valid
Grenada	Visa not required[66]	90 days in any 180-days
Guatemala	Visa not required[67]	90 days
Guinea	Visa required[68]
Guinea-Bissau	Visa on arrival[69]	90 days
Guyana	Visa required[70]	Visa can be obtained on arrival provided holding a letter of invitation from a local sponsor.
Haiti	Visa not required[71]	90 days
Honduras	Visa not required[72]	3 months
Hungary	Visa not required	Freedom of movement;[13][14] ID card valid
Iceland	Visa not required	European Economic Area ; ID card valid;[73] 90 days[74] Freedom of movement.[75]
India	e-Tourist Visa[76]	30 days, eTV holders must arrive via 16 designated airports.[77]
Indonesia	Visa not required[78]	30 days
Iran	Visa on arrival[79]	30 days[80]
Iraq	Visa required[81]	Visa on arrival for 15 days at Erbil and Sulaymaniyah airports valid for Iraqi Kurdistan only.
Ireland	Visa not required	Freedom of movement;[13][14] ID card valid
Israel	Visa not required[82]	3 months
Italy	Visa not required	Freedom of movement;[13][14] ID card valid
Jamaica	Visa on arrival[83]
Japan	Visa not required[84]	90 days
Jordan	Visa on arrival !Free visa on arrival[85]	Conditions apply[86]
Kazakhstan	Visa required[87]
Kenya	eVisa[88]	3 months
Kiribati	Visa not required[89]	90 days
North Korea	Visa required[90]
South Korea	Visa not required[91]	90 days
Kuwait	Visa required[92]
Kyrgyzstan	Visa not required[93]	60 days
Laos	Visa on arrival[94]	30 days
Latvia	Visa not required	Freedom of movement;[13][14] ID card valid
Lebanon	Visa on arrival[95]	1 month extendable for 2 additional months; granted free of charge at Beirut International Airport or any other port of entry if there is no Israeli visa or seal, holding a telephone number, an address in Lebanon, and a non refundable return or circle trip ticket.
Lesotho	Visa required[96]
Liberia	Visa required[97]
Libya	Visa required[98]
Liechtenstein	Visa not required	European Economic Area; ID card valid;[99]
Lithuania	Visa not required	Freedom of movement;[13][14] ID card valid
Luxembourg	Visa not required	Freedom of movement;[13][14] ID card valid
Macedonia	Visa not required[100]	90 days; ID card valid
Madagascar	Visa on arrival !Free visa on arrival[101]	30 days
Malawi	Visa on arrival[102]
Malaysia	Visa not required[103]	3 months
Maldives	Visa on arrival[104]	30 days
Mali	Visa required[105]
Malta	Visa not required	Free movement rights - Transitional restrictions on the free movement of workers may apply.;[13][14] ID card valid
Marshall Islands	Visa not required[106]	90 days
Mauritania	Visa on arrival[107]	Available at Nouakchott–Oumtounsy International Airport.
Mauritius	Visa not required[108]	90 days
Mexico	Visa not required[109]	180 days
Micronesia	Visa not required[110]	90 days
Moldova	Visa not required[111]	90 days; ID card valid
Monaco	Visa not required[112]	ID card valid
Mongolia	Visa required[113]
Montenegro	Visa not required[114]	90 days; ID card valid
Morocco	Visa not required[115]	3 months
Mozambique	Visa on arrival[116]	30 days
Myanmar	eVisa[117]	28 days, eVisa holders must arrive via Yangon, Nay Pyi Taw or Mandalay airports.
Namibia	Visa required[118]
Nauru	Visa required[119]
Nepal	Visa on arrival[120]	90 days
Netherlands	Visa not required	Free movement rights - Transitional restrictions on the free movement of workers may apply.;[13][14] ID card valid
New Zealand	Visa not required[121]	3 months
Nicaragua	Visa not required[122]	90 days
Niger	Visa required[123]
Nigeria	Visa required[124]
Norway	Visa not required	European Economic Area; ID card valid[125] Freedom of movement[126]
Oman	Visa on arrival[127]
Pakistan	Visa required[128]
Palau	Visa not required[129]	90 days
Panama	Visa not required[130]	180 days
Papua New Guinea	Visa on arrival !Free visa on arrival[131][132]	60 days. Free of charge.
Paraguay	Visa not required[133]	90 days
Peru	Visa not required[134]	90 days[135]
Philippines	Visa not required[136][137]	30 days
Poland	Visa not required	Freedom of movement;[13][14] ID card valid
Portugal	Visa not required	Freedom of movement;[13][14] ID card valid
Qatar	Visa required[138]
Romania	Visa not required	Freedom of movement;[13][14] ID card valid
Russia	Visa required[139]
Rwanda	eVisa[140]	90 days
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Visa not required[141]	90 days
Saint Lucia	Visa not required[142]	90 days in any 180-days
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Visa not required[143]	90 days in any 180-days
Samoa	Visa not required[144]	90 days in any 180-days
San Marino	Visa not required[145]	ID card valid
São Tomé and Príncipe	Visa not required[146]	15 days
Saudi Arabia	Visa required[147]
Senegal	Visa not required[148]	90 days
Serbia	Visa not required[149]	90 days; ID card valid
Seychelles	Visa not required[150]	3 months
Sierra Leone	Visa required[151]
Singapore	Visa not required[152]	90 days
Slovakia	Visa not required	Freedom of movement;[13][14] ID card valid
Slovenia	Visa not required	Free movement rights - Transitional restrictions on the free movement of workers may apply.;[13][14] ID card valid
Solomon Islands	Visa not required[153]	90 days in any 180-days
Somalia	Visa required[154]	Visa may be obtained on arrival, provided an invitation letter by the sponsor had been submitted to the authorities before arrival.
South Africa	Visa required[155]
South Sudan	Visa required[156]
Spain	Visa not required	Freedom of movement;[13][14] ID card valid
Sri Lanka	Electronic Travel Authorization[157]	30 days
Sudan	Visa required[158]
Suriname	Visa required[159]
Swaziland	Visa not required[160]	30 days
Sweden	Visa not required	Freedom of movement;[13][14] ID card valid
Switzerland	Visa not required[161]	Freedom of movement;[13][14] ID card valid
Syria	Visa required[162]
Tajikistan	Visa on arrival[163]	45 days at Dushanbe International Airport. Visa also available online. E-visa holders can enter through all border points.[164]
Tanzania	Visa on arrival[165]
Thailand	Visa required[166]
Timor-Leste	Visa not required[167]	90 days in any 180-days
Togo	Visa on arrival[168]	7 days
Tonga	Visa not required[169]	90 days in any 180-days
Trinidad and Tobago	Visa not required[170]	90 days in any 180-days
Tunisia	Visa not required[171]	3 months
Turkey	eVisa[172]	3 months
Turkmenistan	Visa required[173]
Tuvalu	Visa not required[174]	90 days
Uganda	Visa on arrival[175]	May apply online.[176]
Ukraine	Visa not required[177]	90 days within 180 days
United Arab Emirates	Visa not required[178]	90 days within 180 days[179][180]
United Kingdom	Visa not required	Free movement rights - Transitional restrictions on the free movement of workers may apply.;[14][181] ID card valid
United States	Visa required[182]
Uruguay	Visa not required[183]	90 days
Uzbekistan	Visa required[184]
Vanuatu	Visa not required[185]	90 days in any 180-days
Vatican City	Visa not required[186]	ID card valid
Venezuela	Visa not required[187]	90 days
Vietnam	Visa required[188]	Prearranged visa obtained online through travel agencies available at Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Phu Quoc,[189] or Da Nang airports. Phú Quốc without a visa for up to 30 days.[190]
Yemen	Visa required[191]
Zambia	Visa on arrival[192]	90 days
Zimbabwe	Visa on arrival[193]	3 months

Territories

Visa requirements for Croatian citizens for visits to various territories, disputed areas and restricted zones:

Europe

•  Abkhazia — Visa required.^[194]
• Mount Athos — Special permit required (4 days: 25 euro for Orthodox visitors, 35 euro for non-Orthodox visitors, 18 euro for students). There is a visitors' quota: maximum 100 Orthodox and 10 non-Orthodox per day and women are not allowed.^[195][196]
• Crimea — Visa issued by Russia is required.^[197]
•  Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus — Visa free access for 3 months. Passport required.^[198]
• UN Buffer Zone in Cyprus — Access Permit is required for travelling inside the zone, except Civil Use Areas.^[199]
•  Gibraltar — Visa not required.^[200]
• Jan Mayen — permit issued by the local police required for staying for less than 24 hours^[201] and permit issued by the Norwegian police for staying for more than 24 hours.^[202]
•  Kosovo — visa free for 90 days.^[203]
•  Nagorno-Karabakh Republic — Visa required (issued for single entry for 21 days/1/2/3 months or multiple entry visa for 1/2/3 months).^[204][205] Travellers with Nagorno-Karabakh visa (expired or valid) or evidence of travel to Nagorno-Karabakh (stamps) will be permanently denied entry to Azerbaijan.^[206]
•  South Ossetia — Visa free. Multiple entry visa to Russia and three-day prior notification are required to enter South Ossetia.^[207][208]
•  Transnistria — Visa free. Registration required after 24h.^[209][210]

Africa

•  British Indian Ocean Territory — special permit required.^[211]
•  Eritrea (outside Asmara) — visa covers Asmara only; to travel in the rest of the country, a Travel Permit for Foreigners is required (20 Eritrean nakfa).^[212]
•  Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
  •  Ascension Island — Entry Permit must be obtained minimum 28 days in advance (3 months for 20/30 pounds sterling, single/double entry).^[213]
  •  Saint Helena — Visitor's Pass granted on arrival valid for 4/10/21/60/90 days for 12/14/16/20/25 pound sterling.^[214]
  •  Tristan da Cunha — Permission to land required for 15/30 pounds sterling (yacht/ship passenger) for Tristan da Cunha Island or 20 pounds sterling for Gough Island, Inaccessible Island or Nightingale Islands.^[215]
•  Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (Western Sahara controlled territory) — undefined visa regime.
•  Somaliland — visa required (30 days for 30 US dollars, payable on arrival).^[216][217]

Asia

•  Hong Kong — Visa not required for 90 days.^[218]
•  India — Protected Area Permit (PAP) required for all of Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Mizoram and parts of Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir and Uttarakhand. Restricted Area Permit (RAP) required for all of Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Lakshadweep and parts of Sikkim. Some of these requirements are occasionally lifted for a year.^{[219][220][221][222][223]}
•  Macao — Visa not required for 90 days.^[224]
•  Taiwan — Visa not required for 90 days.^[225]
• Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province — OIVR permit required (15+5 Tajikistani Somoni) and another special permit (free of charge) is required for Lake Sarez.^{[226][227][228]}
• Tibet Autonomous Region — Tibet Travel Permit required (10 US Dollars).^{[229][230][231]}
• Korean Demilitarized Zone — restricted zone.
• UNDOF Zone and Ghajar — restricted zones.

Caribbean and North Atlantic

•  Anguilla — Visa not required for 3 months.^[232]
•  Aruba — Visa not required for 30 days.^[233]
•  Bermuda — Visa not required.^[234]
• Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba — Visa not required for 3 months.^[235]
•  British Virgin Islands — Visa not required.^[236]
•  Cayman Islands — Visa not required.^[237]
•  Curacao — Visa not required for 3 months.^[238]
•  Montserrat — Visa required.^[239]
•  Puerto Rico — Visa required.^[240]
•  Sint Maarten — Visa not required for 3 months.^[241]
•  Turks and Caicos Islands — Visa free for 90 days.^[242]
•  U.S. Virgin Islands — Visa required.^[243]

Oceania

•  American Samoa — Visa required (entry permit).^[244]
• Ashmore and Cartier Islands — special authorisation required.^[245]
• Clipperton Island — special permit required.^[246]
•  Cook Islands — Visa free access for 31 days.^[247]
•  Guam — Visa required.^[248]
•  Niue — Visa on arrival valid for 30 days is issued free of charge.^[249]
•  Pitcairn Islands — 14 days visa free and landing fee 35 USD or tax of 5 USD if not going ashore.^{[250][251][252]}
• United States Minor Outlying Islands — special permits required for Baker Island, Howland Island, Jarvis Island, Johnston Atoll, Kingman Reef, Midway Atoll, Palmyra Atoll and Wake Island.^{[253][254][255][256][257][258][259]}

South Atlantic and Antarctica

•  Falkland Islands — Visitor Permit valid for 4 weeks is issued on arrival.^[260]
•  South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands — Pre-arrival permit from the Commissioner required (72 hours/1 month for 110/160 pounds sterling).^[261][262]
• Antarctica and adjacent islands — special permits required for  British Antarctic Territory,  French Southern and Antarctic Lands,  Argentine Antarctica, Australian Antarctic Territory, Chilean Antarctic Territory, Heard Island and McDonald Islands, Peter I Island, Queen Maud Land, Ross Dependency.^{[263][264][265][266][267][268][269][270][271][272][273][274]}
•  Arab League — Certain countries will deny access to holders of Israeli visas or passport stamps of Israel because of the Arab League boycott of Israel.

Reciprocities

Barbados currently violates the visa-free reciprocity with the European Union by not providing an equal treatment in terms of the length of the authorized short stay for Croatian nationals.^[275] The European Commission is actively trying to convince the country to amend their visa requirements for Croatian citizens.^[276] The United States violates the visa-free reciprocity by not including several European Union countries in the Visa Waiver Program, including Croatia.^[182][277] On the other hand, Canada violates the visa-free reciprocity with some EU member states (namely Bulgaria and Romania), but Croatian citizens enjoy visa-free access to Canada.^[37][277] Some other countries unilaterally abolished a visa requirement for the EU citizens before Croatia became a member state and thus far their visa policy has not been updated to reflect this change or they introduced a visa on arrival for the EU citizens which still does not apply to the Croatian citizens (Kuwait^[92]).

Vaccination

Many African countries, including Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Rwanda, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Uganda, Zambia require all incoming passengers to have a current International Certificate of Vaccination. Some other countries require vaccination only if the passenger is coming from an infected area.^[278]

Passport validity

Many countries require passport validity of no less than 6 months and one or two blank pages.^[279]

Right to consular protection in non-EU countries

When in a non-EU country where there is no Croatian embassy, Croatian citizens as EU citizens have the right to get consular protection from the embassy of any other EU country present in that country.

Non-ordinary passports

Holders of various categories of official Croatian passports have additional visa-free access to the following countries - Algeria (diplomatic passports), Azerbaijan (diplomatic or service passports), China (diplomatic, official or service passports), Cuba (diplomatic, official or service passports), Egypt (diplomatic, official, service or special passports), India (diplomatic or official passports), Indonesia (diplomatic or service passports), Iran (diplomatic or service passports), Kazakhstan (diplomatic or service passports), Russia (diplomatic and service passports), South Africa (diplomatic, official or service passports), Vietnam (diplomatic or service passports). Holders of diplomatic or service passports of any country have visa-free access to Cape Verde, Ethiopia, Mali and Zimbabwe.

See also

• Visa requirements for the European Union citizens
• Croatian passport
• List of passports
• Foreign relations of Croatia
• Croatian identity card
• Visa policy of Croatia

References

External links

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• Visa requirements overview