Good fit
Remote employees, foreign-company owners, and qualifying freelancers who can show foreign work, health insurance, accommodation, criminal-record evidence, and the required income or savings.
Croatia · Digital Nomad / Remote Work
Temporary Stay of Digital Nomads
A Croatian temporary stay route for third-country digital nomads with foreign remote work, up to 18 months, a €3,622.50 monthly means-of-subsistence threshold, and immediate family reunification eligibility.
Status note. This temporary stay route is for non-EU/EEA/Swiss nationals working remotely for a foreign employer, a foreign company, or their own company not registered in Croatia, without entering the Croatian labour market.
Decision fit
Who this pathway serves
Important limits
Applicants planning to work for Croatian employers or provide services to Croatian employers, or applicants unable to prove the current financial threshold and foreign-work purpose.
Minimums
Eligibility
Age
No hard age floor or ceiling is modeled.
Work experience
Minimum: Not stated years
Language
Not stated
Education
Minimum: none
Assessment: Not applicable
Selection threshold
Points: Not stated
Competition: Not stated
Health and character
Medical exam: Yes
Police certificate: Yes
Costs
Funds and fees
Settlement funds
No settlement-fund table is published.
Application fees
- 46.45 EURTemporary stay grant fee at police administration
- 9.29 EURAdministrative fee for biometric residence permit
- 31.85 EURBiometric residence card
Outcomes
Residence, work, and family
Permanent residence
The MUP page describes temporary stay and a later application after six months, but does not establish a permanent-residence pathway from digital-nomad stay.
Work: Yes · Study: Unknown — confirm with the official source
Family
Close family members, including qualifying common-law partners, may join after the digital nomad has been granted temporary stay.
Partner: Yes · Children: Yes
Citizenship
The retained MUP page does not establish citizenship eligibility.
Processing time
Temporary stay may be granted for up to 18 months. If granted for less than 18 months, an extension of up to six months may be requested no later than 60 days before expiry. A new digital-nomad application may be submitted six months after expiry.
Modeled: Not stated–Not stated months
Sources
Official sources
Citations
Field provenance
Information only, not legal advice. Rules, fees, and processing times change. Confirm the linked official pages before acting.