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In 2019, the Croatian Parliament put forward a motion to amend part of the Citizenship Act (hereinafter: the Act), which alterations officially came into force on January the 1st, 2020.
One of the most significant change was made to the Article 11 of the Act (which remains Article 11), now prescribing: “An emigrant and his or her descendants can acquire Croatian citizenship by naturalization even if they do not meet the requirements under Article 8, paragraph 1, points 2 – 4 of this Act.” Also, it states that “A foreigner who is married to a person under paragraph 1 of this Article can acquire Croatian citizenship by naturalization even if they do not meet the requirements under Article 8, paragraph 1, points 2 – 4 of this Act.” An emigrant under paragraph 1 of this Article is a person who has emigrated from the area of the Republic of Croatia before 8 October 1991 with the intention of living permanently abroad.
Exceptionally, an emigrant under paragraph 1 of this Article is also a member of the Croatian people who emigrated from the territory of the former states in which, at the time of the emigration, the territory of the present-day Republic of Croatia was located.
This means that an emigrant and/or his/her descendants and their spouses no longer need to take Croatian cultural and language test when applying for Croatian citizenship.
Furthermore, Article 4 of the Act was amended and now grants a child to obtain Croatian citizenship by origin if both parents are Croatian citizens at the time of the child’s birth or if one of the parents is a Croatian citizen at the time of the child’s birth and the child is born in the Republic of Croatia.
Under Article 5 of the Act, a person born abroad, one of whose parents at the time of birth is a Croatian citizen, if the child is registered at the diplomatic mission or consular post of the Republic of Croatia abroad or at the registry office in the Republic of Croatia for entry in the records as a Croatian citizen by the age of 21, acquires Croatian citizenship by origin. Also, a person older than 21 years, born abroad, one of whose parents at the time of its birth is a Croatian citizen, acquires Croatian citizenship by origin if the person submits a request for entry into the register of Croatian citizens within two years from the day the Act enters into force, and the Ministry of the Interior has previously determined that there are no obstacles referred to in Article 8, paragraph 1, item 5 of the Act. A person born abroad, one of whose parents is a Croatian citizen at the moment of the person’s birth, but who does not fulfil any of the requirements under paragraph 1 of this Article, acquires Croatian citizenship if he or she would otherwise remain without citizenship.
General conditions Ministry of Internal Affairs check in the procedure of obtaining Croatian citizenship stated under Article 8 of the Act remain unchanged, i.e. the Ministry shall investigate whether an applicant respects the legal order of the Republic of Croatia, by paying public contributions, and that there are no security obstacles for him or her to receive Croatian citizenship.
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