Visa requirements for Croatian citizens

Visa requirements for Croatian citizens are administrative entry restrictions by the authorities of other states placed on citizens of Croatia.

Croatian passport

Croatian identity card is valid for travel to most European countries.

As of 2025, Croatian citizens have visa-free or visa on arrival access to 183 countries and territories, ranking the Croatian passport 9th in the world according to the Henley Passport Index.^[1]

Visa requirements map

Visa requirements for Croatian citizens holding ordinary passports

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Visa requirements

Country	Visa requirement	Allowed stay	Notes (excluding departure fees)
Afghanistan	Visa required[2]
Albania	Visa not required[3]	90 days	ID card valid.
Algeria	Visa required[4]
Andorra	Visa not required[5]		ID card valid.
Angola	Visa not required[6]	30 days	30 days per trip, but no more than 90 days within any 1 calendar year for tourism purposes only.[7] Visitors must have a return/onward ticket and a hotel reservation confirmation.[8] An International Certificate of Vaccination is required.
Antigua and Barbuda	Visa not required[9]	6 months
Argentina	Visa not required[10]	90 days
Armenia	Visa not required[11]	180 days
Australia	eVisitor[12]	90 days	90 days on each visit in 12-month period if granted The European Commission ruled that the eVisitor's 'autogrant' treatment is not an equivalent to the Schengen visa application procedures. However, only countries which are on ETA list are considered low risk and processing time is one working day. For all other countries processing time is 31 days (75% of applications), and 4 months (90% of applications).[13] Applications for high risk countries, i.e. not ETA, are routinely processed manually rather than via 'autogrant' and they are subject to additional documents prior to arrival, which is typical for a proper visa.[14] Grant rate for eVisitor countries like Croatia is less than 100%, which indicates manual processing.[15] Additionally, Australia's SmartGate entry system for automatically processing through passport control can only be used for countries on ETA list, not by countries on eVisitor list - although trials are underway to enable the use for all EU passports.[16]
Austria	Freedom of movement[17]	ID card valid.
Azerbaijan	eVisa[18][19]	30 days
Bahamas	Visa not required[20]	3 months
Bahrain	eVisa / Visa on arrival[21]	14 days
Bangladesh	Visa on arrival[22]	30 days
Barbados	Visa not required[23]	90 days
Belarus	Visa not required[24]	30 days	Visa-free until 31 December 2024.[25]
Belgium	Freedom of movement[26]	ID card valid.
Belize	Visa not required[27]
Benin	eVisa[28][29]	30 days	Must have an international vaccination certificate.
Bhutan	eVisa[30][31]
Bolivia	Visa not required[32]	90 days
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Visa not required[33]	90 days	90 days within 6-month period. ID card valid.
Botswana	Visa not required[34]	90 days
Brazil	Visa not required[35]	90 days
Brunei	Visa not required[36]	90 days
Bulgaria	Freedom of movement	ID card valid.
Burkina Faso	eVisa[37][38]
Burundi	Visa on arrival[39]	1 month
Cambodia	eVisa / Visa on arrival[40][41]	30 days
Cameroon	eVisa[42][43]
Canada	Electronic Travel Authorization[44]	6 months	eTA required if arriving by air.[45][46]
Cape Verde	Visa not required[47][48]	30 days	Must register online at least five days prior to arrival.[49]
Central African Republic	Visa required[50]
Chad	Visa required[51]
Chile	Visa not required[52]	90 days
China	Visa not required	30 days	Visa-free from 30 November, 2024 to 31 December, 2025.[53] 24-hour visa-free transit through any international airports of China, allows domestic travel through different airports.[Note 1] 240-hour visa-free transit in all cities of Anhui, Beijing, Chongqing, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi (except Baise and Chongzuo), Guizhou, Hainan, Hebei, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Liaoning, Shaanxi, Shandong, Shanghai, Tianjin and Zhejiang provinces, plus Sichuan provinces (Chengdu, Deyang, Leshan, Luzhou, Meishan, Neijiang, Suining, Ya'an, Yibin, Zigong and Ziyang cities), Yunnan provinces (Kunming, Lijiang, Pu'er, Yuxi cities, and Chuxiong, Dali, Honghe, Wenshan and Xishuangbanna prefectures), Shanxi provinces (Datong and Taiyuan cities), Jiangxi provinces (Jingdezhen and Nanchang cities) and Harbin in Heilongjiang provinces.[55] 15-day package tour visa-free via cruise ships in Beijing, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hebei, Jiangsu, Liaoning, Shandong, Shanghai, Tianjin and Zhejiang provinces. Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan count as third countries under the 24 and 240-hours transit without visa (TWOV) policies.
Colombia	Visa not required[56]	90 days	90 days - extendable up to 180-days stay within a one-year period.
Comoros	Visa on arrival[57]	45 days
Republic of the Congo	Visa required[58]
Democratic Republic of the Congo	eVisa[59][60]	7 days
Costa Rica	Visa not required[61]	90 days
Côte d'Ivoire	eVisa[62][63]	3 months	e-Visa holders must arrive via Port Bouet Airport.
Cuba	Tourist card required[64]	90 days	Can be extended up to 90 days with a fee.
Cyprus	Freedom of movement[65]	ID card valid.
Czech Republic	Freedom of movement[66]	ID card valid.
Denmark	Freedom of movement[67]	ID card valid.
Djibouti	eVisa[68][69]	90 days
Dominica	Visa not required[70]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period.
Dominican Republic	Visa not required[71]	30 days
Ecuador	Visa not required[72]	90 days
Egypt	eVisa / Visa on arrival[73][74]	30 days
El Salvador	Visa not required[75]	3 months
Equatorial Guinea	eVisa[76][77]
Eritrea	Visa required[78]		To travel outside of Asmara, a Travel Permit for Foreigners is required (20 Eritrean nakfa).[79]
Estonia	Freedom of movement[80]	ID card valid.
Eswatini	Visa not required[81]	30 days
Ethiopia	eVisa / Visa on arrival[82][83]	90 days	e-Visa holders must arrive via Addis Ababa Bole International Airport. Nationals of Croatia with a normal passport traveling as tourists can obtain a visa on arrival at Addis Ababa (ADD) for a maximum stay of 3 months. They must have proof of accommodation and a return/onward ticket.
Fiji	Visa not required[84]	4 months
Finland	Freedom of movement[85]	ID card valid.
France	Freedom of movement[86]	ID card valid.
Gabon	eVisa[87][88]	90 days	e-Visa holders must arrive via Libreville International Airport.
Gambia	Visa not required[89]	90 days
Georgia	Visa not required[90]	1 year	ID card valid.
Germany	Freedom of movement[91]	ID card valid.
Ghana	Visa required[92]
Greece	Freedom of movement[93]	ID card valid.
Grenada	Visa not required[94]	3 months
Guatemala	Visa not required[95]	90 days
Guinea	eVisa[96][97]	90 days
Guinea-Bissau	Visa on arrival[98]	90 days
Guyana	Visa required[99]		Visa can be obtained on arrival provided holding a letter of invitation from a local sponsor.
Haiti	Visa not required[100]	90 days
Honduras	Visa not required[101]	90 days
Hungary	Freedom of movement[102]	ID card valid.
Iceland	Freedom of movement[103]	ID card valid.
India	eVisa[104][105]	30 days
Indonesia	e-VOA / Visa on arrival[106]	30 days[107]
Iran	Visa not required[108][109]	15 days	30 days e-visa also available [110]
Iraq	eVisa / Visa on arrival[111][112]	60 days
Ireland	Freedom of movement[113]	ID card valid.
Israel	Visa not required[114]	90 days
Italy	Freedom of movement[115]	ID card valid.
Jamaica	Visa on arrival[116][117]	30 days
Japan	Visa not required[118]	90 days
Jordan	eVisa / Visa on arrival[119][120]	30 days	Visa can be obtained upon arrival, it will cost a total of 40 JOD, obtainable at most international ports of entry and land border crossings. (except King Hussein/Allenby Bridge)
Kazakhstan	Visa not required[121]	30 days
Kenya	Electronic Travel Authorisation[122][123]	3 months	Applications can be submitted up to 90 days prior to travel and must be submitted at least 3 days in advance. eTA fee is USD 32.50. Proof of reservation at the hotel where visitors plan to stay is required (if staying with friends, an invitation letter is also acceptable). Yellow fever vaccination certificate is required if coming from endemic countries.
Kiribati	Visa not required[124]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period.
North Korea	Visa required[125]		People are not allowed to leave the capital city, tourists can only leave the capital with a governmental tourist guide (no independent moving)
South Korea	Electronical Travel Authorization[126][127]	90 days	The validity period of a K-ETA is 3 years from the date of approval.[128]
Kuwait	eVisa / Visa on arrival[129][130]	3 months	Available at Kuwait International Airport.
Kyrgyzstan	Visa not required[131]	60 days
Laos	eVisa / Visa on arrival[132][133]	30 days
Latvia	Freedom of movement[134]	ID card valid.
Lebanon	Free visa on arrival[135]	1 month	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	eVisa[136][137]	44 days
Liberia	Visa required[138]
Libya	eVisa[139][140]
Liechtenstein	Freedom of movement[141]	ID card valid.
Lithuania	Freedom of movement[142]	ID card valid.
Luxembourg	Freedom of movement[143]	ID card valid.
Madagascar	Visa on arrival[144]	60 days
Malawi	eVisa / Visa on arrival[145][146]	90 days	Required covering letter from the host in Malawi.
Malaysia	Visa not required[147]	3 months
Maldives	Visa on arrival[148]	30 days
Mali	Visa required[149]
Malta	Freedom of movement[150]	ID card valid.
Marshall Islands	Visa not required[151]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period.
Mauritania	Visa on arrival[152]		Available at Nouakchott–Oumtounsy International Airport.
Mauritius	Visa not required[153]	180 days	180 days per calendar year for tourism, 120 days per calendar for business
Mexico	Visa not required[154]	180 days
Micronesia	Visa not required[155]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period.
Moldova	Visa not required[156]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period. ID card valid.
Monaco	Visa not required[157]		ID card valid.
Mongolia	Visa not required[158]	30 days	The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Mongolia has exempted visas for 34 countries from January 2023 to December 2025.
Montenegro	Visa not required[159]	90 days	ID card valid for 30 days.
Morocco	Visa not required[160]	90 days
Mozambique	eVisa / Visa on arrival[161][162]	30 days
Myanmar	eVisa[163][164]	28 days	e-Visa holders must arrive via Yangon, Nay Pyi Taw or Mandalay airports or via land border crossings with Thailand — Tachileik, Myawaddy and Kawthaung or India — Rih Khaw Dar and Tamu. e-Visa available for both tourism (allowed stay is 28 days) or business (allowed stay is 70 days) purposes.
Namibia	Visa on arrival[165]	3 months	Available at Hosea Kutako International Airport, Trans Kalahari border post and Walvis Bay Airport.
Nauru	Visa required[166]
Nepal	Online Visa / Visa on arrival[167]	90 days[168]
Netherlands	Freedom of movement (European Netherlands)[169]	ID card valid.
New Zealand	Electronic Travel Authority[170]	90 days	International Visitor Conservation and Tourism Levy must be paid upon requesting an Electronic Travel Authority.[171] Holders of an Australian Permanent Resident Visa or Resident Return Visa may be granted a New Zealand Resident Visa on arrival permitting indefinite stay (pursuant to the Trans-Tasman Travel Arrangement), subject to meeting character requirements and obtaining an Electronic Travel Authority prior to departure.[172] Such travellers are not required to pay the International Visitor Conservation and Tourism Levy.[171]
Nicaragua	Visa not required[173]	90 days
Niger	Visa required[174]
Nigeria	eVisa[175][176]	90 days
North Macedonia	Visa not required[177]	90 days	ID card valid.
Norway	Freedom of movement	ID card valid.
Oman	Visa not required / eVisa[178][179]	14 days / 30 days
Pakistan	eVisa[180]	90 days
Palau	Visa not required[181]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period.
Panama	Visa not required[182]	90 days
Papua New Guinea	Easy Visitor Permit[183][184]	60 days	Available at Gurney Airport (Alotau), Mount Hagen Airport, Port Moresby Airport and Tokua Airport (Rabaul).
Paraguay	Visa not required[185]	90 days
Peru	Visa not required[186]	90 days	90 days within any 6-month period.
Philippines	Visa not required[187]	30 days
Poland	Freedom of movement[188]	ID card valid.
Portugal	Freedom of movement[189]	ID card valid.
Qatar	Visa not required[190]	90 days
Romania	Freedom of movement[191]	ID card valid.
Russia	eVisa[192][193]	16 days
Rwanda	eVisa / Visa on arrival[194][195]	30 days
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Visa not required[196]	90 days
Saint Lucia	Visa not required[197][198]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period.
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Visa not required[199]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period.
Samoa	Visa not required[200]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period.
San Marino	Visa not required[201]		ID card valid.
São Tomé and Príncipe	Visa not required[202]	15 days
Saudi Arabia	eVisa / Visa on arrival[203][204]	90 days
Senegal	Visa not required[205]	90 days
Serbia	Visa not required[206]	90 days	90 days within any 6-month period. ID card valid.
Seychelles	Visa not required[207][208]	3 months[209]
Sierra Leone	eVisa / Visa on arrival[210][211]	3 months / 30 days
Singapore	Visa not required[212]	90 days
Slovakia	Freedom of movement[213]	ID card valid.
Slovenia	Freedom of movement[214]	ID card valid.
Solomon Islands	Visa not required[215]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period.
Somalia	Visa on arrival[216]		Available at Berbera, Borama, Burao, Erigavo and Hargeisa airports.[citation needed] 30 days, available at Bosaso Airport, Galcaio Airport and Mogadishu Airport.[citation needed]
South Africa	eVisa[217][218]
South Sudan	eVisa[219][220]		Obtainable online. Printed visa authorization must be presented at the time of travel.
Spain	Freedom of movement[221]	ID card valid.
Sri Lanka	eVisa / Visa on arrival[222][223]	60 days / 30 days	The standard visitor visa allows a stay of 60 days within any 6-month period.[224] Visa fees (for Standard visitor visa): SAARC - USD 35 Non SAARC - USD 75 e-Visa categories will be charged an additional USD 18.50 service fee. If transiting from any of the Sri Lankan airports, An e-Visa is exempted (2 day transit period).
Sudan	Visa required[225]
Suriname	Visa not required[226][227]	90 days	An entrance fee of USD 50 or EUR 50 must be paid online prior to arrival.[228] Multiple entry e-Visa is also available.[229]
Sweden	Freedom of movement[230]	ID card valid.
Switzerland	Freedom of movement[231]	ID card valid.
Syria	eVisa[232]
Tajikistan	Visa not required[233]	30 days	e-Visa also available.[234] e-Visa holders can enter through all border points.
Tanzania	eVisa / Visa on arrival[235][236]	90 days
Thailand	Visa not required[237][238][239]	60 days	30 days extendable.
Timor-Leste	Visa not required[240]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period.
Togo	eVisa[241][242]	15 days
Tonga	Visa not required[243][244]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period.
Trinidad and Tobago	Visa not required[245]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period.
Tunisia	Visa not required[246]	3 months	ID card valid on organized tours.[247]
Turkey	Visa not required[248]	90 days
Turkmenistan	Visa required[249]
Tuvalu	Visa not required[250]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period.
Uganda	eVisa[251][252]	3 months
Ukraine	Visa not required[253]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period.
United Arab Emirates	Visa not required[254]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period.[255][256]
United Kingdom	Visa not required[257]	6 months
United States	Visa Waiver Program[258][259]	90 days	ESTA is valid for 2 years from the date of issuance.[260] ESTA is also required when entering the country by cruise ship or land.[261] Visa required for nationals of VWP countries who have travelled or been present in Iran, Iraq, Libya, North Korea, Somalia, Sudan, Syria or Yemen at any time on or after 1 March 2011 (with limited exceptions), or those who have travelled or being present in Cuba at any time on or after 12 January 2021, or nationals of VWP countries who are also nationals of Iran, Iraq, North Korea, Sudan or Syria.
Uruguay	Visa not required[262]	90 days
Uzbekistan	Visa not required[263]	30 days
Vanuatu	Visa not required[264]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period.
Vatican City	Visa not required[265]		ID card valid.
Venezuela	Visa not required[266]	90 days
Vietnam	eVisa[267]	90 days	Phú Quốc without a visa for up to 30 days[268]
Yemen	Visa required[269]
Zambia	Visa not required[270]	90 days	Also eligible for a universal visa allowing access to Zimbabwe.
Zimbabwe	Visa on arrival[271]	30 days	Also eligible for a universal visa allowing access to Zambia.

Dependent, disputed or unrecognized territories

Disputed or unrecognized territories

Territory	Visa requirement	Notes
Europe
Abkhazia	Visa required[272]
Crimea	Visa required	Visa issued by Russia is required.[273]
Northern Cyprus	Visa not required	3 months ID card valid.[274]
UN Buffer Zone in Cyprus	Access Permit required[275]	Access Permit is required for travelling inside the zone, except Civil Use Areas.
Kosovo	Visa not required[276]	90 days ID card valid.
South Ossetia	Visa not required[277][278]	3-day prior notification are required to enter South Ossetia. Valid multiple visa of Russia is required.
Transnistria	Visa not required[279]	Visa not required. Registration required after 24h ID card valid.[280][281]
Africa
Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic		Undefined visa regime in the Western Sahara controlled territory.
Somaliland	Visa on arrival	Visa required (30 days for 30 US dollars, payable on arrival).[282][283]
Asia
Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province	OIVR permit required	OIVR permit required (15+5 Tajikistani Somoni) and another special permit (free of charge) is required for Lake Sarez.[284][285][286]
Korean Demilitarized Zone		Restricted zone.
Palestinian Territory	Visa not required[287]	Visa free for 3 months.
Taiwan	Visa not required[288]	Visa not required for 90 days.
UNDOF Zone and Ghajar		Restricted zone.

Dependent and autonomous territories

Territory		Conditions of access	Notes
Australia
Ashmore and Cartier Islands		Special authorisation required[289]	Special authorisation required.
China
Hong Kong		Visa not required[290]	Visa free for 90 days.
Macau		Visa not required[291]	Visa free for 90 days.
Tibet Autonomous Region		TTP required[292][293]	Tibet Travel Permit required (10 US Dollars).
Denmark
Faroe Islands		Visa not required[294]	ID card valid
Greenland		Visa not required[295]	Visa not required for 3 months. ID card valid
Ecuador
Galápagos		Pre-registration required	Online pre-registration is required. Transit Control Card must also be obtained at the airport prior to departure.[296]
France
Clipperton Island		Special permit required[297]
French Guiana		Freedom of movement[298]	ID card valid
French Polynesia		Visa not required[299]	ID card valid
Guadeloupe		Freedom of movement[300]	ID card valid
Martinique		Freedom of movement	ID card valid
Saint Barthélemy		Visa not required	ID card valid
Saint Martin		Freedom of movement	ID card valid
Mayotte		Freedom of movement[301]	ID card valid
New Caledonia		Visa not required[302]	ID card valid
Réunion		Freedom of movement[301]	ID card valid
Saint Pierre and Miquelon		Visa not required[301]	ID card valid
Wallis and Futuna		Visa not required[301]	ID card valid
Greece
Mount Athos		Special permit required	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.[303][304]
India
India PAP/RAP		PAP/RAP required	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.[305][306][307][308][309]
Netherlands
Aruba		Visa not required[310]	Visa not required for maximum of 90 days in a 180-day period.
Bonaire		Visa not required[310]	Visa not required for maximum of 90 days in a 180-day period.
Sint Eustatius		Visa not required[310]	Visa not required for maximum of 90 days in a 180-day period.
Saba		Visa not required[310]	Visa not required for maximum of 90 days in a 180-day period.
Curaçao		Visa not required[310]	Visa not required for maximum of 90 days in a 180-day period.
Sint Maarten		Visa not required[310]	Visa not required for maximum of 90 days in a 180-day period.
New Zealand
Cook Islands		Visa not required[311]	Visa free for 31 days. Extensions may be granted on a monthly basis – for up to 6 months.
Niue		Visa not required[312]	Visa free for 30 days.
Tokelau		Permit required[313]	Visitors permits for a period not exceeding 10 days.
Norway
Jan Mayen		Permit required	Permit issued by the local police required for staying for less than 24 hours[314] and permit issued by the Norwegian police for staying for more than 24 hours.[315]
Svalbard		Freedom of movement	Unlimited period under Svalbard Treaty.[316] ID card valid
United Kingdom
Akrotiri and Dhekelia		Visa not required[317]	ID card valid
Anguilla		Visa not required[318]	3 months
Bermuda		Visa not required[319]	Visa not required.
British Indian Ocean Territory		Special permit required[320]
British Virgin Islands		Visa not required[321]	Visa free for 6 months.
Cayman Islands		Visa not required[322]	Visa free for maximum of 6 months.
Falkland Islands		Visa not required	A visitor permit is normally issued as a stamp in the passport on arrival, The maximum validity period is 1 month.[323]
Gibraltar		Visa not required[324]	ID card valid
Guernsey		Visa not required[325]
Isle of Man		Visa not required[326]
Jersey		Visa not required[327]	Visa not required up to 6 months.
Montserrat		eVisa[328]	Visa required. However the Immigration Act of Montserrat dated 1.01.2013 says that all EU citizens exempt from the visa requirement.[329]
Pitcairn Islands		Visa not required[330][331]	14 days visa free and landing fee US$35 or tax of US$5 if not going ashore.
Saint Helena		Visitor's Pass required[332]	Visitor's Pass granted on arrival. Landing permission (for stays on-Island of up to 24 hours). Short-term Entry Permit (for stays on-Island for a period not exceeding 183 days). Long-Term Entry Permit (for stays on-Island in excess of 183 days).
Ascension Island		eVisa[333]	eVisa for 3 months within any year period.
Tristan da Cunha		Permission required	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.[334]
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands		Permit required	Pre-arrival permit from the Commissioner required (72 hours/1 month for 110/160 pounds sterling).[335][336]
Turks and Caicos Islands		Visa not required[337]	Visitors are granted entry for 90 days.
United States
American Samoa		Electronic authorization[338]	Entry Permit Waiver Program for 30 days
Guam		Visa Waiver Program[339]	90 days on arrival from overseas for 2 years, ESTA required
Northern Mariana Islands		Visa Waiver Program[339]	90 days on arrival from overseas for 2 years, ESTA required
Puerto Rico		Visa Waiver Program[339]	90 days on arrival from overseas for 2 years, ESTA required
U.S. Virgin Islands		Visa Waiver Program[339]	90 days on arrival from overseas for 2 years, ESTA required
United States Minor Outlying Islands		Special permits required	Special permits required for Baker Island, Howland Island, Jarvis Island, Johnston Atoll, Kingman Reef, Midway Atoll, Palmyra Atoll and Wake Island.[340][341][342][343][344][345][346]
Antarctica and adjacent islands
Special permits required for  Bouvet Island,  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.[347][348][349][350][351][352][353][354][355][356][357][358]

Non-ordinary passports

Holders of various categories of official Croatian passports have additional visa-free access to the following countries:

•  Algeria: diplomatic
•  Azerbaijan: diplomatic or service passports
•  People's Republic of China: diplomatic or service passports
•  Cuba: diplomatic, official or service passports
•  Egypt: diplomatic, official or service 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.

Right to consular protection in non-EU countries

Diplomatic missions of Croatia

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.

See also List of diplomatic missions of Croatia.

Non-visa restrictions

This section is transcluded from Non-visa travel restrictions. (edit | history)

Many countries have entry restrictions on foreigners that go beyond the common requirement of having either a valid visa or a visa exemption. Such restrictions may be health related or impose additional documentation requirements on certain classes of people for diplomatic or political purposes.

Blank passport pages

Many countries require a minimum number of blank pages to be available in the passport being presented, typically one or two pages.^[359] Endorsement pages, which often appear after the visa pages, are not counted as being valid or available.

Vaccination

Main articles: Vaccination requirements for international travel, International Certificate of Vaccination or Prophylaxis, and Vaccine passports during the COVID-19 pandemic

Cover of the new International Certificate of Vaccination issued by the Bureau of Quarantine in the Philippines since 2021

Many African countries, including Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone and Togo, South Sudan, Uganda, and Zambia, require all incoming passengers older than nine months to one year^[360] to have a current International Certificate of Vaccination or Prophylaxis, as does the South American territory of French Guiana.^[361]

Some other countries require vaccination only if the passenger is coming from an infected area or has visited one recently or has transited for 12 hours in those countries: Algeria, Botswana, Cabo Verde, Chad, Djibouti, Egypt, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Lesotho, Libya, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Papua New Guinea, Seychelles, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Tunisia, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe.^[362][363]

Passport validity length

Very few countries, such as Paraguay, just require a valid passport on arrival.

However many countries and groupings now require only an identity card – especially from their neighbours. Other countries may have special bilateral arrangements that depart from the generality of their passport validity length policies to shorten the period of passport validity required for each other's citizens^[364][365] or even accept passports that have already expired (but not been cancelled).^[366]

Some countries, such as Japan,^[367] Ireland and the United Kingdom,^[368] require a passport valid throughout the period of the intended stay.

In the absence of specific bilateral agreements, countries requiring passports to be valid for at least 6 more months on arrival include Afghanistan, Algeria, Anguilla, Bahrain,^[369] Bhutan, Botswana, British Virgin Islands, Brunei, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Cayman Islands, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Costa Rica, Côte d'Ivoire, Curaçao, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Fiji, Gabon, Guinea Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel,^[370] Jordan, Kenya, Kiribati, Kuwait, Laos, Madagascar, Malaysia, Marshall Islands, Mongolia, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Oman, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Peru,^[371] Philippines,^[372] Qatar, Rwanda, Samoa, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Tanzania, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Tokelau, Tonga, Turkey, Tuvalu, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, Vanuatu, Venezuela, and Vietnam.^[373]

Countries requiring passports valid for at least 4 months on arrival include Micronesia and Zambia.

Countries requiring passports with a validity of at least 3 months beyond the date of intended departure include Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Honduras, Montenegro, Nauru, Moldova and New Zealand. Similarly, the EEA countries of Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, all European Union countries (except Ireland) together with Switzerland also require 3 months validity beyond the date of the bearer's intended departure unless the bearer is an EEA or Swiss national.

Countries requiring passports valid for at least 3 months on arrival include Albania, North Macedonia, Panama, and Senegal.

Bermuda requires passports to be valid for at least 45 days upon entry.

Countries that require a passport validity of at least one month beyond the date of intended departure include Eritrea, Hong Kong, Lebanon, Macau, the Maldives^[374] and South Africa.

Maximum passport age

Countries of the Schengen area require non-EU passports to be less than 10 years old upon entry.^[375] A number of holders of British passports, which until September 2018 could be issued with a validity period of up to 10 years and nine months if the previous passport was not expired, were unable to travel to the EU subsequent to Brexit due to this restriction.^[376]

Criminal record

Some countries, including Australia, Canada, Fiji, New Zealand and the United States,^[377] routinely deny entry to non-citizens who have a criminal record, while others impose restrictions depending on the type of conviction and the length of the sentence.

Persona non grata

The government of a country can declare a diplomat persona non grata, banning them from entering the country or expelling them if they have already entered. In non-diplomatic use, the authorities of a country may also declare a foreigner persona non grata permanently or temporarily, usually because of unlawful activity.^[378]

Israeli stamps

Kuwait,^[379] Lebanon,^[380] Libya,^[381] and Yemen^[382] do not allow entry to people with passport stamps from Israel or whose passports have either a used or an unused Israeli visa, or where there is evidence of previous travel to Israel such as entry or exit stamps from neighbouring border posts in transit countries such as Jordan and Egypt.

To circumvent this Arab League boycott of Israel, the Israeli immigration services have now mostly ceased to stamp foreign nationals' passports on either entry to or exit from Israel (unless the entry is for some work-related purposes). Since 15 January 2013, Israel no longer stamps foreign passports at Ben Gurion Airport. Passports are still (as of 22 June 2017^[update]) stamped at Erez when passing into and out of Gaza.^{[citation needed]}

Iran refuses admission to holders of passports containing an Israeli visa or stamp that is less than 12 months old.

Biometrics

See also: Countries applying biometrics

Several countries mandate that all travellers, or all foreign travellers, be fingerprinted on arrival and will refuse admission to or even arrest travellers who refuse to comply. In some countries, such as the United States, this may apply even to transit passengers who merely wish to change planes rather than go landside.^[383]

Fingerprinting countries/regions include Afghanistan,^[384][385] Argentina,^[386] Brunei, Cambodia,^[387] China,^[388] Ethiopia,^[389] Ghana, Guinea,^[390] India, Japan,^[391][392] Kenya (both fingerprints and a photo are taken),^[393] Malaysia upon entry and departure,^[394] Mongolia, Saudi Arabia,^[395] Singapore, South Korea,^[396] Taiwan, Thailand,^[397] Uganda,^[398] the United Arab Emirates and the United States.

Many countries also require a photo be taken of people entering the country. The United States, which does not fully implement exit control formalities at its land frontiers (although long mandated by its own legislation),^{[399][400][401]} intends to implement facial recognition for passengers departing from international airports to identify people who overstay their visa.^[402]

Together with fingerprint and face recognition, iris scanning is one of three biometric identification technologies internationally standardised since 2006 by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) for use in e-passports^[403] and the United Arab Emirates conducts iris scanning on visitors who need to apply for a visa.^[404][405]

See also

• Croatia portal
• European Union portal

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