Work Permit issued

What do you need to do next?

Having received the work permit in approximately four weeks, the individual or his representative must go to a designated police station in order to get an Identification Number for Foreigners.

The process takes one hour or so, and the foreign individual or his representative should present the following documents:

Notarized copy of passport (or the passport itself)
Copy of the Work Permit and
Administrative Fee (40 Kuna).

The individual then needs to have a "work book" endorsed by the City Economic Department (Gradsfa urectza gospodarstvo). This is the final registration with the authorities before officially being allowed to begin regular employment. Requests are accepted between 8:30am and 12:00pm.

The following documents should be submitted:

Company's request to employ the foreigner with justifications
Work book (prepared by the employer)
Application Form
Copy of Foreigner ID Certificate
Copy of Work Permit and
Copy of passport (containing extended residency permit).

After obtaining the "work book" the individual can begin regular employment.

The entire process from submitting the application for an employment visa to being officially allowed to take up a position usually takes about 14 weeks, excluding the preparation of the various documents ahead of that submission, including the Resolution from the Ministry of Labour (if applicable).

Delays beyond this can occur in the case of incomplete submissions to the Croatian Employment Institute, or when a work permit decision is appealed.

The employee is then in a position to sign a formal employment contract with h is employer. Finally, the new employee must apply for a “tax card”.

The following documents need to be submitted to the tax authorities in order to obtain a tax card: