Someone asked me recently that I heard that a green card in Croatia only costs 30,000 euros. Is this true? I responsibly told him that if he could get an EU green card for 30,000 euros, it would be too easy. Smuggling into the country might be about the same.
This is not the first time I have heard the rumor about "30,000 euros" immigrating to Croatia. Many friends have taken it seriously. In fact, the truth is far from that simple. I will make it clear to you today.
For Chinese people, the main immigration methods in Croatia include the following.
1, investment immigration
spent 300,000 euros to buy Croatian government bonds and hold them for more than 5 years. htmlThe principal will be returned after 15 years, and you can get the Croatian passport .
2. Family reunification immigration
Spouses, children and parents of Croatian permanent residents or citizens can apply.
3. Entrepreneurial immigration
To truly operate a company in Croatia, the company needs to employ three Croatians, and the minimum salary of each employee must exceed 1,500 euros. After 5 years of operation, if you meet the requirements for permanent residence, the Immigration Bureau will issue you a Croatian permanent residence card.
4. Quota immigrants
need to provide deposit certificate , 10,000 euros for one person, 30,000 euros for two people, 35,000 euros for a family of three, or provide proof of domestic real estate in your name. If the real estate amount meets the above requirements, you may also have a chance to obtain a residence permit.
The 30,000 euros rumored on the market to immigrate to Croatia should be due to quota immigration.
In fact, I have always thought that quota immigration is a metaphysics, and fate is determined by luck, so the success rate of application is extremely low. Moreover, this kind of quota immigrant only gets a temporary residence visa and needs to comply with strict immigration supervision. They must have lived in Croatia for 5 years, and during this period, the single absence time cannot exceed 6 months, and the cumulative time cannot exceed 10 months. Otherwise, they cannot apply for a permanent residence card, and if they do not meet the residence requirements, the temporary residence card cannot be renewed after it expires.
Many people mistakenly think they are getting a bargain, but they do not know the risks involved in the process and the strict residency requirements. In the end, they are unable to apply for a permanent residence card and spend money in vain.
If the Croatian permanent residence card cannot be successfully obtained due to additional conditions, what about the fast-track Croatian naturalization promoted on the market?
Based on the bill information, we found:
The Croatian government’s official website has this description of naturalization: “If a foreigner is granted Croatian citizenship, he can become a Croatian citizen. If the Republic of Croatia benefits from it, then the foreign national does not need to meet the requirements of paragraph 1 to 4 of this bill. His or her spouse will also be exempted from the exemption in paragraph 8 of this bill. In addition, whether the foreign national can bring benefits to Croatia through naturalization will be evaluated and confirmed by professional cabinet members. "Based on this, we can know that the Croatian naturalization project is also based on special economic contribution.
Please read the last sentence carefully: "Whether foreigners can bring benefits to Croatia through naturalization will be assessed and confirmed by professional cabinet members" . This means that as long as is nominated and supported by a cabinet department, showing that the foreigner can indeed bring important benefits to Croatia, he can apply for naturalization. This is too subjective and risky. And it requires investing 1 million euros in designated projects, which is a considerable amount of funds.
According to a report by the European Union News Agency on January 14, 2022, Croatia released the latest census results showing that due to a wave of immigration triggered by a weak economy, Croatia's social population has decreased by nearly 10% in the past decade.Croatia has been plagued by mass immigration for years, with a largely stagnant economy and a lack of opportunities for young people. In 2013, Croatia joined and EU , which also stimulated a new round of overseas immigration. Official figures show that more than 250,000 Croatians have left since joining the EU, many of them seeking a better life in Germany or Ireland. It can be seen from this that people in other countries are running out, but if you want to go in, you are really jumping into a "trap"!