Croatian identity card
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The Croatian identity card (Croatian: Osobna iskaznica) is an identity document issued in Croatia. Any Croatian citizen who is resident in Croatia can obtain an ID card and it is compulsory for all citizens over the age of 18. This document is issued by the police on behalf of the Ministry of the Interior.[2]
The 2003, 2013 and 2021 versions of the ID card are valid as travel documents in most of Europe. The pre-2003 version is valid only in Croatia.
History
Physical appearance
Similarly to a credit card, the identity card is plastic and rectangular in shape, with dimensions 86 by 54 millimetres (3.4 by 2.1 in).
2003 version
On the left side is a
The descriptions of the fields are printed in Croatian and English.
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2013 version
The 2013 version was redesigned to be compatible for the installation of an
2021 version
The second generation electronic ID came out in 2021. The first day when the applications for the new ID card started to be accepted was 2 August 2021. The new, second generation eID was a change that followed new EU Regulation 2019/1157.[5] Thus the greatest change is that second generation eID is also bio-metric. This change is followed with new Certilia application that enables citizens to use the new eID to sign electronic documents with digital signature.
Fines
Persons over the age of 18, and who do not have a valid ID, can pay a fine from 390 euro up to 590 euro. Failure to show a valid ID to a police officer in a public place can result in a fine of 20 euro.[2]
International travel
Since
Today, the card is a valid travel document in almost all of Europe (except
See also
- Croatian passport
- Croatian nationality law
- National identity cards in the European Economic Area
- List of identity card policies by country
References
- ^ "Visiting the UK as an EU, EEA or Swiss citizen". GOV.UK. Retrieved 2021-10-01.
- ^ a b "Zakon o osobnoj iskaznici" [Law on identity card]. Zakon.hr (in Croatian).
- ^ "Zakon o osobnoj karti", Narodne novine, issue 54, 1974.
- ^ "Zakon o osobnoj iskaznici", Narodne novine, issue 53, 1991.
- ^ Regulation (EU) No 2019/1157 of 20 June 2019 on strengthening the security of identity cards of Union citizens and of residence documents issued to Union citizens and their family members exercising their right of free movement
- ^ "Visa information - Tunisia embassy in Berlin".
External links
- eID - electronic ID web portal
- Identity card law (in Croatian)
- Picture of the ID
- Notification from Croatian Ministry of the Interior (in Croatian)
- Kako se mijenjala osobna iskaznica: Prve su bile ‘plahtaste‘, a treće izdanje izazvalo je buru (in Croatian)