Frequently asked questions.

Three packages, each a one-time fee for our work:

• Case Review (150 €): We read what you actually hold, confirm the pathway with our partner lawyers and put it in writing before you commit to anything.

• Guided Submission (750 €): You gather the records and file yourself; we prepare, check and coordinate the application.

• Full Representation (1500 €): We retrieve the Croatian records and build the whole file; once you have lodged it, our partner lawyers run the case under power of attorney to the decision and beyond.

We also provide standalone court-certified translations, no package required, at 30 € per page.

The three prices cover the usual routes. A case resting on a particular status, or one no package fits, is quoted individually, and a family applying together is quoted as one package.

A free consultation is a sales call. The person on it is paid to convert you, which is why it is free and why it ends with a quote rather than an answer.

Ours is paid so that we can tell you no. The Case Review ends with a written opinion on your line, a document checklist and a cost estimate, and it is yours to keep, take elsewhere or use on your own.

If you go ahead with Guided Submission or Full Representation, the whole review fee is credited, so the review is free for everyone who becomes a client. If it finds no line, you have paid 150 € to learn that before spending a thousand or more on records, translations, fees and a package for a case that would not be approved. That is the review doing its job.

Before any of that, the eligibility check is free, written and takes two minutes. No call, no account, no card.

Yes. From 2 applicants descending from the same ancestor, the line research, the archive retrieval and most of the Croatian records are shared, so we build a family package at a reduced price per person instead of charging a full package each.

How large the reduction is depends on how much of the file is common: siblings applying off one parent share almost everything, cousins share the Croatian-born ancestor’s records but little else. Tell us who is applying and how you are related and we come back with a written figure for the group.

Home-country records, apostilles and state fees stay per applicant in every case, because each person is issued their own.

Then we quote it for what it actually needs. A particular status, a line that runs through several countries, an old registration, or a refusal already on file are priced individually rather than forced into a package.

You get a fixed figure in writing before any work starts, on the same terms as the packages: third-party costs listed separately and passed through at cost.

The things you do yourself are: gather your documents in your home country (birth certificates, marriage certificates, background checks), obtain Apostille seals, which must be done within the issuing country, and lodge the application in person. Every package works this way. The Citizenship Act requires the applicant to file in person, at the consulate with jurisdiction over you or at the police administration for your place of residence in Croatia; it cannot be done by post or by proxy.

We handle the rest: coordinating certified translations, drafting your CV and motivational letter in Croatian, and preparing and checking your application forms. With Full Representation we also locate and retrieve the records held in Croatian archives, and once the file is lodged you sign a power of attorney and our partner lawyers conduct all correspondence with the Ministry of Interior from there, through to your OIB, ID card and passport.

With Case Review or Guided Submission, retrieving a record from a Croatian archive on your behalf is a separate add-on, from 120 €.

Only with Full Representation at 1900 €, which includes every certified translation your file needs. At 1500 €, and with Case Review and Guided Submission, translations are billed at 30 € per page.

In every package we coordinate the translations for you. Our translators are court-certified in Zagreb, so you pay the Croatian rate for a page an agency abroad bills at several times that.

No. Our service fees cover our professional work: research, translations, case management and Ministry representation. Government fees (such as the consular application fee of $237.50 per adult), Apostille fees, and any third-party charges are paid separately by you at cost. We will always tell you in advance what to expect.

We only take on cases we believe have a strong legal basis, assessed with the Croatian lawyers we work with and against many successful citizenship cases. The cases that do not succeed are typically due to circumstances outside anyone’s control, such as missing or destroyed historical records in Croatian archives. We will always give you an honest assessment of your case before you commit.

Ministry requests for additional information or documents are common and are not a sign of trouble. They are a normal part of the review process.

With Full Representation, once the application is lodged our partner lawyers enter the case under power of attorney and handle all Ministry correspondence: responding to requests promptly, submitting additional documents, and supplementing or amending the file where the case calls for it. On Guided Submission we advise you on how to respond.

If the Ministry refuses a file we prepared, we review the grounds and advise on next steps at no charge.