{"id":2471,"date":"2026-09-12T23:25:58","date_gmt":"2026-09-12T23:25:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.primorac-legal.hr\/?p=2471"},"modified":"2026-09-13T13:59:33","modified_gmt":"2026-09-13T13:59:33","slug":"croatian-citizenship-by-descent-articles-11-and-16-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.primorac-legal.hr\/fr\/croatian-citizenship-by-descent-articles-11-and-16-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"(English) Croatian citizenship by descent: who qualifies under Articles 11 and 16, which documents you need, how long it takes \u2014 and what to do when the decision is delayed"},"content":{"rendered":"

D\u00e9sol\u00e9, cet article est seulement disponible en English<\/a> et Espa\u00f1ol<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

D\u00e9sol\u00e9, cet article est seulement disponible en English<\/a> et Espa\u00f1ol<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2405,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2471","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-upravno-pravo","category-69","description-off"],"yoast_head":"\n(English) Croatian Citizenship by Descent: Eligibility, Documents, Delays | Primorac Legal<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"(English) Croatian citizenship by descent (Articles 11 & 16): who qualifies, documents, consulate filing, timelines \u2014 and legal remedies when the Ministry delays. Guide by a Croatian attorney.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.primorac-legal.hr\/fr\/croatian-citizenship-by-descent-articles-11-and-16-guide\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"fr_FR\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"(English) Croatian Citizenship by Descent: Eligibility, Documents, Delays | Primorac Legal\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"(English) Croatian citizenship by descent (Articles 11 & 16): who qualifies, documents, consulate filing, timelines \u2014 and legal remedies when the Ministry delays. Guide by a Croatian attorney.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.primorac-legal.hr\/fr\/croatian-citizenship-by-descent-articles-11-and-16-guide\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Cabinet d\u2019avocats Toni Primorac\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-09-12T23:25:58+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-09-13T13:59:33+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.primorac-legal.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/kad-mup-suti-dozvole-za-boravak-i-rad.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Toni Primorac\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"\u00c9crit par\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Toni Primorac\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Dur\u00e9e de lecture estim\u00e9e\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.primorac-legal.hr\\\/croatian-citizenship-by-descent-articles-11-and-16-guide\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.primorac-legal.hr\\\/croatian-citizenship-by-descent-articles-11-and-16-guide\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Toni Primorac\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.primorac-legal.hr\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/a32ba3e87f42d3d8a4dcbc394cf4656a\"},\"headline\":\"(English) Croatian citizenship by descent: who qualifies under Articles 11 and 16, which documents you need, how long it takes \u2014 and what to do when the decision is delayed\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-09-12T23:25:58+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-09-13T13:59:33+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.primorac-legal.hr\\\/croatian-citizenship-by-descent-articles-11-and-16-guide\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":8143,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.primorac-legal.hr\\\/croatian-citizenship-by-descent-articles-11-and-16-guide\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.primorac-legal.hr\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/kad-mup-suti-dozvole-za-boravak-i-rad.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Droit administratif\"],\"inLanguage\":\"fr-FR\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.primorac-legal.hr\\\/fr\\\/croatian-citizenship-by-descent-articles-11-and-16-guide\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.primorac-legal.hr\\\/fr\\\/croatian-citizenship-by-descent-articles-11-and-16-guide\\\/\",\"name\":\"(English) Croatian Citizenship by Descent: Eligibility, Documents, Delays | Primorac Legal\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.primorac-legal.hr\\\/fr\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.primorac-legal.hr\\\/fr\\\/croatian-citizenship-by-descent-articles-11-and-16-guide\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.primorac-legal.hr\\\/croatian-citizenship-by-descent-articles-11-and-16-guide\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.primorac-legal.hr\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/kad-mup-suti-dozvole-za-boravak-i-rad.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-09-12T23:25:58+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-09-13T13:59:33+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.primorac-legal.hr\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/a32ba3e87f42d3d8a4dcbc394cf4656a\"},\"description\":\"(English) Croatian citizenship by descent (Articles 11 & 16): who qualifies, documents, consulate filing, timelines \u2014 and legal remedies when the Ministry delays. Guide by a Croatian attorney.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.primorac-legal.hr\\\/fr\\\/croatian-citizenship-by-descent-articles-11-and-16-guide\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"fr-FR\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.primorac-legal.hr\\\/fr\\\/croatian-citizenship-by-descent-articles-11-and-16-guide\\\/\"]]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"fr-FR\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.primorac-legal.hr\\\/fr\\\/croatian-citizenship-by-descent-articles-11-and-16-guide\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.primorac-legal.hr\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/kad-mup-suti-dozvole-za-boravak-i-rad.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.primorac-legal.hr\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/kad-mup-suti-dozvole-za-boravak-i-rad.jpg\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":800,\"caption\":\"Putovnica i ukrcajna propusnica \u2014 dozvola za boravak i rad, \u0161utnja uprave MUP\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.primorac-legal.hr\\\/fr\\\/croatian-citizenship-by-descent-articles-11-and-16-guide\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.primorac-legal.hr\\\/fr\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"(English) Croatian citizenship by descent: who qualifies under Articles 11 and 16, which documents you need, how long it takes \u2014 and what to do when the decision is delayed\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.primorac-legal.hr\\\/fr\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.primorac-legal.hr\\\/fr\\\/\",\"name\":\"Cabinet d\u2019avocats Toni Primorac\",\"description\":\"Odvjetnik Toni Primorac - Rijeka\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.primorac-legal.hr\\\/fr\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"fr-FR\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.primorac-legal.hr\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/a32ba3e87f42d3d8a4dcbc394cf4656a\",\"name\":\"Toni Primorac\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"fr-FR\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.primorac-legal.hr\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/08\\\/cropped-odvjetnik-toni-primorac-rijeka-96x96.jpg\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.primorac-legal.hr\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/08\\\/cropped-odvjetnik-toni-primorac-rijeka-96x96.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.primorac-legal.hr\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/08\\\/cropped-odvjetnik-toni-primorac-rijeka-96x96.jpg\",\"caption\":\"Toni Primorac\"},\"description\":\"L'avocat Toni Primorac dirige le Cabinet d'avocats Toni Primorac \u00e9tabli \u00e0 Rijeka, avec un accent particulier sur les march\u00e9s publics, le droit du travail, le droit des contrats et le conseil aux soci\u00e9t\u00e9s et aux organismes publics. Le cabinet accompagne les pouvoirs adjudicateurs et les op\u00e9rateurs \u00e9conomiques \u00e0 toutes les \u00e9tapes des proc\u00e9dures de passation \u2014 de la r\u00e9daction des documents et des actes g\u00e9n\u00e9raux \u00e0 la repr\u00e9sentation dans les proc\u00e9dures de recours devant la Commission d'\u00c9tat (DKOM) et dans les contentieux administratifs.\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.primorac-legal.hr\\\/\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.primorac-legal.hr\\\/fr\\\/author\\\/toni-primorac\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"(English) Croatian Citizenship by Descent: Eligibility, Documents, Delays | Primorac Legal","description":"(English) Croatian citizenship by descent (Articles 11 & 16): who qualifies, documents, consulate filing, timelines \u2014 and legal remedies when the Ministry delays. Guide by a Croatian attorney.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.primorac-legal.hr\/fr\/croatian-citizenship-by-descent-articles-11-and-16-guide\/","og_locale":"fr_FR","og_type":"article","og_title":"(English) Croatian Citizenship by Descent: Eligibility, Documents, Delays | Primorac Legal","og_description":"(English) Croatian citizenship by descent (Articles 11 & 16): who qualifies, documents, consulate filing, timelines \u2014 and legal remedies when the Ministry delays. Guide by a Croatian attorney.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.primorac-legal.hr\/fr\/croatian-citizenship-by-descent-articles-11-and-16-guide\/","og_site_name":"Cabinet d\u2019avocats Toni Primorac","article_published_time":"2026-09-12T23:25:58+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-09-13T13:59:33+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":800,"url":"https:\/\/www.primorac-legal.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/kad-mup-suti-dozvole-za-boravak-i-rad.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Toni Primorac","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"\u00c9crit par":"Toni Primorac","Dur\u00e9e de lecture estim\u00e9e":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.primorac-legal.hr\/croatian-citizenship-by-descent-articles-11-and-16-guide\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.primorac-legal.hr\/croatian-citizenship-by-descent-articles-11-and-16-guide\/"},"author":{"name":"Toni Primorac","@id":"https:\/\/www.primorac-legal.hr\/#\/schema\/person\/a32ba3e87f42d3d8a4dcbc394cf4656a"},"headline":"(English) Croatian citizenship by descent: who qualifies under Articles 11 and 16, which documents you need, how long it takes \u2014 and what to do when the decision is delayed","datePublished":"2026-09-12T23:25:58+00:00","dateModified":"2026-09-13T13:59:33+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.primorac-legal.hr\/croatian-citizenship-by-descent-articles-11-and-16-guide\/"},"wordCount":8143,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.primorac-legal.hr\/croatian-citizenship-by-descent-articles-11-and-16-guide\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.primorac-legal.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/kad-mup-suti-dozvole-za-boravak-i-rad.jpg","articleSection":["Droit administratif"],"inLanguage":"fr-FR"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.primorac-legal.hr\/fr\/croatian-citizenship-by-descent-articles-11-and-16-guide\/","url":"https:\/\/www.primorac-legal.hr\/fr\/croatian-citizenship-by-descent-articles-11-and-16-guide\/","name":"(English) Croatian Citizenship by Descent: Eligibility, Documents, Delays | Primorac Legal","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.primorac-legal.hr\/fr\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.primorac-legal.hr\/fr\/croatian-citizenship-by-descent-articles-11-and-16-guide\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.primorac-legal.hr\/croatian-citizenship-by-descent-articles-11-and-16-guide\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.primorac-legal.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/kad-mup-suti-dozvole-za-boravak-i-rad.jpg","datePublished":"2026-09-12T23:25:58+00:00","dateModified":"2026-09-13T13:59:33+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.primorac-legal.hr\/#\/schema\/person\/a32ba3e87f42d3d8a4dcbc394cf4656a"},"description":"(English) Croatian citizenship by descent (Articles 11 & 16): who qualifies, documents, consulate filing, timelines \u2014 and legal remedies when the Ministry delays. Guide by a Croatian attorney.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.primorac-legal.hr\/fr\/croatian-citizenship-by-descent-articles-11-and-16-guide\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"fr-FR","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":[["https:\/\/www.primorac-legal.hr\/fr\/croatian-citizenship-by-descent-articles-11-and-16-guide\/"]]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"fr-FR","@id":"https:\/\/www.primorac-legal.hr\/fr\/croatian-citizenship-by-descent-articles-11-and-16-guide\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.primorac-legal.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/kad-mup-suti-dozvole-za-boravak-i-rad.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.primorac-legal.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/kad-mup-suti-dozvole-za-boravak-i-rad.jpg","width":1200,"height":800,"caption":"Putovnica i ukrcajna propusnica \u2014 dozvola za boravak i rad, \u0161utnja uprave MUP"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.primorac-legal.hr\/fr\/croatian-citizenship-by-descent-articles-11-and-16-guide\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.primorac-legal.hr\/fr\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"(English) Croatian citizenship by descent: who qualifies under Articles 11 and 16, which documents you need, how long it takes \u2014 and what to do when the decision is delayed"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.primorac-legal.hr\/fr\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.primorac-legal.hr\/fr\/","name":"Cabinet d\u2019avocats Toni Primorac","description":"Odvjetnik Toni Primorac - Rijeka","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.primorac-legal.hr\/fr\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"fr-FR"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.primorac-legal.hr\/#\/schema\/person\/a32ba3e87f42d3d8a4dcbc394cf4656a","name":"Toni Primorac","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"fr-FR","@id":"https:\/\/www.primorac-legal.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/cropped-odvjetnik-toni-primorac-rijeka-96x96.jpg","url":"https:\/\/www.primorac-legal.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/cropped-odvjetnik-toni-primorac-rijeka-96x96.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.primorac-legal.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/cropped-odvjetnik-toni-primorac-rijeka-96x96.jpg","caption":"Toni Primorac"},"description":"L'avocat Toni Primorac dirige le Cabinet d'avocats Toni Primorac \u00e9tabli \u00e0 Rijeka, avec un accent particulier sur les march\u00e9s publics, le droit du travail, le droit des contrats et le conseil aux soci\u00e9t\u00e9s et aux organismes publics. Le cabinet accompagne les pouvoirs adjudicateurs et les op\u00e9rateurs \u00e9conomiques \u00e0 toutes les \u00e9tapes des proc\u00e9dures de passation \u2014 de la r\u00e9daction des documents et des actes g\u00e9n\u00e9raux \u00e0 la repr\u00e9sentation dans les proc\u00e9dures de recours devant la Commission d'\u00c9tat (DKOM) et dans les contentieux administratifs.","sameAs":["https:\/\/www.primorac-legal.hr\/"],"url":"https:\/\/www.primorac-legal.hr\/fr\/author\/toni-primorac\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.primorac-legal.hr\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2471","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.primorac-legal.hr\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.primorac-legal.hr\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.primorac-legal.hr\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.primorac-legal.hr\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2471"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.primorac-legal.hr\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2471\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.primorac-legal.hr\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2405"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.primorac-legal.hr\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2471"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.primorac-legal.hr\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2471"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.primorac-legal.hr\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2471"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}