Croatia Passport/Visa Photo Requirements and Size

A Croatian passport is accessible to obtain as long as you procure the proper documentation. You have to submit a few documents at the issuing authority, together with a completed application form and 2 passport photos.

Photo specs

Required photo size: 45 mm in height and 35 mm in width. The face should occupy about 70-80% of the photo’s surface.

The photo you submit must be in color

Head size and position: keep your head straight to the camera

Recency: must be as recent as 6 months

Background: white

Smile: no

Eyes: must be clearly visible

Your ears should appear in the photo

The picture must not be blurry

Glasses: only acceptable if they do not obstruct your eyes

Headgear: as a rule, no. Exceptions are possible for religious purposes

Dimensions and size (pixels): at least 600 dpi

Attire, clothing, dress code: avoid white clothes

Beard: it is allowed only if it reflects your everyday look

Quantity needed in application: 2

The following needs to be submitted:

ID document (to establish applicants identity and Croatian citizenship, i.e. osobna iskaznica or putovnica)

Passport size photographin color(3,5 x 4,5 cm).Important: Look straight into the camera, do not smile, with white background, face should occupy about 75-80% of the photograph surface

Previous passport (for passport renewals)

US visa,Green Card or US passport

For children, applying for the first time, please include original Birth certificate (no older than six months from date of application), legalized with Apostille Seal and translated into Croatian language (if born in US). Children over age of 12 must be present to sign the application an dfor giving fingerprints to be stored in the chip biometric passports.

For 1st time applicants, who have never had a Croatian passport, except the documents listed above, please submit Domovnica (Croatian citizenship certificate) or Rješenje o primitku u državljanstvo (ruling of the Minister of Interior of the Republic of Croatia that you have received Croatian citizenship), Birth certificate (not older than 6 months, legalized with Apostille Seal and translated into Croatian language).

If an applicant got married abroad and has changed his/her surname, a passport with a new name cannot be issued before the change of the name/surname has been registered in the competent Registry of Birth and the Registry of Marriage in Croatia.