I help descendants of Croatian and Dalmatian emigrants in New Zealand and Australia prove their eligibility and claim Croatian citizenship by descent — guided by someone who actually grew up Croatian.
Citizenship by descent runs through Article 11 of the Croatian Citizenship Act. Here's the shape of the process.
We map what you know about your ancestor's story and check it against the Article 11 eligibility rules — honestly, before you spend real money.
We identify and help retrieve the records that prove your ancestor's Croatian origin and emigration — birth, marriage, parish, and civil records.
Documents are translated, apostilled, and organized into a complete, correctly formatted application package.
Your application is lodged through the consulate or matični ured, with a partner Croatian lawyer reviewing anything that requires licensed legal sign-off.
Start small and low-risk, or go all in on the full story of your family's journey.
I grew up in Croatia and hold a business economics background, but this business started from something simpler: watching how many people in New Zealand and Australia carry a Croatian surname and a family story, without knowing that Croatia — an EU and Schengen country — is actively waiting for them to come claim it.
I'm not a lawyer, and I won't pretend to be one. For anything that legally requires a licensed practitioner, I work alongside a partner Croatian lawyer. What I bring is the language, the culture, the patience for bureaucracy most people don't have time for — and I only take cases I believe I can genuinely help.
I'm opening a limited number of free eligibility reviews for members of New Zealand and Australian Croatian community organizations, in exchange for honest feedback on the process.
Apply for the free reviewA couple of sentences is enough to start — what you know about your Croatian ancestor, and where they settled.