Embassy of Belgium in Croatia

Belgium in Croatia

Welcome to our website

 

 

Are you a Belgian who has recently moved to Croatia or Bosnia-Herzegovina and would like to register at the Embassy in Zagreb? Did you lose your passport while you were travelling through Croatia or BiH as a tourist? Do you need to request a visa in order to travel to Belgium? Then you’ve come to the right address.

This website will keep you up to date on consular matters that are specifically applicable to Belgians in Croatia and in Bosnia Herzegovina, current events in Belgian foreign policy and other useful information or events.

 

LOST OR STOLEN DOCUMENT 

If you are a Belgian citizen who is currently travelling in Croatia and your identity document is stolen or lost, please call our embassy in case you are in Zagreb or in its surroundings or contact one of our Honorary Consulates according to your location in Croatia. 

 

INFORMATION REGARDING ACTIVE COVID-19 MEASURES IN BELGIUM AND CROATIA

COVID-19 - Travel to Belgium

COVID-19 - Travel to Croatia

 

IMPORTANT GENERAL INFORMATION FOR BELGIANS TRAVELLING TO CROATIA

- Since 1st January 2023, Croatia is member of the Schengen area. Therefore, border control at borders between Croatia and Slovenia and between Croatia and Hungary are abolished as well as the border control at the airports for travel within the Schengen zone.

However Belgian travellers (adults and children) should always carry a valid travel document (passport or id-card) to travel in Croatia.

 - Belgian tourists are encouraged to register themselves on the following website before travelling: www.travellersonline.diplomatie.be.

- Attention : Belgians who reported a lost ID before travelling but, in the meanwhile, found it again, are recommended to apply for a new ID because the old one may stay signalled as ‘lost’ and you could find yourself blocked at the border.

- In case you’ve forgotten or lost your travel document (or it was stolen) and you are on Slovenian territory (including on the Croatian border but still on Slovenian territory), please contact our honorary consulat in Ljubljana or Embassy in Vienna.

- In case you’ve forgotten or lost your travel document (or it was stolen) and you are on Croatian territory, please contact the Embassy in Zagreb or one of our Honorary consuls according to your location in Croatia.

- Since 1st January 2023, the Euro is the national currency in Croatia.

- There is free movement of goods within the EU, including in Croatia.

- If you travel with pets (dogs, cats or ferrets), European Union legislation is also valid in Croatia: your pet should be micro-chipped and have a valid European Pet Passport. 

 

 

News

27 May

On Friday May 26th, a diplomatic conference gathering 70 States in Ljubljana (Slovenia) adopted an historic agreement for a new multilateral treaty on mutual legal assistance and extradition for the prosecution of the most serious international crimes before national jurisdictions.

24 May

After the severe floods, Italy made an international appeal for emergency assistance through the European Civil Protection Mechanism (UCPM), which coordinates the response to natural and man-made disasters at EU level.

24 May

On Wednesday, the official delegation will leave Dakar to visit, among others, new investment projects in Bandia and Diamniadio by Belgian companies with a long-standing presence in Senegal.

23 May

From 21 to 25 May, Her Royal Highness Princess Astrid of Belgium, representing His Majesty the King, is leading an economic mission to Senegal. The programme for Monday and Tuesday takes place in the capital, Dakar, where a series of B2B meetings and sectoral workshops, a visit to the Port of Dakar and meetings with the authorities are planned to explore new investment and business opportunities between Belgium and Senegal.

21 May

From 21 to 25 May, Her Royal Highness Princess Astrid of Belgium, representing His Majesty the King, will lead an economic mission to the Republic of Senegal.