Croatian identity card

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Croatian identity card (Croatian: Osobna iskaznica) is a compulsory identity document issued in Croatia. Every Croatian citizen who is resident in Croatia over the age of 14 can have ID card, and all persons over the age of 16 must have an Identity Card issued by the police on behalf of the Ministry of Interior.^[1]

1 Physical appearance
- 1.1 Printed data
2 Fines
3 International travel
4 References
5 See also
6 External links

[edit] Physical appearance

Similar to a credit card, the identity card is plastic and rectangular in shape, 86 × 54 millimeters in size. On the left side is a hologram, on the right side is the photograph of the bearer. On the top edge of the card, the name of Republic of Croatia available in two languages, Croatian and English (REPUBLIKA HRVATSKA / REPUBLIC OF CROATIA), below the name of the card is available in the same two languages (OSOBNA ISKAZNICA / IDENTITY CARD).[1]

[edit] Printed data

The descriptions of the fields are printed in Croatian and English.

Front size:
- Surname
- Name
- Sex
- Identity Card Number
- Citizenship
- Signature
- Date of birth
- Date of expire

Back side:
- Residence and address
- Issued by
- Date of issue
- Machine-readable data

[edit] Fines

Persons over the age of 16, and who do not have a valid ID, can pay a fine from 1,500 up to 2,500 kuna. Failure to show a valid ID to a police officer in a public place can result a fine of 100 kuna.^[2]

[edit] International travel

The card can be used for traveling to and staying in countries that have special agreements with Croatian Government without the need for a passport. Croatian citizens are allowed to cross the border with ID card only (passport not obligatory): Bosnia and Herzegovina^[3], Hungary, Italy, Montenegro^[4], San Marino, Slovenia, and Vatican City.

For crossing the Schengen border into Hungary, Italy (also in San Marino and Vatican City) or Slovenia with an ID card and an evidention card that is issued by Croatian police at border exit control. Police authorities of Hungary, Italy or Slovenia will then stamp the evidention card both on entry and on exit. Croatian citizens, however, are not allowed to enter any other Schengen agreement countries without a valid passport and entry stamp, though they are allowed to travel between Hungary, Italy and Slovenia.^[5]