Acquisition of Croatian citizenship on the basis of belonging to the Croatian nation is one of the legal grounds for obtaining Croatian citizenship by naturalization, governed by Article 16 of the Croatian Citizenship Act (Official Gazette nos. 53/91, 70/91, 28/92, 113/93, 4/94, 130/11, 110/15, 102/19, 138/21; hereinafter: CCA).
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The amendments to the Croatian Citizenship Act (Official Gazette nos. 53/91, 70/91, 28/92, 113/93, 4/94, 130/11, 110/15, 102/19, 138/21; hereinafter: CCA) that entered into force on 1 January 2020 materially clarified the institution of acquisition of citizenship on the basis of emigration and descent from emigrants.


