Information on reciprocity in the acquisition of ownership rights in real estate between the Republic of Croatia and countries other than EU Member States, Republic of Iceland, Principality of Liechtenstein, Kingdom of Norway or Swiss Confederation
Country | Reciprocity |
Republic of Albania | Reciprocity requirements met if the value of investment is 3 times bigger than the price of land. One cannot buy cultural goods, national parks, natural reserves, museums, land with special ecological value, military facilities, forests or agricultural land. |
Antigua and Barbuda | Verification underway (notification by competent authority pending) |
Republic of Armenia | Verification underway (notification by competent authority pending) |
People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria | Verification underway (notification by competent authority pending) |
Argentina | Reciprocity requirements met |
Australia | Reciprocity requirements met under the condition of permanent or long-term residence in Croatia |
Republic of Azerbaijan | No reciprocity, foreign natural and legal persons may use real estate in the Republic of Azerbaijan based on a lease agreement only. |
Islamic Republic of Afghanistan | No reciprocity |
Kingdom of Bahrain | Verification underway (notification by competent authority pending) |
Belarus | Reciprocity requirements met for the acquisition of residential buildings, apartments and other residential facilities, while land can only be acquired by inheritance. |
People's Republic of Bangladesh | Verification underway (notification by competent authority pending) |
Bosnia and Herzegovina Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Full reciprocity (no restrictions) |
Bosnia and Herzegovina Republika Srpska |
Full reciprocity (no restrictions) |
Bosnia and Herzegovina Brčko District |
Reciprocity requirements met: - for natural persons provided they have permanent or long-term residence in Croatia or perform a permitted economic activity - for legal persons provided they perform an economic activity in Croatia |
Federative Republic of Brazil | Reciprocity requirements met |
British Virgin Islands | Verification underway (notification by competent authority pending) |
Brunei Darussalam | Reciprocity requirements met |
Republic of Cameroon | Reciprocity requirements met under the condition that the real estate is not in a border area and the surface does not exceed 10,000 m2 (1 ha) |
Canada |
Verification underway (notification by competent authority pending)
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Republic of Chile | Reciprocity requirements met (there is a restriction with regard to real estate seen as a common good and owned by the state) |
People’s Republic of China Hong Kong |
Subsidiaries and branch offices established by the legal persons of the People’s Republic of China and their citizens who worked or studied in Croatia for over a year may buy commercial real property to use themselves or to live in in accordance with their real needs. Reciprocity requirements met |
Republic of China on Taiwan | No reciprocity |
Republic of Columbia | Reciprocity requirements met |
Democratic Republic of Congo | Reciprocity requirements met |
Republic of Costa Rica | Verification underway (notification by competent authority pending) |
Commonwealth of Dominica | No reciprocity |
Arab Republic of Egypt | Reciprocity requirements met under the following conditions: 1. maximum of two real estates across the Republic; 2. surface of undeveloped land must not exceed 4,000 m2; 3. purpose of ownership should be habitation of the foreign person and their family or activity for which approval by competent authorities was obtained. |
Republic of Ecuador | Reciprocity requirements met |
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia | Verification underway (notification by competent authority pending) |
Georgia | Verification underway (notification by competent authority pending) |
Republic of Ghana | Verification underway (notification by competent authority pending) |
Republic of India | No reciprocity |
Republic of Indonesia | Verification underway (additional clarification by competent authority pending) |
Republic of Iraq | No reciprocity |
Islamic Republic of Iran | No reciprocity |
Israel | Reciprocity requirements met: - for private property - without limitation - for state-owned property - subject to prior permission by the competent Israeli authority |
Japan | Reciprocity requirements met |
Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan | Reciprocity requirements met (for real estate intended for residential purposes or facilities for the performance of an economic activity), except for land and other real estate in non-urbanised areas. |
Republic of Kazakhstan | Reciprocity requirements met |
Republic of Kenya | Reciprocity requirements met |
Republic of Korea | Reciprocity requirements met |
Republic of Kosovo | Reciprocity requirements met |
State of Kuwait | No reciprocity |
Lebanese Republic | Reciprocity requirements met |
Malesia | Reciprocity requirements met if the value of real estate is at least 55,000 USD. - a legal person can only acquire real estate for business purposes, i.e. the real estate must serve for the performance of an economic activity |
Republic of Mauritius | Verification underway (notification by competent authority pending) |
Republic of Moldova | Reciprocity requirements met, with the exception of forests and agricultural land |
Principality of Monaco | Verification underway (notification by competent authority pending) |
Montenegro | Reciprocity requirements met |
Kingdom of Morocco | Reciprocity requirements met |
New Zealand | Reciprocity principle applicable for real estate not exceeding the value of 10 million New Zealand dollar or the surface of 5 ha (otherwise, acquisition is possible subject to fulfilment of legally stipulated requirements) |
Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal | No reciprocity |
Federal Republic of Nigeria | Verification underway (notification by competent authority pending) |
Republic of North Macedonia | Reciprocity requirements met |
Republic of Pakistan | Reciprocity requirements met |
Republic of Panama | Reciprocity requirements met, limited by the impossibility to acquire real estate located less than 10 km from the state border. |
Republic of Paraguay | Reciprocity requirements met |
Republic of Peru | Reciprocity requirements met, except for areas within 50 km of the state border where mines, soil, forests, water resources, energy products and sources are located. |
Republic of Philippines | Verification underway (clarification by competent authority pending) |
State of Qatar | Reciprocity requirements met to natural persons for residential real estate, and to legal persons under the condition they have a partner from Croatia with a 51% share of ownership of any business. |
Russian Federation | Reciprocity requirements met |
Saint Christopher and Nevis | Reciprocity requirements met |
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia | Reciprocity requirements met under the following conditions: - for natural persons, a permanent or long-term residence in Croatia, and that the real estate is bought for the purpose of habitation - for natural and legal persons engaged in economic activities (sole proprietorships or companies), the real estate must serve business purposes - for the purchase of an apartment building or construction land suitable for the construction of an apartment building for the purpose of sales or lease, the overall price of land and construction costs must not be under 50,226,000 HRK (30,000,000 SAR) |
Republic of Serbia | Reciprocity requirements met |
Republic of Singapore | Verification underway (notification by competent authority pending) |
Republic of South Africa | Reciprocity requirements met |
Syrian Arab Republic | Verification underway (notification by competent authority pending) |
Kingdom of Thailand | Verification underway (notification by competent authority pending) |
Togolese Republic | Reciprocity requirements met |
Republic of Tunisia | Verification underway (notification by competent authority pending) |
Republic of Turkey | Reciprocity requirements met |
Ukraine | Reciprocity requirements met |
USA | Reciprocity requirements met for the following states: Alabama, Arizona, Alaska, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Yersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming; whereas permanent or long-term residence is a requirement in the following states: Arkansas, Hawaii, Kentucky, Minnesota, Mississippi, New Hampshire, Oklahoma and Vermont. |
United Arab Emirates | Verification underway (notification by competent authority pending) |
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | Reciprocity requirements met |
United Mexican States | Verification underway (notification by competent authority pending) |
Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela | Verification underway (notification by competent authority pending) |