As Poslovni Dnevnik writes, let’s say you asked for some new Croatian documents such as a new ID card from MUP but you didn’t have time to pick it up or you simply forgot about it – don’t worry. Your new or updated Croatian documents still at the police station, due to the situation caused by COVID-19, all Croatian documents whose pick up deadline fell on March the 11th, 2020, or will fall during the duration of the coronavirus pandemic (so until the end of the pandemic is declared), can be picked up from MUP with no issue for a maximum of 30 days from the day the end of the coronavirus pandemic is announced.
According to the provisions of the Law on Identity Cards, it is prescribed that a person is obliged to come and pick up their new identity card within the following 90 days from the expiry of the deadline for its issuance, which is 30 days in the regular procedure, 10 days in the accelerated procedure and three working days in the urgent procedure. If the person doesn’t pick up their new identity card within the specified period, the competent police department or station will terminate it – MUP replied to Vecernji list. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, different rules currently apply.
When it comes to Croatian documents such as driver’s licenses, it is stipulated that a driving license that the driver fails to collect within the next 90 days from the date of expiry of the deadline prescribed (30 days in the regular procedure, three working days in the accelerated procedure and 24 hours in the urgent procedure) becomes invalid, and the competent police department or station will also terminate it.
”Due to the situation caused by the coronavirus pandemic, the amendments to the Law on Identity Cards and the Law on Road Traffic Safety have seen the deadline for people to come and collect their identity cards and driving licenses extended,” they stated from the Ministry of the Interior (MUP), noting the aforementioned information above regarding March the 11th, 2020.
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