{"id":23474,"date":"2021-10-24T11:53:33","date_gmt":"2021-10-24T09:53:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=23474"},"modified":"2021-10-24T11:55:57","modified_gmt":"2021-10-24T09:55:57","slug":"united-states-lifts-visa-regime-for-croatian-nationals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/united-states-lifts-visa-regime-for-croatian-nationals\/","title":{"rendered":"US lifts visa regime for all Croatian nationals \u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The US embassy in Zagreb announced that as of October 23, all Croatian citizens will be able to travel to US soil visa-free.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat day has come! Congratulations to Croatia for officially joining the Visa Exemption Program,\u201d \u2013 wrote the US ambassador to Croatia on an official social media post.<\/p>\n<p>The decision of the Electronic System of Travel Authorization (ESTA) applies to all Croatian citizens that wish to travel to the US for purposes of business or leisure, for a period no longer than 90 days.<\/p>\n<p>In order for a country to become part of this program, they have to fulfill several criteria in the fields of anti-terror, law enforcement, migration, document safety and border management, says the declaration.<\/p>\n<p>Travel authorizations issued to citizens by the ESTA program are usually valid for up to 2 years. Travelers that have been issued visa types B1\/B2 can now use them to travel to the US.<\/p>\n<p>The United States has yet to lift visa requirements for travelers of three EU member states \u2013 Rumania, Bulgaria and Cyprus.<\/p>\n<p><strong>YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"title-post\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/balkans\/2021\/06\/16\/croatian-chief-of-diplomacy-calls-on-5-eu-member-states-to-recognize-kosovo\/\">Croatian Chief of Diplomacy calls on 5 EU member states to recognize Kosovo<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"title-post\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/kosovo\/2021\/07\/25\/national-day-of-mourning-for-victims-of-accident-osmani-cancels-japan-visit-kurti-heads-to-croatia\/\">National Day of Mourning for victims of accident \u2013 Osmani cancels Japan visit, Kurti heads to Croatia<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"title-post\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/kosovo\/2021\/07\/28\/bodies-of-victims-from-bus-crash-in-croatia-arrive-in-kosovo-today\/\">Bodies of victims from bus crash in Croatia to arrive in Kosovo today<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The US embassy in Zagreb announced that as of October 23, all Croatian citizens will be able to travel to US soil visa-free. \u201cThat day has come! Congratulations to Croatia for officially joining the Visa Exemption Program,\u201d \u2013 wrote the US ambassador to Croatia on an official social media post. 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