Croatian Embassy in Podgorica

The Croatian embassy in Podgorica is listed as open Monday to Friday, 09:30–13:30.

Montenegrin citizens do not need a visa for Croatia: stays of up to 90 days are visa-free.

2025 figures: 364 short-stay Schengen visa applications were lodged at Croatia’s embassy in Podgorica, and 307 visas were issued. 49 applications were refused, a refusal rate of 13.8%. That is barely different from 2024 (14.9%). Applications rose by 9% compared with 2024 (334).

Over 2023–2025 the rate ranged from 13.4% (2023) to 14.9% (2024).

Croatia issues Schengen visas at 2 locations in Montenegro; this office handled 42% of their 868 applications in 2025. Refusal rates elsewhere: Kotor 14.4%, which makes Podgorica the lowest of the group. Each office serves the applicants who live in its own consular district, so the rates also reflect who applies where, not only how strictly files are assessed.

Across all Schengen consulates in Montenegro, 9.1% of applications were refused in 2025; Croatia’s rate worldwide was 18.5%. Croatia received the 2nd largest number of applications of the 8 Schengen states represented here.

Almost every visa issued here allows multiple entries. The statistics count applications, not people, and include every nationality that applies here, not only citizens of Montenegro.

The Croatian embassy in Podgorica is the only mission of Croatia in Montenegro on record. Montenegro in turn has an embassy in Zagreb.

About the Croatian embassy in Podgorica

It appears in official lists as Embassy of Croatia in Podgorica.

Address and contact

Address: Vlada Ćetkovića 2, 81000 Podgorica. The record for the Croatian embassy in Podgorica includes a phone number, an e-mail address, a fax number and an official website.

Croatian citizens travelling to Montenegro

Montenegro admits Croatian citizens without a visa for stays of up to 90 days.

When the Croatian embassy in Podgorica is closed

The next closures of the Croatian embassy in Podgorica for public holidays in Montenegro are New Year's Day (Nova godina) on Friday 1 January 2027 and New Year's Day (Nova godina) on Saturday 2 January 2027; it may also close for Remembrance Day (Dan sjećanja na žrtve Domovinskog rata) on Wednesday 18 November 2026.

Before visiting the Croatian embassy in Podgorica

Current procedures for the Croatian embassy in Podgorica, including any appointment system, are on its official website, linked on this page.

Near the Croatian embassy in Podgorica

The Croatian embassy in Podgorica has one other foreign mission within 1 km.