Dear Sirs,

We wish to inform you that on 1 January 1997 the Ministry of Foreign Affairs took over from the Ministry of Culture the tasks of registering and the removal from the register of permanent foreign correspondents and their bureaus and permanent staff of these bureaus.

In connection with this we have worked out instructions aimed at facilitating the administrative procedure of issuing the necessary licences, in order to make your work and stay in our country as pleasant and effective as possible.

At the moment several types of press cards for foreign correspondents are in use (permanent, three-month etc.). In order to eliminate this diversity, which we believe is in your best interest as well, please apply for your new press card at the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs, in accordance with the Instructions. After the procedure a press card is issued for a period of up to one year.

Please find enclosed an excerpt from the Instructions, regulating the entry into and the removal from the register of permanent foreign correspondents and their bureaus and permanent staff of these bureaus.

We hope that we will succeed in our intentions and thank you for your understanding and cooperation in this matter. We would also like to remind you that the office of the Ministry's spokesperson, responsible for contacts with Croatian and foreign media, is at your disposal during normal working hours.

Enclosure

An application for entering a foreign correspondent or his bureau into the register is filed by the administration of the bureau (correspondents in other countries who often stay in the territory of Croatia for reporting can also be registered as correspondents in Croatia).

The application for registering a bureau of a foreign correspondent tmust contain:

• name and seat of the foreign bureau
• seat of the bureau in Croatia
• name and family name of the authorized person

An application for registering a foreign correspondent must contain:

• name and family name
• date and place of birth
• nationality
• copy of passport (date and place of issue, No.)
• ID - JMBG, if the correspondent is a national of Croatia
• permanent address abroad or address of the media house (if the applicant is a temporary correspondent)
• photograph, via e-mail only (jpg 210*270 pixels)
• short CV
• proof that the applicant is an employee of the bureau or has a work contract

A permanent correspondent must also enclose a proof that he has a place to stay in Croatia. A foreign free-lance correspondent encloses all the abovementioned and a work contract or an international press card instead of a evidence of employment.

Note:
If a foreign correspondent wishes to be entered into the register of foreign correspondents in Croatia, he must have a work visa to enter Croatia.

Forms:

• The application for registering a bureau of a foreign correspondent
• An application for registering a foreign correspondent