I’m also an Aussie-Croatian who moved back to Split 5 years ago. If anybody is interested in some casual teaching work, i’m looking for a native English speaker for our school in Split. You can email me: split@inicijativa.biz

hope that would be of help to someone

In relation to resident visa, i would advise you to contact your embassey and MUP in Zagreb, to get confirmtion from them, as far as i know what you write is correct, but i am normally not involved in that process, so i am really not the expert.

Rergarding school, if you have all the papers done your kids should be able to attend public school like mine, school is partly free (books and other materials you have to pay your selves, whcih goes for all.) Local healt insuarance which is obligatory is about 400 kuna a person / month.

Regards, Morten

We are South Africans relocating to Croatia. We have a business registered in Croatia and will buy real estate. As owners’ of Croatian property we will have a temporary resident visa. As we understand, the temporary visa can be renewed yearly and one can apply for permanent residency after 5 years? Can you confirm if that is correct?
Also, can you advise us about schooling – will our children be able to go to any local school / university and will they qualify for free education?
We also need to know about health insurance. Can you make use of the national health system and what are the costs involved?

Thanks

Peter

My name is Sheila Pearson, I am from the United States and looking for a job in Croatia (I see that may prove difficult). My boyfriend will be doing a 3 year research project at the University of Split and I am looking to join him for his time there. I am a physical therapist in the states (working primarily in pediatrics (with kids with disabilities)). I am trying to figure out if my skills could be useful at all. My boyfriend will be making good money, that is not a huge issue for me – But I am guessing the government wont let me stay if I dont have a good reason to stay there (like a job). Any ideas you have for me?

Sheila Pearson
You can send me a direct email at pear0294@umn.edu

I can only think of two options,

1. Work online, for companies from UK, you could make sell travel stories or similar to some magazines? do you know the the textbroker service? check that out.
2. Find out if it possible to become a guide for one of the bigger UK travel agencies, that would at least give you job from April to October.

Be aware it is not easy to get staying and working permit, actually it is very difficult.

I came across your website today and enjoyed reading about other people’s projects/experiences/questions about living in Croatia. I live in England and have taught Geography in a secondary school for 5 years. Having met my boyfriend in Trogir, visited many times in the past year, I am really interested in living there for a year – 2011-12. However, I’m having trouble finding a job. I would love to teach English in a language school, but there doesn’t seem to be that many in Split. I’m planning on sending my CV to the schools I’ve researched however, I’m quite worried because I’m not Croatian so it’s unlikely I will be chosen over a native Croatian.

Do you have any advice about what I should do? How could I move to Croatia? Would it even be possible?

Regards,
Hannah

to my knowledge there is only and international school in Zagreb, they talked about opening one in Split years ago, but i am not sure if they every did, but be aware that job situation is not good here, especially if you are non Croatian.

Best, Morten

I came across your website today and was excited to read about everyone’s experiences. I am an American with Croatian heritage and have taken 5 trips to Croatia during our summers. I have two children (ages 7 and 10) and we are often looking for opportunities to come to live there for a year (maybe more). We have looking into the American International School of Zagreb and the timing has to be perfect for us and a job there. We both teach. My wife also has her educational administration degree. She has a math degree and I have social/history/math. Are there opportunities in other cities such as Split or Dubrovnik, as examples for International schools?

Any direction you could give us would be appreciated.

Thanks.

Joel

Sound like you also have an interesting project going, I check both of your pages, and saw the video about assembling the donut machine, looks like I would even be able to do it!

Meanwhile are kids are 150% integrate have lots of friends in school and in the neighbourhood, so this really is home for us.

In relation to selling your machines, well I really have now Idea how to do, there is a few online sites offering free commercial are don’t know if they could be useful, most of selling we do had been the hard way on the road.

Brgds,

Morten

I have just stumbled accross your website and am finding it very interesting reading. We are originally from the UK but now live in Slovenija. We came here with two children 6 long years ago but now have four! It must be something in the water.

I’m particularly interested in your experiences as your kids seem to be a similar age to ours so you have also gone through the whole soul-searching process of “are we doing the right thing?” especially when it comes to kindergarten and schooling.

Anyway, after attempting various business ventures here we have now somehow settled down into selling mini-donut machines of all things. Who would have thought back in London 6 years ago that I would end up living in Slovenija selling mini-donut machines of all things?!

Thankfully business is going Ok but we are desperate to break in to the Croatian market. The whole coastal region is a huge potential market for us. We’ve sold a couple of machines in Zagreb and Varazdin and one down in Dalmatia but we would like to be doing more. We’ve also sold machines in Denmark!

The machines really are fantastic, you can see more information at http://www.donut-machine.com and in a tourist area can make the user a fortune. We also supply the dry donut mix and serving cartons and even kiosks to sell the donuts from. It’s a great low start-up cost business for any ex-pats who are struggling for something to do and also for anyone living in a busy area. Low investment, high return.

Anyway, I wonder if you would know the best places to advertise our machines, internet based forums or trade magazines? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

We also have holiday cottage for rental if you are ever up this way, very family friendly. You can see it at our other website http://www.sloveniaforfamilies.com. There is also lots of background information about us and our life in Slovenija if you are interested.

I hope to hear from you soon. I would also like to take this oppurtunity to wish you and your family the very best for the future.

Regards,

Ian