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Viewing cable 06ZAGREB176, Croatian B1-B2 Visa Reciprocity Embassy Zagreb

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
06ZAGREB176 2006-02-10 13:59 2011-08-25 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Embassy Zagreb
VZCZCXYZ0010
RR RUEHWEB

DE RUEHVB #0176 0411359
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
R 101359Z FEB 06
FM AMEMBASSY ZAGREB
TO SECSTATE WASHDC 5683
UNCLAS ZAGREB 000176 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SENSITIVE 
 
DEPT FOR CA/VO/F/P  A. Rathweg and C. Kagarise, 
EUR/SCE  Brad Bell, and DS/IP/EUR 
 
E.O. 12958:N/A 
TAGS: CVIS PREL ASEC HR
SUBJECT:  Croatian B1-B2 Visa Reciprocity  Embassy Zagreb 
Recommends Increase to 120 months 
 
REF. (A) Zagreb 146 (B) Zagreb 129  (C) Zagreb 132 
 
Sensitive but unclassified; please handle accordingly. 
 
1.  See action request, paragraph eight. 
 
2.  (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Zagreb proposes increasing the 
current B1/B2 reciprocity of 60 months to 120 months for 
Croatian citizens.   Post bases its recommendation on the 
steadily improving economy, post's low refusal rate (just over 
four percent) for Croatian B1/B2 applicants, and the positive 
results of our last two B1/B2 validation studies.  As part of 
preparations for its future goal of EU and NATO membership, the 
 the 
GOC is showing steady progress in implementing necessary reforms 
on all fronts; and with the delivery of indicted war criminal, 
General Ante Gotovina, to the international war crimes tribunal 
at the Hague, post sees no major political obstacles to 
expanding visa reciprocity for Croatia at this time.  With its 
consular workload growing in other areas, post would welcome the 
reduction in nonimmigrant workload that an increase in visa 
reciprocity would yield.  Post RSO has been consulted and 
concurs in this recommendation.  END SUMMARY. 
 
3.  (U) Croatian B/B2 visa applicants currently receive a 
maximum of 60 months visa validity and post's consular officers 
issue maximum validity in the majority of cases.  Croatia's 
economy is steadily improving and unemployment is slowly, but 
steadily declining as the GOC implements wide-ranging economic 
reforms in preparation for joining the European Union.  Croatia 
officially opened accession talks with the EU in October 2005, 
but reforms in all sectors of society have been well underway 
for the past few years, with significant progress more evident 
since the change of government in December 2003. 
 
4. (U) The improvement in the economy has been reflected in 
Embassy Zagreb's declining adjusted refusal rate for Croatian 
B1/B2 applicants, which has remained at just over four percent 
for the last two fiscal years.  What's more, NIV line officers' 
decisions to issue more B1/B2 visas have been validated by our 
last two B1/B2 validation studies.  The latest study, (Ref B) in 
which 100% of the applicants were contacted, resulted in an 
overstay rate of only one percent, or three people out of the 
373 applicants called. 
 
5.  (SBU) In addition to the concrete economic improvements and 
the evidence that Croatian travelers are not overstaying their 
visas in large numbers, Embassy Zagreb also believes that the 
political timing is right for an increase in visa reciprocity 
(see Ref A).  For the past four years, the failure of the GOC to 
locate and deliver a prominent Croatian general to face war 
crimes charges at the International Criminal Tribunal for the 
former Yugoslavia in the Hague, has bedeviled Croatia's 
relations with the U.S., as well as with members of the E.U.  In 
light of the GOC's intensified cooperation with the Hague, 
culminating in the December 2005 capture of Gotovina and his 
delivery to the war crimes tribunal, we see no major political 
obstacle to expanding visa reciprocity with Croatia. 
 
6.  (SBU) As reported in Ref C, Embassy Zagreb's immigrant visa 
and American citizens consular workload is on the rise due to 
increased immigration of immediate relatives of Bosnian 
refugees, now U.S. citizens, in the United States, and to the 
rising popularity of Croatia as a "trend" destination for 
American tourists.  The goal of handling our growing workload 
while maintaining high standards of customer service, public 
outreach, and management controls, will be harder to achieve in 
the future with our three-officer consular section.  Given the 
improving economy, the low refusal rate and positive validation 
study results, it makes good management sense to expand 
Croatia's B1/B2 reciprocity to 120 months. 
 
7.  (U) American citizens may travel to Croatia for tourism or 
business trips without a visa for a three-month period within a 
six-month period. 
 
8.  (SBU) ACTION REQUEST:  Post would appreciate favorable 
consideration of our proposal to increase visa reciprocity.  It 
notes as well that A/S Harty's early March visit to Zagreb would 
be an excellent opportunity to announce such a change. 
 
FRANK