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Getting Your Firearms Permit for Croatia
Last Updated:
March 5, 2026
Permit Price
£80
Processing Time
At border on arrival, or advance via Croatian Consulate
Authority
Croatian Consulate London or Border Police
Difficulty
Straightforward
Best Hunting Months
Boar Oct–Feb, red deer Sep–Oct (rut), roe deer May–Sep

Tristan Dummer

Founder

Croatia is an emerging European hunting destination, offering wild boar drives, red deer and roe deer stalking, brown bear, and mouflon across varied terrain from the Dinaric Alps to the Pannonian lowlands. As a third-country national post-Brexit, UK hunters face a relatively straightforward entry process — firearms data is recorded in your travel document and the process can be handled either in advance through the Croatian Consulate or at the border on arrival. No UK export paperwork is required for temporarily travelling with your own firearms.

Step 1: Confirm Your Hunt and Obtain an Invitation Letter

Confirm your hunt dates, location, and accommodation with your Croatian outfitter. A formal letter of invitation confirming the details of your hunt is required documentation for the permit process.

Step 2: Advance Application or Border Process

UK hunters may either apply in advance through the Croatian Consulate in London for pre-authorisation, or receive authorisation from Croatian border police on arrival — with all firearms and ammunition details entered directly into your travel document (passport). The border procedure requires that your home country (UK) has authorised you to carry the firearms in question, evidenced by your UK Firearm Certificate. The authorisation is annulled upon exit from Croatia. Check with your outfitter and the Croatian Consulate which approach is most appropriate for your entry route.

Step 3: What to Carry

Have your UK Firearm Certificate, outfitter invitation letter, and full travel documentation readily accessible at all times. Declare all firearms and ammunition at the point of entry and do not proceed without completing border formalities.

Step 4: Comply with Croatian Hunting Regulations

Hunting in Croatia is administered by the Hrvatski Lovački Savez (Croatian Hunting Federation) and the Ministry of Agriculture. Your outfitter holds the concession and required permits. Official information is available at gov.hr.

We can manage your application for you

We handle the forms in collaboration with the authorities to make sure everything is in your hands or on your phone before you fly.

Frequently Asked Questions

Some hunting and sporting competition shoots ask outfitters and hosts to organise their guests temporary firearms permits. Your outfitter will be able to do this on your behalf through the Ambulo platform or you can do it yourself.

For outfitters and hosts organising permits for their guests, please contact tristan@ambulo.co to streamline this process.

To amend your application and your permit, before you travel, you need to contact us at least 14 days before your departure date. If you need to make amends to your permit, please email tristan@ambulo.co

Generally, you do not need to buy an additional permit for your stopover. However, some countries may require you to buy an additional permit. This is generally on a country by country basis. For example, if you are travelling to Poland, but flying to Germany and driving across, you may have to buy a permit for Germany, depending on the location.

Permit costs vary depending on the country you are travelling to. Once our permits go live you will be able to see a full pricing break down. We have priced this to be roughly the same price as hiring a rifle or shotgun at your final destination. Nothing beats taking your own equipment across!

At the moment, extending the length of your permit duration is not possible. We advise that you ask your host to either add a buffer time frame to the end of your trip in case you would like to stay longer. You can of course come back earlier if needs be but the duration and date of validity for your permit is linked to your arrival and departure dates you set out in your application.

For business and partnerships, please contact tristan@ambulo.co

At the moment, Ambulo only provides permits for the destination you are hunting within. If you are driving to your destination and crossing countries, you will have to follow each countries firearm rules and restrictions. This generally means you will need a permit for each country, if you are driving through Europe, for example.

We do not offer refunds at the moment, but is something we are working on. The reason we do not offer refunds is based on the agreements set by consulates, embassies and police forces of the destination countries.

You can either scan your Firearms License, Passport and letter of invitation through a traditional printer scanner, or use an application like Turbo Scan.

If you are using an app that converts photos into a scanned file, ensure all areas of the pages you scan are clear and legible and are saved as a PDF. For people with a UK firearms license, where your certificate contains multiple pages, ensure all pages are photographed and collated into one PDF.