Travel documents of Croatian citizens, identity card and travel or other documents of foreigners essential for their travel abroad are part of the status rights of citizens. They are part referring to the law governing the legal status of an individual. The state administration bodies are obliged to physical and legal entities to provide data, notices and instructions and to provide legal assistance in jobs for which they address the state administration bodies. In this way, they help them to deal with issue which is regulated by the Law on Travel Documents, the Identity Card Law and the Law on Foreign Citizens. This paper deals with precisely this important matter that each individual met when he intended to cross the border. A travel document is a public document proving the identity and nationality of an individual and it is used for traveling abroad.