Visa policy of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Entry and exit stamps.

Visitors to Bosnia and Herzegovina must obtain a visa from one of the Bosnia and Herzegovina diplomatic missions unless they are citizens of one of the visa-exempt countries.

As an applicant country for membership in the European Union, Bosnia and Herzegovina maintains visa policy similar to the visa policy of the Schengen Area.

Bosnia and Herzegovina grants visa-free entry to all Schengen Annex II nationalities except Kosovo and it also grants visa-free entry to several additional countries - Azerbaijan, China, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Russia and Turkey.

Visa policy map

Visa policy of Bosnia and Herzegovina

  Bosnia and Herzegovina

  Visa not required (90 days)

  Visa not required (30 days)

  Visa required

Visa exemption

Ordinary passports

Holders of ordinary passports of the following countries and territories (including resident stateless persons and refugees) may enter Bosnia and Herzegovina without a visa for the following period: ^{[1] [2]}

90 days Brazil # Malaysia 90 days within any 180 days Albania ID China Dominica Georgia Grenada Kiribati Marshall Islands Micronesia Moldova North Macedonia ID Palau Peru Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Solomon Islands Timor-Leste Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Tuvalu United Arab Emirates Vanuatu Vatican City 90 days within any 6 months All European Union member states ID Andorra Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Azerbaijan Australia Bahamas Barbados Brunei Canada Chile Colombia Costa Rica El Salvador Guatemala Honduras Hong Kong Iceland ID Israel Japan Kuwait Liechtenstein ID Macao Mauritius Mexico Monaco ID Montenegro ID New Zealand Nicaragua Norway ID Panama Paraguay Qatar Saint Kitts and Nevis San Marino ID Serbia ID Seychelles Singapore South Korea   Switzerland ID Taiwan Turkey United Kingdom United States Uruguay Venezuela 30 days within any 60 days Russia Ukraine 30 days in period between 1 June and 30 September [3] Bahrain Oman Saudi Arabia

_{ID - May enter with an ID card (including Irish passport card) in lieu of a passport.
# - Up to a maximum stay of 180 days per year.}

Substitute visa

Valid multiple entry visa holders and residents of the European Union, Schengen Area member states, and United States of America can enter Bosnia and Herzegovina without a visa for a maximum stay of 30 days. ^{[4] [5]} This is not applicable to holders of Kosovan passport. ^[6]

Non-ordinary passports

In addition to countries whose citizens are visa-exempt, holders of diplomatic or official/service passports of Belarus, China, Cuba, Egypt, Indonesia, Iran, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Tunisia and holders of only diplomatic passports of Algeria and Armenia do not require a visa for Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Visa is also not required for stateless persons and refugees residing in countries whose citizens do not require a visa for Bosnia and Herzegovina (except for countries of Central and South America and the Caribbean). ^[7]

Reciprocity

Main article: Visa requirements for Bosnia and Herzegovina citizens

Bosnia and Herzegovina citizens may enter without a visa some of the countries whose citizens are granted visa-free access to Bosnia and Herzegovina but require a visa for Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, Barbados, Brunei, Canada, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Grenada (grants visa on arrival), Guatemala, Honduras, Ireland, Israel, Japan, Kiribati, Kuwait, Mauritius (grants visa on arrival), Marshall Islands, Mexico, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Qatar, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Solomon Islands, Taiwan (grants eVisa), Timor-Leste, Tonga, Tuvalu (grants visa on arrival), United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Vanuatu and Venezuela.

Visitors statistics

Most visitors arriving to Bosnia and Herzegovina on short-term basis are from the following countries of nationality: ^[8]

Country	2018	2017
Croatia	116,823	96,986
Turkey	90,749	85,416
Serbia	88,797	77,867
Slovenia	65,002	55,527
Germany	50,402	34,612
South Korea	45,388	52,056
Italy	44,979	43,718
Poland	39,811	39,551
United Arab Emirates	35,255	33,896
United States	28,187	25,926
Austria	26,560	23,889
Total	1,052,898	923,221

See also

• Bosnia and Herzegovina portal

• Visa requirements for Bosnia and Herzegovina citizens
• Visa policy of the Schengen Area

References

1. "Visa information". www.mvp.gov.ba.
2. "Visa and passport". Timatic . International Air Transport Association through Emirates . Retrieved 1 April 2017.
3. "Službeni List- Pregled Dokumenta". sllist.ba.
4. Decision on Visas (PDF) (Decision, 17). 18 December 2014.
5. Decision on Visas-Amendments (PDF) (Decision, 2). 5 September 2017.
6. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 14 March 2014. Retrieved 15 March 2014.
7. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 14 March 2014. Retrieved 15 March 2014.
8. "TOURISM STATISTICS Cumulative data, January - December 2018" (PDF). Agency for Statistics of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BHAS). Retrieved 9 April 2019.

External links

• Visa Information Archived 6 August 2012 at the Wayback Machine and Decision on visas Archived 6 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine