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

_{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.^[3][4] This is not applicable to holders of Kosovan passport.^[5]

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).^[6]

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, 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:^[7]

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

• 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. Decision on Visas (PDF) (Decision, 17). 18 December 2014.
4. Decision on Visas-Amendments (PDF) (Decision, 2). 5 September 2017.
5. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 14 March 2014. Retrieved 15 March 2014.
6. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 14 March 2014. Retrieved 15 March 2014.
7. "TOURISM STATISTICS Cumulative data, January - December 2018" (PDF). Agency for Statistics of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BHAS). Retrieved 9 April 2019.

External links

• Visa Information and Decision on visas