Visa policy of Bosnia and Herzegovina explained

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 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]

90 days Brazil Malaysia 90 days within any 180 days Albania^ID China Dominica Georgia Grenada Kiribati Marshall Islands ^ID Palau Peru Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Solomon Islands Timor-Leste Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Tuvalu United Arab Emirates Vanuatu 90 days within any 6 months All European Union member states^ID Andorra Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Azerbaijan Australia Bahamas Barbados 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 Switzerland^ID Turkey United Kingdom United States Uruguay 30 days within any 60 days Ukraine

_{ID - May enter with an ID card (including Irish passport card) in lieu of a passport.}

1. - 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.^{[2] [3]} This is not applicable to holders of Kosovan passport.^[4]

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).^[5]

Reciprocity

See 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:^[6]

Country	2018	2017
	116,823	96,986
	90,749	85,416
	88,797	77,867
	65,002	55,527
	50,402	34,612
	45,388	52,056
	44,979	43,718
	39,811	39,551
	35,255	33,896
	28,187	25,926
	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

External links

• Visa Information and Decision on visas

Notes and References

1. Web site: Visa information . www.mvp.gov.ba.
2. Decision on Visas . 17 . Decision . 18 December 2014.
3. Decision on Visas-Amendments. 2 . Decision . 5 September 2017.
4. Web site: Archived copy . 15 March 2014 . 14 March 2014 . https://archive.today/20140314210634/https://www.timaticweb.com/cgi-bin/tim_website_client.cgi?FullText=1&COUNTRY=BA&SECTION=VI&SUBSECTION=00&user=KLMB2C&subuser=KLMB2C . dead.
5. Web site: Archived copy . 15 March 2014 . 14 March 2014 . https://archive.today/20140314210634/https://www.timaticweb.com/cgi-bin/tim_website_client.cgi?FullText=1&COUNTRY=BA&SECTION=VI&SUBSECTION=00&user=KLMB2C&subuser=KLMB2C . dead.
6. Web site: TOURISM STATISTICS Cumulative data, January - December 2018 . Agency for Statistics of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BHAS) . 9 Apr 2019.