VISAS

The Council of Ministers of B&H issued new Decision on Visas, which has been published in the “Official Gazette of B&H”, No: 100/2008 dated December 16th, 2008.

Decision on Visas shall be put into effect as of December 24th, 2008. Nationals of the bellow listed countries shall be exempted from visa regime when entering and staying on the territory of Bosnia and Herzegovina up to 90 days:

1. Andorra
2. Argentina
3. Australia
4. Austria
5. Belgium
6. Brazil
7. Brunei Darussalam
8. Bulgaria
9. Montenegro
10. Czech Republic
11. Chile
12. Denmark
13. Estonia
14. Finland
15. France
16. Greece
17. Guatemala
18. Honduras
19. Croatia
20. Ireland
21. Iceland
22. Israel
23. Italy
24. Japan
25. Costa Rica
26. Republic of Korea
27. Canada
28. Qatar
29. Cyprus
30. Kuwait
31. Latvia
32. Liechtenstein
33. Lithuania
34. Luxembourg
35. Hungary
36. Macedonia
37. Malaysia
38. Malta
39. Sovereign Military Order of Malta
40. Mexico
41. Monaco
42. Nicaragua
43. Netherlands
44. Germany
45. Norway
46. New Zealand
47. Panama
48. Paraguay
49. Poland
50. Portugal
51. Romania
52. United States of America
53. Salvador
54. San Marino
55. Singapore
56. Slovakia
57. Slovenia
58. the Holy See
59. Serbia
60. Spain
61. Sweden
62. Swiss Confederation
63. Turkey
64. United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
65. Uruguay
66. Venezuela

Citizens of the following special administrative zones that shall not be required to have visa when entering and staying on the territory of B&H:

1. Hong Kong (Peoples` Republic of China)

2. Macao (Peoples` Republic of China)

Besides having travel document and a proper identity card proving identity and citizenship, the nationals of the following countries may enter Bosnia and Herzegovina:

• EU member states

• Schengen Agreement signatory countries

• Andorra, Montenegro, Croatia, Liechtenstein, Monaco, San Marino, Serbia, the Holy See and the Swiss Confederation

Cost of visas

• Single entry-exit visas and transit visas 31.00 EUR

• Multiple entry-exit visas for periods up to 90 days 57.00 EUR

• Multiple entry-exit visa for periods over 90 days 72.00 EUR

REQUEST FOR ISSUANCE OF VISA - pdf.

For the purposes of private visit, guarantee letter/invitation by a citizen of Bosnia and Herzegovina, shall be submitted together with the visa application. 

For more information see:

- http://www.mfa.gov.ba/

- http://www.granpol.gov.ba/info/1/Template.aspx?cid=9,1,1

- http://www.granpol.gov.ba/

CUSTOMS

If you travel across one of 52 border points in Bosnia and Herzegovina (40 passenger/ 4 air / 8 railway border points), you should be aware of the below mentioned rights and duties that you as natural persons are entitled to when crossing state border.

The items of "personal luggage" belonging to a passenger coming from abroad are exempted from import duties if they are not subject to any restrictions or prohibitions provided that these importations are not of commercial nature.

"Personal luggage" means all non-commercial items for personal usage of passenger’s or his/her household, including items that he/she uses in the course of travelling, provided that there is evidence that at departure it was registered as accompanying luggage with a company that transferred luggage from the country of departure to Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Tariff preferences with the below mentioned quantity restrictions per passenger and per day are applied to:

1. non-commercial goods, including gifts and souvenirs from a passenger’s personal luggage, with the customs value of no more than BAM 200,
2. tobacco products: o 200 cigarettes or o 100 cigarillos or o 250 g of tobacco,
3. liqueurs: o 2 liters of table wine, o 1 liters of liqueurs or spirits with more than 22% of alcohol (of 2 liters of strong wine, champagne or any other beverage);
4. perfumes and eau de toilette: o 60 cc/ml of perfume, o 250 cc/ml of eau de toilette.

Special Note: Passengers younger than 17 are not allowed to import goods mentioned under items 2 and 3.

For more information see:

- http://www.uino.gov.ba