Visa_policy_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina Knowpia

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.

Entry and exit stamps.

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 edit

Visa policy of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Visa exemption edit

Ordinary passports edit

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

Brazil¹

Malaysia

90 days within any 6 months

All European Union member states^ID

90 days within any 180 days

30 days within any 60 days

Russia

Ukraine

_{ID - May enter with an ID card (including Irish passport card) in lieu of a passport.}
_{1 - The total length of stay does not exceed 180 days per year.}

Substitute visa edit

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 edit

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 edit

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, Argentina, 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, Oman, Paraguay, Qatar, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Solomon Islands, Taiwan, Timor-Leste, Tonga, Tuvalu (grants visa on arrival), United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Vanuatu and Venezuela.

Visitors statistics edit

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

References edit

^ "Visa information". www.mvp.gov.ba.
^ "Visa and passport". Timatic. International Air Transport Association through Emirates. Retrieved 1 April 2017.
^ "Decision on Visas". Article 17, Decision of 18 December 2014 (PDF).
^ "Decision on Visas-Amendments". Article 2, Decision of 5 September 2017 (PDF).
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 14 March 2014. Retrieved 15 March 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 14 March 2014. Retrieved 15 March 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "TOURISM STATISTICS Cumulative data, January - December 2018" (PDF). Agency for Statistics of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BHAS). Retrieved 9 April 2019.