# Visa policy of Bosnia and Herzegovina

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:
| Brazil$^#$ | Malaysia |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Russia | Ukraine |
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### 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. This is not applicable to holders of Kosovan passport.

### 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).

### Reciprocity

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:
| 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 |