Bosnia and Herzegovina travel tips
Bosnia and Herzegovina visa requirements
The rule for your own passport, from Bosnia and Herzegovina's official immigration page, with the date it was last checked. The same answer for every guide in Bosnia and Herzegovina: Sarajevo, Mostar.
No visa neededup to 90 days
Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, South Korea, Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Mexico, Israel, United Arab Emirates, Turkey, Ukraine, Russia
Ninety days in any 180, on a passport or — for EU citizens — an identity card. Holders of a valid multiple-entry Schengen visa are also admitted without one, for up to 30 days.
Visa required in advance
Every other passport
Applied for at a Bosnian embassy in advance; there is no e-visa.
Entry rules change often and depend on your passport, your route and the purpose of the trip. Confirm on the official page before booking.
The guides in Bosnia and Herzegovina
SarajevoBosnia and HerzegovinaWhere the Ottoman bazaar meets the Austro-Hungarian boulevard on one street, a city that hosted an Olympics and survived a siege, and the best coffee ritual in Europe
MostarBosnia and HerzegovinaA stone bridge rebuilt after the war and dived from for money, an Ottoman bazaar either side of it, and the Neretva running green underneath