Visa Assistance

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Visa requirements, fees, validity and documents for travel to Bosnia and Herzegovina.

  • 2 visa types
  • Starting from €31
  • Checked 28 Sept 2026

1. Visa Types

Open a type to see processing time, stay, fees, and documents.

Processing time

No BiH visa to file if they qualify at the border. Border police check the supporting visa or permit.

Stay period

Up to 90 days in any 180-day period. One continuous stay cannot be longer than 30 days. Must stay inside the validity of the Schengen / EU / US visa or residence permit.

Validity

While that multiple-entry visa or residence permit stays valid

Visa Fees and Charges

No BiH visa fee if they qualify — FIPA / Council of Ministers visa page

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About This Visa

Indian ordinary-passport holders are not on the FIPA visa-free nationality list. They still skip a BiH visa if they hold a valid multiple-entry visa or a residence permit from a Schengen state, an EU state, or the United States. Single-entry Schengen is not enough on that page.

Documents Required

  • Indian ordinary passport
  • Original valid multiple-entry Schengen, EU, or US visa, or residence permit from those places

Processing time

As the Embassy in New Delhi quotes. File at a BiH diplomatic mission — FIPA: visas are issued only at missions abroad.

Stay period

As issued. FIPA fee table has a multiple-entry band up to 90 days and one over 90 days.

Validity

As issued

Visa Fees and Charges

Single entry

Single entry/exit or transit — FIPA

€31

Multiple entry

Multiple entry/exit or transit up to 90 days — FIPA

€57

Multiple entry

Multiple entry/exit or transit over 90 days — FIPA

€72
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Single entrySingle entry/exit or transit — FIPA€31
Multiple entryMultiple entry/exit or transit up to 90 days — FIPA€57
Multiple entryMultiple entry/exit or transit over 90 days — FIPA€72

About This Visa

Use this when they have no qualifying multiple Schengen / EU / US visa or residence. Usual staff path: Embassy of Bosnia and Herzegovina, New Delhi (MEA protocol list). BiH is not Schengen — this visa is not for the EU.

FIPA: private visit needs a letter of invitation (guarantee) from a BiH citizen, certified by the competent authority. Business: invitation from the BiH partner, also certified. One passport photograph with the file.

Documents Required

FIPA — visas / information for visitors

  • Apply at the BiH mission (New Delhi for India)
  • One passport photograph
  • Private visit: certified invitation / guarantee from a BiH citizen
  • Business: certified invitation from the BiH partner
  • Hotel, flights, insurance, and funds: as the Embassy asks when they book the slot

2. Good to Know

Rules and notes that apply to every visa type

How to apply

  1. If they qualify for visa-free: travel with the original multiple Schengen / EU / US visa or permit. No BiH sticker.
  2. Otherwise: Type C at the Embassy in New Delhi. Confirm the slot with the mission (MEA lists the chancery; do not use unofficial embassy websites).

Who can apply

  • Indian ordinary-passport holders: Type C unless they hold a qualifying multiple Schengen / EU / US visa or residence (then visa-free at the border, max 30 days in a row).
  • India is not on the FIPA ordinary-passport visa-free list. Do not quote that list to clients.

Embassy

Embassy of Bosnia and Herzegovina, New Delhi — MEA Protocol list
E-8/5, Vasant Vihar, New Delhi 110057
Monday–Friday 09:00–17:00
+91 11 4166 2481 · Fax +91 11 4166 2482
Ambassador (MEA list): H.E. Mr. Haris Hrle

Do not invent honorary posts as visa counters.

How to track

Embassy New Delhi as they instruct. Visa-free: no BiH file to track — Border Police check the supporting visa or permit.

Photo and uploads

  • FIPA: one passport photograph with the visa file. Size as the Embassy asks.
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