Croatian Consulate General in Banja Luka

Bosnian citizens do not need a visa for Croatia: stays of up to 90 days are visa-free.

2025 figures: 17 short-stay Schengen visa applications were lodged at Croatia’s consulate general in Banja Luka, and 7 visas were issued. Applications fell by 23% compared with 2024 (22).

Croatia issues Schengen visas at 6 locations in Bosnia and Herzegovina; this office handled 6% of their 281 applications in 2025. Refusal rates elsewhere: Sarajevo 1.5%, Orasje 32.8% and Mostar 3.7%. Each office serves the applicants who live in its own consular district, so the rates also reflect who applies where, not only how strictly files are assessed.

Across all Schengen consulates in Bosnia and Herzegovina, 5.5% of applications were refused in 2025; Croatia’s rate worldwide was 18.5%. Croatia received the 3rd largest number of applications of the 15 Schengen states represented here.

The statistics count applications, not people, and include every nationality that applies here, not only citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Besides the Croatian consulate general in Banja Luka, Croatia has 3 other missions in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Croatia has no embassy in Bosnia and Herzegovina on record and may cover it from another country. Consulates: Mostar and Livno. Bosnia and Herzegovina in turn has an embassy in Zagreb.

About the Croatian consulate general in Banja Luka

It appears in official lists as Consulate General of Croatia in Banja Luka. Career consulates of this kind usually renew passports and take visa applications for their region.

Address and contact

Address: Milana Karanovića 1, 78000 Banja Luka. The record for the Croatian consulate general in Banja Luka includes an official website.

Croatian citizens travelling to Bosnia and Herzegovina

No visa is needed by Croatian citizens for Bosnia and Herzegovina, for stays of up to 90 days.

When the Croatian consulate general in Banja Luka is closed

The Croatian consulate general in Banja Luka closes on Bosnia and Herzegovina’s public holidays, the next being New Year's Day (Nova Godina) on Friday 1 January 2027 and New Year's Day (Nova Godina) on Saturday 2 January 2027, and usually on holidays of Croatia such as Remembrance Day (Dan sjećanja na žrtve Domovinskog rata) on Wednesday 18 November 2026.

Before visiting the Croatian consulate general in Banja Luka

Current procedures for the Croatian consulate general in Banja Luka, including any appointment system, are on its official website, linked on this page.

Near the Croatian consulate general in Banja Luka

Within 1 km of the Croatian consulate general in Banja Luka there is one other foreign mission.