Visa requirements for Bosnian citizens

Bosnian citizens can enter all 29 Schengen states without a visa, for up to 90 days in any 180-day period across the whole area.

Of the 198 countries whose entry rules are known in both directions, Bosnia and Herzegovina and 70 of them let each other’s citizens in without a visa obtained in advance (visa-free, on arrival or with an ETA; an e-visa counts as a visa).

29 countries ask holders of the Bosnian passport for a visa beforehand, although their own citizens enter Bosnia and Herzegovina without one: Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, Bahamas, Barbados, Brunei and 24 others.

The reverse holds for 40 countries: holders of the Bosnian passport get in without a visa obtained in advance, but their citizens need one for Bosnia and Herzegovina (Armenia, Bangladesh, Belarus, Burundi, Cambodia and 35 others).

44 countries ask holders of the Bosnian passport for a visa obtained before travel from an embassy, a consulate or a visa centre. 7 of them have an embassy or consulate on record in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

37 countries have no embassy or career consulate on record in Bosnia and Herzegovina, so the application usually goes to one of their posts in another country. Counting the post an official diplomatic list names for Bosnia and Herzegovina, or else the nearest one within 2,000 km, those posts are most often in Austria (7), Italy (7), Serbia (5) and Belgium (3).

The United States refused 15% of visitor-visa (B1/B2) applications from citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina in fiscal year 2025, by the State Department’s adjusted refusal rate. 52 of the 197 nationalities with a published rate had a lower one and 144 a higher one; the middle value was 32%.

Visa-free travel with the Bosnian passport

By continent, the Bosnian passport is visa-free in 42 countries in Europe, 15 countries in Asia, 14 countries in the Americas, 5 countries in Africa and 1 country in Oceania. The longest visa-free stays for Bosnian citizens are allowed in Georgia (360 days), Andorra (90 days), the United Arab Emirates (90 days), Albania (90 days), Argentina (90 days) and Austria (90 days).

Visa on arrival

Bosnian citizens can get a visa at the airport or land border of Armenia, Bangladesh, Burundi, Cambodia, Cape Verde, the Comoros, Djibouti and 23 others.

E-Visa and electronic travel authorisation

An e-Visa, applied for online before the trip, is how Bosnian citizens enter Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, the Bahamas, Bahrain, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia and 37 others. Ivory Coast, Kenya, South Korea and Suriname ask instead for an electronic travel authorisation (ETA), a lighter online check than a visa.

Bosnia and Herzegovina’s neighbours

Croatia, Montenegro and Serbia admit Bosnian citizens without a visa.

How the passport compares

Among neighbouring passports, the Croatian passport ranks 19th (160 destinations), the Serbian passport ranks 71st (121 destinations) and the Montenegrin passport ranks 74th (118 destinations). Of the 198 passports in the data, 99 can enter visa-free and 99 need a visa from an embassy or consulate for Bosnia and Herzegovina.