TRAVEL & VISA INFORMATION

Travel Information

Bosnia and Herzegovina is well connected to Croatia, Serbia and Montenegro.

The capital city is easily accessible by air, bus, or train from any major European destination. The airport is only 20 minutes away from the city centre and has direct flights to many European capitals and thus indirect flights to everywhere else.

Many local and international bus lines depart from the centre of town. The train schedule is less extensive, but does offer a few trips in comfortable trains at very modest prices.

By Plane

The airport is open from 5 a.m. until 10 p.m.

There are daily direct flights to Vienna, Zurich, Istanbul, Belgrade, Zagreb, Budapest and Munich

And less then daily to:
Amsterdam (Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday)
Copenhagen (Monday and Friday)
Goteborg (Wednesday and Saturday)
Koln (Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday)
Ljubljana (every day except on Saturday)
Stockholm (Wednesday and Saturday)
Stuttgart (Tuesday)

For flight schedules of other airports in the country check the following: Mostar, Tuzla, and Banja Luka.

By Rail

There are now only three routes that originate in Sarajevo: the Sarajevo-Zenica-Banja Luka-Zagreb route takes about ten hours from start to finish; the northern route to Budapest goes via Doboj; and the southern route towards the Adriatic coast is Konjic-Jablanica- Mostar-Capljina-Ploce (Ploce is in Croatia). This last route goes through the Neretva Canyon and is particularly scenic.

Bosnia and Herzegovina is a member of the Interrail system so train lovers from the rest of Europe can easily include Bosnia and Herzegovina in their travel plans. For more information visit: www.zfbh.ba and www.zrs-rs.com.

By Bus

The bus system of Bosnia and Herzegovina functions well. Centrotrans/Eurolines and a range of smaller bus companies have reliable bus routes to many locations throughout Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Centrotrans is a Eurolines member and runs regular buses from many European destinations to Sarajevo. Bus schedules, on-line reservations and main European office addresses can be found on the Centrotrans website: www.centrotrans.com.

Visa Information

Decision On Visas

Subject of Decision

This Decision determines the states whose citizens can enter Bosnia and Herzegovina without the obligation of obtaining a visa, using a passport or other identification document for entry, transit, stay and exit from Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Visa-free regime up to 90 days

Nationals of the following countries are exempted from the obligation to obtain a visa to enter and stay on the territory of Bosnia and Herzegovina up to 90 days in the period of six months from the first date of entry:

  1. Albania
  2. Andorra
  3. Argentina
  4. Australia
  5. Austria
  6. Belgium
  7. Brazil
  8. Brunei Darussalam
  9.  Bulgaria
  10. Montenegro
  11. Czech Republic
  12. Chile
  13. Denmark
  14. Estonia
  15. Finland
  16. France
  17. Greece
  18. Guatemala
  19. Honduras
  20. Croatia
  21. Ireland
  22. Iceland
  1. Israel
  2. Italy
  3. Japan
  4. Costa Rica
  5. Republic of Korea
  6. Canada
  7. Qatar 
  8. Cyprus
  9. Kuwait
  10. Latvia
  11. Liechtenstein
  12. Lithuania
  13. Luxembourg
  14. Hungary
  15. Macedonia
  16. Malaysia
  17. Malta
  18. Sovereign Military Order of Malta 
  19. Mexico
  20. Monaco
  21. Nicaragua
  22. the Netherlands
  1. Germany
  2. Norway
  3. New Zealand
  4. Panama
  5. Paraguay
  6. Poland
  7. Portugal
  8. Romania
  9. United States of America
  10. Salvador
  11. San Marino
  12. Singapore
  13. Slovakia
  14. Slovenia
  15. the Holy See
  16. Serbia
  17. Spain
  18. Sweden
  19. Swiss Confederation
  20. Turkey
  21. United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
  22. Uruguay
  23. Venezuela

Visa-free regime for the Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China

Owners of the following Special Administrative Regions travel documents are exempted from the obligation to obtain a visa to enter and stay on the territory of Bosnia and Herzegovina up to 90 days in the period of six months from the first date of entry:

  1. Hong Kong, People's Republic of China
  2. Macao, People's Republic of China
  3. Taiwan, People's Republic of China

Visa-free regime in the case of possession of visas or residence permits in the Schengen or EU countries

(1) Nationals of the countries with whom Bosnia and Herzegovina has a visa regime, may enter in Bosnia and Herzegovina without the obligation of having visa for entering and staying in Bosnia and Herzegovina only if they have a valid multiple entry Schengen or EU member country visa or appropriate residence permit in the Schengen or EU countries, and upon completed verification or control by the State Police of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

(2) Provisions from paragraph (1) of this Article are valid only if the owners of the Schengen or EU visas or appropriate residence permits in the Schengen or EU member countries are coming to Bosnia and Herzegovina from the Schengen or EU member countries agreements signatories.

(3) Period of stay in Bosnia and Herzegovina in cases of this Article is possible only for the period not longer than seven days and within the validity of visa or residence permit issued by the Schengen zone or EU member country.

(4) Provisions from paragraph (1) of this Article do not apply to persons who are forbidden to enter and stay in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Visas for owners of a refugee travel documents, stateless persons and foreigners

Owners of the following special travel documents and aligned travel documents are obliged to obtain a visa to enter the territory of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

  1. Travel documents for refugees issued by the signatories of Geneva Convention relating on Refugee Status dated July 28, 1951,
  2. Travel documents for stateless persons issued by the signatories of Geneva Convention on Stateless Persons Legal Position dated September 28, 1954,
  3. Travel documents for foreigners

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