Foreign Students

Foreigners who need visa to enter Bosnia and Herzegovina

Foreign students who need visa to enter Bosnia and Herzegovina need to apply for visa in BiH Embassy in their home countries or if there is no BiH embassy in the closest Embassy (the list of BiH embassies in the world: http://www.mvp.gov.ba/). SGSB will send the letter of guarantee for its student to the Embassy. The letter will also state that a student is admitted into SGSB MBA program which will last for 2 years. The visa is for 90 days.

Upon arrival to Bosnia and Herzegovina SGSB student needs to go the department of foreign affaires and submit the application for temporary residence for the duration of one year. The procedure is the same as described above.

Foreigners who do not need visa to enter Bosnia and Herzegovina

Foreign students who do not need visa to enter Bosnia and Herzegovina are not obliged to obtain student visa while studying in Bosnia and Herzegovina. They are requested to get temporary residence permit for the purpose of education for the duration of one year. Temporary residence permit is to be extended every year.

Where to go and how to apply for the temporary residence permit in Sarajevo Canton?

• Department of foreign affaires at the Ministry of Internal Affaires in Sarajevo Canton
  Address: Zmaja od Bosne 9 (office No. 40)
  Phone No.: (033) 286 922

You need to submit the following papers:

1. Application form,
2. Photocopy of the passport,
3. Statement of a landlord personally given to an officer.
   A landlord has to show his/her ID card. Physical and legal entities who provide accommodation to the foreigners as well as foreigners who come to Bosnia and Herzegovina are obliged to report their residence to the Department of foreign affaires within 48 hour upon their arrival to the country.

Temporary residence for the purpose of education

1. Two (2) application forms for a temporary residence permit (form N°1);

2. Two (2) copies of every page of passport translated by certified court interpreter (one of those copies must be certified by competent municipal authority);

3. Evidence of enrolment into an educational institution for the current year/ original, for the purpose of granting temporary residence in BiH;

4. Evidence of scholarship costs payment or other costs payment / certified copy;

5. Health insurance registration form/ certified copy;

6. Evidence of possession of real estate or rent agreement of real estate (to confirm that accommodation is provided) / certified copy;

7. Evidence of the existence of means of subsistence

a) the statement, certified by the competent municipal authority, that BiH citizen undertakes to ensure support and other expenses related to stay of the concerned alien in BiH certified copy of ID and residence registration form or employment contract and confirmation on registration with the competent Pension and Invalidity Insurance Fund/ certified copy,

b) bank confirmation of existence of a monthly disposable income to the amount of 800 BAM;

c) evidence of existence of other reliable means needed for support and health care / original or copy certified by competent authority.

8. Medical certificate issued not more than three months following the date of submitting the application, showing that applicant does not suffer from a disease of high risk for the community and/or that he/she is capable for work. Medical certificate can be issued by following medical institutions:

a) JU Dom zdravlja Kantona Sarajevo

b) JU Zavod za medicinu rada Kantona Sarajevo

c) Zavod za zdravstvenu zaštitu radnika u saobracaju

d) Zavod za zdravstvenu zaštitu radnika MUP-a

9. Photo (if application is submitted for the first time)

10. Alien's residence registration card ( for inspection)

11. Tax of 50 USD (20 USD for the stay up to three months) in the equivalent value of BAM

a) Account no. 1540011100661492

b) Purpose of payment: Federalne administrativne takse u gotovom novcu

c) Recipient: UPI BANKA DD SARAJEVO RACUN JAVNIH PRIHODA BUDŽETA FBiH

d) Type of income: 722112

e) Municipality: 077

First copy of payment slip is needed; it is needed for artificial persons to indicate the name of applicant.

Information for minor applicants:

• application for minor applicants must be submitted by parents or by legal trustee;
• minor can be educated into an educational institution in BiH only by written consent of parents;
• if the accommodation of minor is provided by an boarding educational institution , this institution will be considered as legal trustee during the minor stay in BiH.

NOTE:

• Applicant must possess a valid passport; data in all enclosed documentary evidences must be correct.
• The application for a temporary residence permit must be submitted not later than 15 days before the expiry of validity of the previous granted residence permit.
• Two copies of all documents must be submitted
• Application for residence permit must be submitted by applicant only.