This service passport was issued to a 58-year-old
Counsellor in the Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1998 by the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The passport is only valid for two years.
She did not sign on the allocated space on page 2, but instead made a signature on the datapage. It was probably intentional.
On page 7, it has an Official Visa issued by Ministarstvo Vanjskih Poslova on 23 November 1998 which valid until 23 May 1999 which permits her multiple travel.
On page 8, it has a Schengen Visa issued by French Consulate in Bosnia with
Service remarks on 27 November 1998 and valid until 27 February 1999.
SERVICE PASSPORT
Service Passport is the official travel document issued to facilitate the travel of people who are employed by or acting on behalf of the government who travel internationally on official state business and related public affairs and are restricted to people in specific categories and roles. In a different country, it may be called Official Passport. This is based on guidelines agreed upon in the Vienna Convention.
Official Passports do not entitle their bearers to any special privileges or the diplomatic immunity provided by the host nation. These passports are issued specifically to people who need to travel, rather than to people who are being assigned or posted to a host nation. Diplomatic and Official passports, in themselves, do not confer on the holder any special privileges or rights. Individual countries may confer, at their discretion, certain rights to holders of Diplomatic and Official passports. Only accredited diplomats are eligible for diplomatic immunity.
Service Passports are issued government officials and non-officials when their passages are paid by the government as well as the accompanying dependants, when such members of their families also proceed out the expense of the government.
SERIES II + SERIES III
However, this
SERVICE PASSPORT is using front cover similar to SERIES II and the coat-of-arm on the front cover is similar to SERIES III.
Despite the name was pre-printed on the front cover, page 1, page 3 (datapage), page 4 and interior side of the back are referring to
Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, it was however noted by way of printing on page 5 denoting the
Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
The passport contains 32 pages.
| PAGE |
DESCRIPTION |
| |
Front Cover |
| |
Interior of Front Cover - Blank |
| 1 |
Country's name, coat-of-arms, document type and document number. |
| 2 |
Passport holder signature |
| 3 |
Biodata (Laminated) |
| 4 |
Diplomatic Request by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
| 5 |
Issuing Authority |
| 6 - 30 |
Visas |
| 31 - 32 |
Official note regarding passport holder. |
| |
Interior of Back Cover - Notes. |
Passport number prefixed with
S and followed by 6 digits. The numbers are needle-perforated at the bottom of each page from page 5 to page 31.
Whilst country code as well as nationality were written as
R BH. for passport issued for this series, it was however printed as
BIH.
DIPLOMATIC REQUEST PAGE
Notes were written in Bosnian, English and French.
U ime Predsjedništva Republike Bosne i Hercegovine, Ministarstvo vanjskih poslova moli sve nadležne organe Republike Bosne i Hercegovine, kao i sve organe drugih država da bez smetnji propuste nosioca ovog službenog pasoša, držaVljanina Republike Bosne i Hercegovine i da mu u slu?aju potrebe ukažu pomo? i zaštitu.
U ime Predsjedništva Republike Bosne i Hercegovine, Ministarstvo inozemnihposlova moli sve nadležne organe Republike Bosne i Hercegovine, kao i sve organe drugih država da bez smetnji propuste nosioca ove službene putovnice, državljanina Republike Bosne i Hercegovine i da mu u slu?aju potrebe ukažu pomo? i zaštitu.
In the name of the Presidency of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs requests all relevant institutions of the Republic, and the authorities of all other states, to allow the bearer of this service passport, a citizen of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, to pass freely and without hindrance, and in case of need to afford the bearer such assistance and protection as may be necessary.
Au nom de la Présidence de la République de Bosnie et Herzégovine, le Ministère des Affaires Etrangères prie toutes les autorités compétentes de la République de Bosnie et Herzégovine, ainsi que toutes les autorités des autres Etats, de laisser passer librement le titulaire du présent passeport de service, ressortissant de la République de Bosnie et Herzégovine, et de lui accorder toute aide et protection en cas de besoin. |
Notes were written in Bosnian, English and French.
OVAJ PASOŠ - PUTOVNICA JE VLASNIŠTVO REPUBLIKE BOSNE I HERCEGOVINE. NOSlLAC OVOG PASOŠA - PUTOVNICE JE POD ZAŠTITOM DRŽAVE REPUBLIKE BOSNE I HERCEGOVINE.
THIS PASSPORT IS THE PROPERTY OF THE REPUBLIC OF BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA. THE BEARER OF THIS PASSPORT IS UNDER THE PROTECTION OF THE REPUBLIC OF BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA.
CE PASSEPORT EST LA PROPRIETE DE LA REPUBLIQUE DE BOSNIE ET HERZEGOVINE. LE TITULAIRE DE CE PASSEPORT EST SOUS LA PROTECTION DE LA REPUBLIQUE DE BOSNIE ET HERZEGOVINE.
OVAJ PASOŠ - PUTOVNICA SADRŽI 32 BROJEM OZNACENE STRANICE
THIS PASSPORT CONTAINS 32 NUMBERED PAGES
CE PASSEPORT CONTIENT 32 PAGES NUMEROTEES |
The Federation was created by the 1994 Washington Agreement which was signed on 18 March 1994. However, it was only recognized on 14 December 1995. It composed of Bosnia and Herzegovina the Republika Srpska.
Due to this, the name was changed from Republic to Federation.
Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Republika Bosna i Hercegovina
Република Босна и Херцеговина |
Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Federacija Bosne i Hercegovine
Федерација Босне и Херцеговине |
It retains the same coat-of-arms which was similar to
Passport Series I.
The passport contains 32 pages.
Passport number prefixed with
BA and followed by 6 digits. The numbers are needle-perforated from page 5 to page 31.
Country code, as well as Nationality, were written as
R BH.
| PAGE |
DESCRIPTION |
| |
Front Cover |
| |
Interior of Front-Cover - Blank |
| 1 |
Country's name, coat-of-arms, document type and document number. |
| 2 |
Passport holder signature |
| 3 |
Biodata (Laminated) |
| 4 |
Issuing Authority |
| 5 |
Family members up to 8 persons |
| 6 |
Family members photo per page 5, up to 4 photos. |
| 7 |
Passport extension of validity. |
| 8 - 30 |
Visas |
| 31 - 32 |
Official note regarding passport holder. |
| |
Interior of Back-Cover - Notes. |
Passport number prefixed with
BA and followed by 6 digits. The numbers are needle-perforated from page 5 to page 31. Variety II has a new passport prefix:
BH.
Country code, as well as Nationality, were written as
R BH. Variety II has a new code
BIH.
WATERMARK
CITIZENSHIP
The citizenship of Bosnia and Herzegovina was defined in the art. 1, para. 7 of the Constitution, providing that ‘there shall be a citizenship of Bosnia and Herzegovina, to be regulated by the Parliamentary Assembly, and a citizenship of each Entity, to be regulated by each Entity. The same paragraph gives a provision that echoes the former relationship between the federal and republican citizenships in the SFRY, stipulating that ‘all citizens of either Entity are thereby citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina’.
NOTES
Notes were written in Bosnian, English and French.
OVAJ PASOŠ - PUTOVNICA JE VLASNISTVO DRŽAVE BOSNE I HERCEGOVINE.
NOSILAC OVOG PASOŠA - PUTOVNICE JE POD ZAŠTITOM DRŽAVE BOSNE I HERCEGOVINE.
THIS PASSPORT IS THE PROPERTY OF THE STATE OF BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA.
THE BEARER OF THIS PASSPORT IS UNDER THE PROTECTION OF THE STATE OF BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA.
CE PASSEPORT EST LA PROPRIETE DE L’ ETAT DE BOSNIE ET HERZEGOVINE.
LE TITULAIRE DE CE PASSEPORT EST SOUS LA PROTECTION DE L’ ETAT DE BOSNIE ET HERZEGOVINE.
OVAJ PASOŠ - PUTOVNICA SADRŽI 32 BROJEM OZNAČENE STRANICE
THIS PASSSPORT CONTAINS 32 NUMBERED PAGES
CE PASSEPORT CONTIENT 32 PAGES NUMEROTEES |