Passport from Bosnia & Herzegovina
Series III
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 |