Bosnian passport holders can apply for the Indian eVisa entirely online — no consular appointment, no courier, no passport handed over. Approval typically arrives by email in 24 to 72 hours.
90 days
Maximum stay per visit
24–72 hrs
Typical processing time
Up to 5 years
Longest validity offered
Not eligible
Visa on Arrival
100% online
No embassy visit
Overview
Bosnia & Herzegovina is a small outbound market where India has grown steadily as a destination, helped by good Istanbul connectivity from Sarajevo. Travel is mostly independent leisure — Rajasthan, Kerala, Goa — with a strand of Islamic heritage interest in Delhi, Agra, Hyderabad and Fatehpur Sikri.
Every Bosnia & Herzegovina citizen needs a visa granted before departure. There is no visa-free entry and no visa on arrival. The eVisa is an electronic authorisation issued by the Government of India, linked to your passport number, with no stamp and no appointment.
Bosnian passport holders receive up to 90 days per visit on the tourist eVisa, and the five-year multiple-entry version is available. Because Bosnia is outside the EU and Schengen area, transit requirements for European connections need checking separately — and they are more often the obstacle than the Indian visa.
At a glance
Eligibility
Yes. India extends visa-free entry only to Nepal and Bhutan, and Visa on Arrival only to Japanese, South Korean and Emirati nationals. Bosnian citizens must hold an approved visa before boarding, and because every routing involves a connection, the check often happens at Sarajevo.
Choose the category by purpose. Tourism, sightseeing, heritage travel, visiting friends and wellness travel fall under the tourist eVisa. Meetings, trade fairs and supplier visits require the business eVisa. Hospital treatment requires the medical eVisa. Employment, journalism, academic research and long-term study are outside the eVisa scheme and need a regular visa from an Indian mission.
Bosnia is outside Schengen, so a routing through Vienna, Munich or Zagreb may require a Schengen transit visa depending on the specifics. Istanbul and the Gulf hubs usually avoid the question.
Stay & validity
Bosnian citizens are permitted up to 90 days per visit on the tourist eVisa. The 30-day version allows double entry, with its 30 days counted from your arrival date. The one-year and five-year versions are multiple-entry, and their validity begins on the date the Indian government grants the application.
Applying too early wastes validity. Booking in March for a November trip and applying immediately spends eight months of a one-year eVisa; apply two to three weeks before departure.
The eVisa cannot be extended or converted from inside India, so 90 days is a hard per-visit ceiling, and it is valid only at designated airports and authorised seaports.
The business eVisa allows up to 180 days per visit within a one-year multiple-entry window. The medical eVisa gives 60 days from first entry with triple entry.
Pricing
Live government fees and service charges for Bosnian passport holders, shown all-in — nothing further is charged later.
Your nationality is pre-selected as Bosnia & Herzegovina
Requirements
Everything Bosnian passport holders need before starting an application. The first five items apply to every applicant; the rest are specific to your nationality or visa type.
Passport bio-data page — a clear colour scan or photo showing your photograph, full name, date of birth, passport number and expiry date
Recent passport-style photograph — square format, plain white background, full face visible, no shadows and no headwear other than for religious reasons
A valid credit or debit card to pay the government fee and service charge
Your return or onward ticket details, or at minimum your intended departure date
The address where you will be staying for your first night in India
Simple process
Four steps, entirely online, with our team checking every field before anything reaches the Indian authorities.
Enter your passport details exactly as printed, choose your visa type and duration, and upload your photo and passport data page.
Our team checks your photo dimensions, passport scan clarity, name spelling and date formats before anything is submitted.
Your application goes to the Government of India on your behalf, and we keep you posted at every status change.
Print it or keep it on your phone, and we explain exactly how to present it at your port of entry in India.
Standard processing takes 48 to 72 hours and express handling 24 to 48 hours. Both are business-day estimates, and Indian public holidays — numerous and often state-specific — extend them.
Apply at least ten days before departure. If your routing needs a Schengen transit visa, start that considerably earlier — it takes far longer than the Indian eVisa and is the more likely bottleneck.
Separate from your eVisa, every foreign national entering India must complete the digital e-Arrival Card before boarding. It replaces the old paper disembarkation form and is required on every single visit, whatever visa you hold.
Getting there
There is no nonstop service between Bosnia and India, and Istanbul is the practical hub — shortest, usually cheapest, and it avoids Schengen transit questions. Total journey times run 11 to 17 hours. Your eVisa is checked at your Indian arrival airport rather than in transit.
Best time to go
October to March is India's dry season and the best window for the classic circuits. The Christmas and New Year weeks are the fare peak; February and March offer the same weather at better prices.
The Bosnian summer holidays fall in the monsoon — poor for Rajasthan but the best months for Ladakh and the Spiti Valley. Ramadan and Eid dates shift each year and are worth checking against your plans if you are travelling for heritage or religious interest, since some Indian sites are considerably busier then.
Avoid the northern plains in May and June, when temperatures exceed 45°C. India is 3.5 to 4.5 hours ahead of Bosnian time depending on the season.
Avoid these
Refusals are rare, and almost always technical rather than substantive. These are the problems that come up most often on applications from Bosnia & Herzegovina — we check for every one of them before submitting.
The most consequential error on this route. Bosnia is outside the EU and Schengen area, so a connection through Vienna, Munich or Zagreb may require a Schengen transit visa. Your India eVisa governs entry to India and nothing else, and a Schengen visa takes far longer to obtain. Istanbul and the Gulf hubs usually avoid the issue entirely.
Your passport's machine-readable zone may render đ as D or as DJ, so Đurić becomes DURIC or DJURIC, while č and ć both become C. Check the printed name line on your own passport rather than assuming, and keep your airline booking consistent with it.
Bosnian citizens receive 90 days per visit, not the 180 days granted to American, British, Canadian and Japanese nationals. The eVisa cannot be extended from inside India.
The eVisa is valid only at designated airports and authorised seaports. Any overland entry needs a regular visa from an Indian mission, arranged before you leave.
On one-year and five-year visas, validity runs from the grant date rather than arrival. Booking far ahead and applying the same week throws away most of the visa.
Photo rejected on technical grounds
By far the most common cause of delay. The photograph must be square, on a plain white background, with your full face visible and no shadow behind your head. Cropped selfies and phone photos taken against a cream wall are routinely bounced back.
Passport scan unreadable
Glare across the machine-readable zone, a cut-off corner, or a scan where the passport number is blurred will stall the application. Photograph the page flat, in daylight, with no flash.
Applying too close to departure
The eVisa must be granted before you fly, and airlines check it at the gate. Applications submitted the night before a flight leave no room for a document re-upload.
Conditions
These conditions are set by the Government of India and do not vary by nationality. They are worth reading before you book, because two of them — the port-of-entry rule and the restricted-areas rule — catch out a lot of otherwise well-planned trips.
Validity is measured from your date of arrival in India, not from the date you apply. You also need at least two blank pages for immigration stamps.
The India eVisa is accepted at India's designated eVisa airports and authorised seaports. It cannot be used to cross a land border, so overland arrivals from Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh or Pakistan need a different visa.
Every person travelling needs their own eVisa and their own passport, including infants and children. Children cannot be added to a parent's application.
An eVisa does not grant access to Protected Areas, Restricted Areas or Cantonment Areas. Parts of Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Mizoram, Sikkim, Ladakh, the Andaman & Nicobar Islands and Lakshadweep require a Protected Area Permit or Restricted Area Permit in addition to your visa.
You cannot extend an eVisa from inside India or convert it into another visa category. If your plans change, you must leave and apply again.
Diplomatic, official and service passports are not eligible for the eVisa route, and neither are international travel documents or refugee travel documents.
Consular services
The Indian mission serving Bosnia & Herzegovina is not involved in eVisa applications, which are handled entirely online. It covers what the eVisa cannot: employment, journalism, research and long-term student visas, OCI cards, and consular services for Indian nationals. Smaller Balkan states are sometimes served by an Indian mission in a neighbouring country under concurrent accreditation, so confirm coverage if you need consular help.
FAQs
The questions Bosnian passport holders ask most often about applying for an Indian eVisa.
Possibly. Bosnia & Herzegovina is outside the EU and Schengen area, so a connection through Vienna, Munich or Zagreb may require a Schengen transit visa depending on the routing. Your India eVisa says nothing about it, and a Schengen visa takes far longer to obtain. Istanbul and the Gulf hubs usually avoid the question.
Up to 90 days per visit on the tourist eVisa. The 30-day version allows 30 days with double entry; the one-year and five-year versions are multiple-entry with a 90-day cap per visit. The business eVisa permits up to 180 days per visit within a one-year window, and the medical eVisa 60 days from first entry with triple entry.
Match the printed name line on your passport data page. The machine-readable zone renders đ as D or DJ, č and ć both as C, š as S and ž as Z — so Đurić may appear as DURIC or DJURIC. The đ is the one that causes most trouble, so check your own passport rather than assuming, and keep your airline booking consistent.
Fees are set by nationality and duration, so the pricing panel on this page loads live figures for Bosnian passport holders across all available options. You can compare 30-day, one-year and five-year prices side by side, and the amount shown is the full cost including our service fee.
No. Every routing involves at least one connection, and Istanbul is the practical hub — shortest, usually cheapest, and it avoids Schengen transit questions. Doha, Dubai and Abu Dhabi are the main alternatives. Total journey time is 11 to 17 hours.
No. Indian Visa on Arrival is limited to Japanese, South Korean and Emirati nationals. Bosnian citizens need an approved visa before boarding, and because every routing starts with a connection, your airline may check it at Sarajevo.
October to March for the classic circuits, with February and March giving the best value. The Bosnian summer holidays fall in the monsoon, which rules out Rajasthan but makes July and August ideal for Ladakh and Spiti.
No. The eVisa cannot be extended or converted from inside India. If you need longer, either split the trip across two entries on a multiple-entry visa — leaving India by air and returning — or apply for a regular visa through an Indian mission before you travel.
Your nationality is already set to Bosnia & Herzegovina. Complete the form in under ten minutes, and our team will check every detail before it reaches the Indian authorities.
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