Bosnia and Herzegovina visa and entry requirements

The allowance is not your Schengen one

• Bosnia and Herzegovina is outside the Schengen area and outside the EU. Its 90 days in 180 are counted separately.
• Days spent here do not consume your Schengen allowance - which makes the region genuinely useful if you are close to your 90-day Schengen limit and want to stay in Europe.
• Your passport is stamped on entry and exit. This country is outside EES, so the stamps are the record and you should keep the passport pages readable.
• Crossing back into the EU re-enters Schengen and is an external border: expect the EES biometric check, and a longer queue than the drive suggests.

The Neum corridor

• Bosnia has about 20 km of Adriatic coast at Neum, which cuts Croatia's coastline in two.
• Driving from Split to Dubrovnik crosses it - out of Croatia and Schengen, into Bosnia, then back again.
• Croatia's Peljesac bridge now bypasses it entirely, opened in 2022, and most through traffic uses the bridge.
• If you do drive through Neum, you need your passport, and since Croatia joined Schengen the crossings are external EU borders in both directions.
• Check your car hire agreement. Many Croatian rental contracts restrict or surcharge taking the vehicle into Bosnia, and a green card may be required.

Registration

• Register with the police within 72 hours, which is the FCDO's figure and more slack than the 24 hours often quoted. Hotels do it automatically and issue a slip; private apartments may not.