Schengen visa applications filed in Bosnia & Herzegovina

2,842 applications · 10.4% refused · 2025

In 2025, 2,842 short-stay Schengen visa applications were filed at consulates in Bosnia & Herzegovina. 10.4% of them were refused.

These are the consulates located in Bosnia & Herzegovina, so the figures cover everyone who applied there — residents of any nationality. The data says nothing about applicants' passports.

Applications
2,842
Filed in 2025
Visas issued
2,547
Including multiple-entry and limited-validity visas
Refused
10.4%
295 applications not issued
Multiple-entry share
85.1%
2,168 of the visas issued
Consulate posts
21
Across 6 cities
Schengen states present
15
Issuing states with a consulate here

Consulates in Bosnia & Herzegovina, 2025

21 consulate posts run by 15 Schengen states across 6 cities, in 2025.

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Schengen stateAustria
CitySarajevo
Applications1,243
Issued1,167
Multiple-entry1,162
Refused6.1%
Schengen stateBulgaria
CitySarajevo
Applications545
Issued461
Multiple-entry390
Refused15.4%
Schengen stateGermany
CitySarajevo
Applications193
Issued165
Multiple-entry144
Refused14.5%
Schengen stateItaly
CitySarajevo
Applications186
Issued178
Multiple-entry151
Refused4.3%
Schengen stateCroatia
CitySarajevo
Applications137
Issued129
Multiple-entry101
Refused5.8%
Schengen stateFrance
CitySarajevo
Applications101
Issued101
Multiple-entry14
Refused0.0%
Schengen stateCroatia
CityOrasje
Applications70
Issued43
Multiple-entry43
Refused38.6%
Schengen stateSlovenia
CitySarajevo
Applications63
Issued52
Multiple-entry50
Refused17.5%
Schengen stateSpain
CitySarajevo
Applications48
Issued43
Multiple-entry3
Refused10.4%
Schengen stateHungary
CitySarajevo
Applications43
Issued40
Multiple-entry28
Refused7.0%
Schengen stateGreece
CitySarajevo
Applications35
Issued33
Multiple-entry9
Refused5.7%
Schengen stateNetherlands
CitySarajevo
Applications32
Issued25
Multiple-entry10
Refused21.9%
Schengen stateCzechia
CitySarajevo
Applications30
Issued27
Multiple-entry10
Refused10.0%
Schengen stateCroatia
CityMostar
Applications28
Issued26
Multiple-entry18
Refused7.1%
Schengen stateCroatia
CityTuzla
Applications20
Issued15
Multiple-entry5
Refused25.0%
Schengen statePoland
CitySarajevo
Applications19
Issued16
Multiple-entry12
Refused15.8%
Schengen stateCroatia
CityBanja Luka
Applications17
Issued7
Multiple-entry7
Refused58.8%
Schengen stateSlovenia
CityBanja Luka
Applications14
Issued11
Multiple-entry8
Refused21.4%
Schengen stateCroatia
CityVitez
Applications9
Issued0
Multiple-entry0
Refused100.0%
Schengen stateRomania
CitySarajevo
Applications7
Issued6
Multiple-entry2
Refused14.3%
Schengen stateSweden
CitySarajevo
Applications2
Issued2
Multiple-entry1
Refused0.0%

Applications filed in Bosnia & Herzegovina over time

Every year the European Commission has published, 2009–2025.

Visas issuedApplications refused
Year2025
Applications2,842
Issued2,547
Refused10.4%
Year2024
Applications2,779
Issued2,292
Refused17.5%
Year2023
Applications2,731
Issued2,194
Refused19.7%
Year2022
Applications2,261
Issued1,896
Refused16.1%
Year2021
Applications1,787
Issued1,705
Refused4.6%
Year2020
Applications1,169
Issued1,137
Refused2.7%
Year2019
Applications2,195
Issued2,005
Refused8.7%
Year2018
Applications1,830
Issued1,649
Refused9.9%
Year2017
Applications1,305
Issued1,196
Refused8.4%
Year2016
Applications1,239
Issued1,153
Refused6.9%
Year2015
Applications1,245
Issued1,176
Refused5.5%
Year2014
Applications1,214
Issued1,091
Refused10.1%
Year2013
Applications1,070
Issued1,027
Refused4.0%
Year2012
Applications2,239
Issued2,144
Refused4.2%
Year2011
Applications2,052
Issued1,951
Refused4.9%
Year2010
Applications100,643
Issued94,788
Refused5.8%
Year2009
Applications119,849
Issued111,319
Refused7.1%

What these numbers show — and what they do not

The European Commission publishes one row per consulate: the Schengen state that runs it, the country and city it sits in, and how many uniform short-stay (type C) visas were applied for, issued and refused there in a calendar year.

The country dimension is where an application was filed, which is roughly where the applicant lives. It is not the applicant's nationality — the dataset contains no nationality information at all. So these figures cannot say how often citizens of a given country are refused, and they cannot predict how any individual application will be decided.

Read the Commission's methodology note

Questions about this data

No. These are applications filed at consulates in Bosnia & Herzegovina, by residents of any nationality. The European Commission's data does not record what passport applicants hold, so it cannot say anything about the refusal rate for a particular nationality.

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Data: European Commission, DG Migration and Home Affairs — short-stay visas issued by the Schengen countries. Reused under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU. Figures are consulate aggregates for a completed calendar year and are not a guide to individual applications.