The request for admission to the citizenship of Bosnia and Herzegovina is submitted to the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina, through the Ministry of Civil Affairs of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

The request shall be submitted to the Ministry's Protocol Office and the originals of the following documents shall be attached to the request:

a) birth certificate;

b) proof of citizenship of the country of origin;

c) marriage certificate, or proof of free marital status;

d) proof of registered residence in Bosnia and Herzegovina;

e) a recommendation that the reception of a certain person is of particular benefit to Bosnia and Herzegovina from one of the aforementioned entities:

1) Competent Ministry of Bosnia and Herzegovina

2) Foreign Trade Chambers of Bosnia and Herzegovina

3) Government of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina

4) Governments of the Republic of Srpska

5) Governments of Brčko District of Bosnia and Herzegovina

6) Chambers of Commerce of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina

7) Chamber of Commerce of the Republic of Srpska

8) Olympic Committee of Bosnia and Herzegovina

9) Registered sports associations at the level of Bosnia and Herzegovina

f) evidence from which the application for admission to the citizenship of Bosnia and Herzegovina is justified.

-  Certificate of non-criminality in the country of origin

- Certificate of no criminal proceedings in the country of origin

Notes:

- Public documents issued by competent authorities in the following countries have legal validity in Bosnia and Herzegovina, based on valid bilateral agreements: Croatia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Slovakia, France, Greece, Italy, Cyprus, Libya, Hungary, Mongolia, Poland, Romania, Russian Federation, Serbia, Montenegro and Slovenia.

-          For documents from foreign countries with which Bosnia and Herzegovina has not concluded a bilateral agreement on the mutual recognition of public documents, an additional endorsement by the competent authorities (Apostille stamp), including notary power of attorney, declarations and translations of public documents is required.

-          For documents from countries with which Bosnia and Herzegovina has not concluded the mentioned bilateral agreement, nor are these countries members of the Convention on the Abolition of the Need for Legalization of Foreign Public Documents from October 5, 1961. year, full legalization of foreign documents is required (trust of the competent authorities of the foreign country with trust of the competent DKP BiH in the foreign country).

-          The Ministry of Civil Affairs, as case handler, prepares and completes the documentation and forwards the case to the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina for a decision on the request.