Procurement of documents in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Schmidt & Schmidt provides services for the retrieval of civil status documents, as well as obtaining duplicates of lost or damaged documents in Bosnia and Herzegovina with their subsequent legalization and translation.

If your personal documents are lost or damaged or you need to obtain current copies of documents it is necessary to request duplicates of documents. Often, those who have left Bosnia and Herzegovina face difficulties in this procedure. Our service allows you to request documents in Bosnia and Herzegovina remotely and we can carry out courier delivery of the document to anywhere in the world.

Validity of civil status documents in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Civil status documents issued in Bosnia and Herzegovina generally have a validity period of no more than 6 months, after which they must be replaced with new ones containing up-to-date data.

When to obtain duplicate documents in Bosnia and Herzegovina

A duplicate birth certificate, marriage certificate, name change certificate, divorce certificate, criminal record certificate or death certificate may be required to register a marriage abroad, a newborn child, citizenship, inheritance, data verification for pension applications, opening bank accounts, employment and other bureaucratic issues.

What documents can be requested in Bosnia and Herzegovina:

Birth certificate
Marriage certificate
Certificate of change of surname
Divorce certificate
Death certificate
Certificates of good conduct
Educational documents
Other civil status documents

Required documents for document procurement

Since civil status documents are personal documents containing personal data, they can only be requested by their owners or persons authorized by them. That is, first of all, to request documents, we will need a signed power of attorney from the owner of the document. Additionally:

Copy of passport
Birth data and name and surname change
Data on the place of registration of civil status records

Responsible authorities

Obtaining civil status documents is possible at the Civil Registry Office of BiH.

Apostille and legalization of documents in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bosnia and Herzegovina is a party to the Hague Convention of 5 October 1961, which established the procedure for simplified legalization of documents by means of apostille. Bosnia and Herzegovina is considered to have acceded to the Hague Convention on simplified legalization of documents since 24 January 1965, when the convention entered into force for the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. You can order an apostille for copies and duplicates of documents from Bosnia and Herzegovina from us. As a rule, certification of documents with an apostille takes about two weeks.

Deadlines for requesting documents in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Requesting documents usually takes about two weeks, in some cases, depending on the processing time of the application by local authorities, the terms may differ.
Requesting certified copies of educational documents takes about two weeks.
This period does not include the time required for legalization of documents and their translation.

Notarized translation of documents from Bosnia and Herzegovina

Copies and duplicates of civil status documents can be translated into Russian or another language by a sworn translator in Bosnia and Herzegovina or the translation can be done in the destination country. Schmidt and Schmidt provides services for the translation of civil status documents with their subsequent certification. The cost of work is calculated based on the volume of a specific document.