{"schemaVersion":1,"source":"live","checkedAt":"2026-10-08T03:06:05.901Z","passport":{"code":"BH","name":"Bahrain","slug":"bahrain"},"destination":{"code":"BA","name":"Bosnia and Herzegovina"},"status":"visa_required","evidenceLevel":"exact","supportsCurrentStatus":true,"reviewedAt":"2026-09-22","allowedStays":[],"policies":[{"id":"pass414-ba-gulf-prior-visa-from-october-2026","title":"Bosnia and Herzegovina: Gulf ordinary passports require a visa from 1 October 2026","summary":"The MFA's current Bahrain, Oman and Saudi Arabia pages expressly require a visa for stays after 30 September 2026. The passport-only ordinary visitor baseline therefore becomes visa-required on 1 October 2026.","status":"visa_required","effectiveFrom":"2026-10-01","conditions":["This future-dated baseline does not displace the seasonal exemption through 30 September 2026.","The country pages distinguish ordinary passports from special documents; the Saudi diplomatic/official-passport exception is not an ordinary-passport exemption.","This is the nationality-and-ordinary-passport baseline, not a determination of separate supporting-visa, residence-document, special-passport or individual exceptional routes.","No post-season visitor stay length or electronic-issuance route is established by these sources. Obtaining a visa does not itself guarantee admission."],"sourceIds":["pass414-ba-mfa-bahrain","pass414-ba-mfa-oman","pass414-ba-mfa-saudi-arabia"]},{"id":"pass414-ba-gulf-seasonal-waiver-through-september-2026","title":"Bosnia and Herzegovina: Gulf seasonal waiver ends 30 September 2026","summary":"Bahraini, Omani and Saudi ordinary-passport holders are exempt from a visa for entry, exit, transit and stay from 1 June through 30 September 2026, with no more than 60 days of stay in total within that window.","status":"visa_free","effectiveFrom":"2026-06-01","effectiveTo":"2026-09-30","conditions":["This policy concerns ordinary passports of the three named countries; diplomatic and official document arrangements are separate.","The 60-day allowance is aggregate within the fixed seasonal window, not 60 days per entry or permission to remain beyond 30 September 2026.","The current MFA pages expressly require a visa for stays after 30 September 2026. This seasonal exemption supplies no work or residence permission."],"sourceIds":["pass414-ba-gazette-37-26","pass414-ba-mfa-bahrain","pass414-ba-mfa-oman","pass414-ba-mfa-saudi-arabia"]}],"conditional":[],"sources":[{"id":"pass414-ba-mfa-bahrain","title":"Bahrain: current inbound visa rule and 2026 exception","url":"https://www.mvp.gov.ba/en/org_cmd57sdlc000nn43u2rk8pgsd_639185064814075651","publisher":"Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bosnia and Herzegovina","jurisdiction":"Bosnia and Herzegovina","kind":"government-guidance","language":"English","reviewedAt":"2026-09-22"},{"id":"pass414-ba-mfa-oman","title":"Oman: current inbound visa rule and 2026 exception","url":"https://www.mvp.gov.ba/en/org_cmd57sdlc000nn43u2rk8pgsd_639185066739711338","publisher":"Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bosnia and Herzegovina","jurisdiction":"Bosnia and Herzegovina","kind":"government-guidance","language":"English","reviewedAt":"2026-09-22"},{"id":"pass414-ba-mfa-saudi-arabia","title":"Saudi Arabia: current inbound rule and 2026 exception","url":"https://www.mvp.gov.ba/en/org_cmd57sdlc000nn43u2rk8pgsd_639185068629890721","publisher":"Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bosnia and Herzegovina","jurisdiction":"Bosnia and Herzegovina","kind":"government-guidance","language":"English","reviewedAt":"2026-09-22"},{"id":"pass414-ba-gazette-37-26","title":"Decision amending the Decision on Visas, Gazette 37/26","url":"https://sluzbenilist.ba/page/akt/Wi2t0dd7Lq4%3D","publisher":"Official Gazette of Bosnia and Herzegovina","jurisdiction":"Bosnia and Herzegovina","kind":"law","language":"Bosnian","reviewedAt":"2026-09-22"}]}