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🇧🇦 Employment in Bosnia & Herzegovina
For standard paid employment, an employer typically arranges a work permit before the worker applies for temporary residence.
Requirements depend on nationality, occupation, employer and permit category. Confirm the latest checklist with the relevant authority before applying or travelling.
Documents to prepare
- Valid passport and clear copies of identification pages
- Updated CV or résumé with accurate employment history
- Passport-size photographs in the format requested
- Educational, trade, training and professional certificates relevant to the position
- Experience certificates or references, when requested
- Written employment offer or contract showing employer, job title, salary and conditions
- Recent passport photograph and residence application form
- Proof of work permit for the ordinary employment route
- Official translations into a recognized local language where required
Employment visa and work authorization
The Service for Foreigners’ Affairs states that employees ordinarily require a work permit and approved temporary residence before beginning work, subject to exemptions. Applications from abroad usually follow consular procedures.
Employer or sponsor documentation
- Employer-secured work permit from the competent employment authority
- Employment contract or job details
- Supporting information required for temporary residence
Before travelling from India
- Check whether your passport is ECR or non-ECR and whether emigration clearance applies.
- Verify the employer, job title, salary, benefits and written employment terms.
- Confirm medical, police clearance, translation and attestation requirements for your application.
- Keep copies of your passport, contract, visa or permit approval and emergency contacts.
From checklist to conversation
Ask for a checklist
for your actual role.
Use this guide to prepare questions. Ask which documents apply to your passport, occupation and employer. Confirm the sequence, accepted formats and whether originals, translations or attestations are needed before arranging them.
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