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Temporary Residence for a Stateless Person

Bosnia and HerzegovinaHumanitarian protection

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What exactly is this: asylum, temporary protection, humanitarian admission, resettlement or another protection mechanism?

A foreign person who is without citizenship may seek temporary residence on humanitarian grounds under Article 58(2)(c) of Bosnia and Herzegovina’s Law on Foreigners. This is a temporary-residence mechanism; the cited law does not confer BiH citizenship or itself decide any separate protection claim.

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  • The consulted official law/form material was not obtained as an official consolidated 2026 text; route-specific current implementation and independent review remain pending.

Which population, circumstances or geographic group does the mechanism cover?

The route covers stateless persons: the law defines a stateless person as a foreigner whom no state, under its domestic law, considers to be its citizen.

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  • The consulted official law/form material was not obtained as an official consolidated 2026 text; route-specific current implementation and independent review remain pending.

Where can protection be requested, and is this a direct application, border/in-country request, referral or other process?

The route is a temporary-residence application to the Service for Foreigners’ Affairs. The general law says first applications are normally filed outside BiH through a diplomatic-consular mission; filing inside BiH is limited to D-visa entrants or visa-exempt nationals. A person without a valid travel document who is granted residence under Article 58(2) is issued an identity certificate.

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  • The consulted official law/form material was not obtained as an official consolidated 2026 text; route-specific current implementation and independent review remain pending.

What happens after the request: registration, family handling, major support and rights where officially stated?

After approval, a stateless person on this ground has a right to work under the conditions that apply to foreigners generally and is enabled to receive primary education under the same conditions as BiH citizens. The cited provisions do not establish a separate family-accompaniment rule for this ground.

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  • The consulted official law/form material was not obtained as an official consolidated 2026 text; route-specific current implementation and independent review remain pending.

Which competent authority, UN body or official assistance channel should the person use?

The competent channel is the competent field office of the Service for Foreigners’ Affairs (SFA), which gives the route-specific application evidence as individual-case information.

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  • The consulted official law/form material was not obtained as an official consolidated 2026 text; route-specific current implementation and independent review remain pending.

These are the answers currently recorded in the catalogue. A missing or partial answer is not an eligibility decision.

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