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Work without a Work Permit: Artists, Authors and Performers (Registration Certificate)

Bosnia and HerzegovinaCulture, faith and volunteering

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What exact activity, role or purpose qualifies?

The activity is artistic performance or authorship: authors and performers of opera, ballet, drama and other theatre productions, concerts, visual-art and other cultural events, music, dance and film artists, together with accompanying technical, organisational and production staff at cultural workshops, meetings and colonies. It is a certificate of registered work for a short engagement, not a residence permit.

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What organisation, institution, religious body, charity, teacher or host must support the activity?

The host is a natural or legal person in Bosnia and Herzegovina registered for that activity; for popular-entertainment (estrada) artists the counterpart is an organiser or intermediary registered for the activity. The engagement contract must show the rights and obligations of the parties and the period of engagement.

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Limits of the record
  • The certificate document list is cited from the ILO NATLEX reproduction of the Rulebook on Entry and Stay of Aliens 25/16; the Official Gazette original is published as scanned images only, and later amendments (83/22, 57/24) did not amend this article according to their captured texts.

What proves the placement, role, affiliation, experience or cultural/religious/voluntary activity?

Proof consists of a copy of the travel document, the engagement contract with the registered host, organiser or intermediary showing the parties’ rights, obligations and the period of engagement, and proof of payment of the administrative fee.

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Limits of the record
  • The certificate document list is cited from the ILO NATLEX reproduction of the Rulebook on Entry and Stay of Aliens 25/16; the Official Gazette original is published as scanned images only, and later amendments (83/22, 57/24) did not amend this article according to their captured texts.

Can the person receive salary, pocket money, accommodation, meals or reimbursement? Can they undertake other work?

The law and rulebook set no minimum earnings or maintenance amount for this class, and the general temporary-residence means test does not apply because no residence is granted. Work may not start before the certificate is issued, and the employer may use the person only for the jobs named in the certificate.

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Limits of the record
  • No official source publishes a minimum fee, salary or maintenance amount specific to this class beyond the 100 BAM certificate fee; treat any such amount as not published.

How long can they stay, can they change host/activity, can family accompany, and can the status be extended?

The certificate allows work without a work permit only while a visa, visa-free stay or previously approved temporary residence is valid, for up to 90 days in a year (the 2023 amendment replaced "calendar year" with "a year"). It grants no temporary residence and has no renewal track; anyone intending to work longer must obtain a work permit and a residence permit on the basis of employment with a work permit. It does not address family members; any family residence is governed by the separate family-reunification rules. The official source does not state whether the host can be changed.

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

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