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Temporary Residence on Humanitarian Grounds: Stay in a Nursing Home

Bosnia and HerzegovinaHumanitarian protection

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

This is a temporary-residence permit on humanitarian grounds under Law on Foreigners Article 58(1), for a foreigner admitted to a nursing home in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is not asylum, temporary protection or resettlement: it is an ordinary residence approval whose humanitarian ground is the stay in a care institution.

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

It covers a foreigner who meets the general temporary-residence requirements of Article 49 and proves admission to a Bosnian institution for stay in a nursing home (the same paragraph also covers admission for medical treatment or rehabilitation, which the catalogue lists as a separate route).

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

The request is an application for approval or extension of temporary residence filed with the Service for Foreigners’ Affairs on form PB-3.2, supported by the nursing home’s certificate of admission and the accommodation contract showing how the stay is paid for, together with the general documents (passport copy, photo, residence-registration white card, medical attestation and criminal-record certificates).

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

A 150 BAM administrative fee applies to the approval or extension. Means of subsistence under Article 23 of the Law may be shown by bank funds, pension evidence, non-cash means, or specifically by evidence of paid accommodation at the nursing home. Temporary residence is approved for up to one year unless the Law provides otherwise, and an extension must rest on the same ground.

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Limits of the record
  • The SFA form is undated; the fee and document list are current as published on the SFA site (captured 2026-09-13) but their legal effective date is not stated.
  • Family members are not addressed by this ground; family residence follows the separate family-reunification rules.

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

The competent authority is the Service for Foreigners’ Affairs of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Sluzba za poslove sa strancima), which publishes form PB-3.2 and receives the application at its field offices; all foreign documents must be translated into one of the official languages of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

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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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