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The most difficult part of acquiring Bosnian-Herzegovinian citizenship is not the collection of necessary documentation, but the creation of a reasoned request that will not be rejected by the administrative authorities.
If you state your right for citizenship by descent (whether through your parents, grandparents), the first step is to do a quality analysis, so that you don't waste a lot of time on your own interpretation of the legal framework.
No, you must submit the application for a BiH passport in person, for providing biometric data, at the Diplomatic-Consular Representation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, according to your place of permanent residence.
As for acquiring Bosnian-Herzegovinian citizenship and keeping the existing one you hold, this is possible even in situations where there is no bilateral agreement between BiH and the country you come from, and only if you acquire citizenship by descent. However, depending on the country in the matter, it is necessary to closely monitor and check the national regulations.
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Most used legal actions according this legal practice area |
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In Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia: Checking the legal status of real estate; Verification of real estate in land registers and cadastre; Finding the desired property; Contracts; Real estate registration; Investment studies / |
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Debt collection; Establishment of business entities; Creating the Rules of procedure; Drafting contracts and constitutional documents; Due diligence; Bankruptcy and liquidation proceedings; Managing labor relations / |
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Acquisition of BiH citizenship; Renouncement of BiH citizenship; Work permits for foreigners; Visa proceedings, Resolving issues of residence and residence permit |
What our clients have to say
My family is Croatian, so when I heard I could gain citizenship through descent, it became an important personal journey. After researching, I had a big problem -- What's the likelihood I'd find a birth record of my great-grandfather from 1861 in Croatia? A little nervous, and with some doubt, I contacted LJubic Law Firm. Honestly, I didn't know if they could do anything. While there's no guarantee with finding such documents in Croatia, the team continually updated me on the search progress, and they found the baptismal record in a little church in the village of Kulkujanovo -- perfectly matching my great-grandfather's death record! After gathering all my documents and preparing to submit my Croatian citizenship application, I also needed to translate my documents. You need to have an officially-recognised translator in Croatia to complete this task. Just to compare, I contacted some other non-law firm translation services. One told me it would take them 3 months to translate my documents! Ridiculous. So, I contacted LJubic Law Firm again. They took on my documents to do in 4 weeks, and then delivered in just 3 weeks -- 20 different documents with apostilles from some documents over 100 years old! LJubic Law Firm is extremely professional. They have great communication and are highly trustworthy. They delivered on 2 very challenging tasks. In doing my Croatian citizenship, peace of mind was very important to me. I wanted to be confident if it can be done, it will. I can't say enough how professional, nice and skilled the team is. Due to the generations I went back, I'd say my case was pretty difficult -- yet the team nailed it.