Check with the office. The official pages for this service leave out some details, or are older than a year. Use this page as a starting point and confirm fees and documents before you apply.
Registers (records) a person's unique master citizen number (JMB) with the embassy for those whose JMB already exists in their BiH documents.
Where to apply in Australia
Embassy of Bosnia and Herzegovina, 5 Beale Crescent, Deakin (Canberra, ACT), for all of Australia (also New Zealand and several Pacific states). Documents are lodged with the embassy, mostly by post.
The Sydney (NSW) consulate's own site (bihconsulatesydney.com) lists no consular services and refers applicants to the embassy's consular pages; all applications go to Canberra.
Contact details for every office are on the page of the embassy and consulates of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
How to apply
Complete the JMB registration application and form JMB-7, both signed before a Justice of the Peace | add original birth and citizenship certificates showing the JMB | post with a money order covering delivery
Documents you need
- Application for JMB registration signed before a Justice of the Peace
- Form JMB-7 signed before a Justice of the Peace
- Original birth certificate and citizenship certificate showing the JMB, each under 6 months old
- JP-certified ID copy
- Money order
- Under 14: both parents sign; 14-18: minor and both parents sign
Fees and processing time
- Other charges: delivery/postage only, AUD 5 ordinary, AUD 10 express or AUD 22 registered in Australia (from abroad AUD 22, AUD 44 or AUD 52); no registration fee listed
Processing time: Not stated.
Good to know
Embassy page is in Bosnian and shows no date; read 2026-10-24.
Official sources
- bihembassy.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18&Item…
- bihembassy.org
- bihconsulatesydney.com
Check before you apply
This page summarises information published by Bosnia and Herzegovina's official channels, last checked on 24 octubre 2026. Fees and requirements can change at short notice, so confirm with the office that will handle your case.
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More services of Bosnia and Herzegovina in Australia
- Birth registration of a child
- Burial transport permit (sprovodnica)
- Certificate of length of stay abroad
- Certification of a photocopy
- Certification of power of attorney, statement or inheritance statement
- Certification without valid BiH documents (apostille route)
- Death registration
- Determining a personal identification number (JMB)
- Extracts from civil registry books
- Late entry in BiH civil registers
- Marriage registration
- Passport issuance
- Proof of life certificate for pensioners
- Renunciation of BiH citizenship
- Reporting a lost or stolen travel document
- Temporary travel document (putni list)
- Visa for Bosnia and Herzegovina (B, C, D)