Late entry in BiH civil registers – Bosnia and Herzegovina in Australia

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.

Late registration (naknadni upis) enters the birth of someone not yet in the BiH civil registers, where both parents are BiH citizens or one parent is a citizen and the applicant is under 23.

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 late-registration application and have the signature witnessed by a Justice of the Peace | gather certified ID, apostilled and translated birth certificate and parents' proof of citizenship | enclose a money order | post to the embassy

Documents you need

Late-registration application signed before a Justice of the Peace (applicants 14-18 also sign)
Last residence in BiH of the applicant, or of the parents if the applicant never lived there
JP-certified copy of ID
Original birth certificate under 6 months old with DFAT apostille
Translation by an authorised translator
Proof of BiH citizenship of the parent(s) (JP-certified passport/ID copy or original citizenship certificate under 6 months old)
Other parent's JP-certified foreign passport copy where only one parent is a citizen
Money order

Fees and processing time

Official fee: AUD 17
Other charges: postage in Australia AUD 3 ordinary (AUD 5 where one parent is a citizen) or AUD 10 express (from abroad AUD 22 registered, AUD 44 express uninsured, AUD 52 express insured)

Processing time: Can take 3 to 6 months.

Good to know

Embassy page is in Bosnian and shows no date; read 2026-10-24. Where only one parent is a citizen, the procedure must be completed by the applicant's 23rd birthday.

Official sources

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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Bosnia and Herzegovina: Late entry in BiH civil registers in Australia