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.
Citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina who lose a travel document, or have it stolen or destroyed, report it to the embassy so the document can be cancelled and replaced. A local police report is needed first.
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
Report the loss to local police and get a confirmation | fill in form GPI-2 by hand and sign it before a Justice of the Peace | add a copy of the lost document if you have one and a JP-certified copy of your current valid ID | post everything to the embassy with a money order
Documents you need
- Police report confirmation naming the person and the lost document
- Form GPI-2 signed before a Justice of the Peace (official stamp-seal)
- Copy of the lost, stolen or destroyed travel document if available
- JP-certified copy of current valid ID
- Money order payable to the Embassy of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Fees and processing time
- Official fee: AUD 25
- Other charges: postage in Australia AUD 10 express or AUD 22 registered insured (from abroad AUD 22 registered, AUD 44 express uninsured, AUD 52 express insured)
Processing time: Not stated.
Good to know
Embassy page is in Bosnian and shows no date; read 2026-10-24. If the document is found later, tell both the police station and the embassy.
Official sources
- bihembassy.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11&Item…
- bihembassy.org
- bihembassy.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=9&Itemi…
- 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
- Recording a JMB
- Renunciation of BiH citizenship
- Temporary travel document (putni list)
- Visa for Bosnia and Herzegovina (B, C, D)