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Bosnia and HerzegovinaStudy

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What education or training is this pathway designed for?

The amended Article 56 covers trainees who completed higher education in BiH, or who completed higher education abroad or are currently studying abroad and come under an international agreement for professional training. The article is retitled for trainees, while paragraph 6 still refers to a training contract without compensation and the SFA form calls this an unpaid internship; whether unpaid status is a separate eligibility condition needs independent legal review.

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  • Article 56(6) and the undated SFA form refer to a contract without compensation, while Article 56(2)(a) does not repeat that phrase; independent interpretation of the pay condition is pending.
  • No approval guarantee is stated.

What type of institution/course must accept or enrol the applicant?

A trainee needs a training contract with a legal entity in Bosnia and Herzegovina that provides theoretical and practical training in the same field and at the same qualification level as the applicant’s higher education or studies, plus evidence of a higher-education qualification obtained within the two years before the application or of current study towards one, and the host entity’s undertaking to be responsible for subsistence, health care and return. The current Rulebook Article 31 (as replaced by Official Gazette 57/24) lists exactly these documents and does not require proof of an official language; the language item on the older SFA form is not a legal condition.

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What are the most important financial or study-related conditions: tuition, funds, insurance, full-time study, attendance or equivalent?

No fixed trainee-funds amount is set: the general residence conditions apply and the host legal entity must undertake responsibility for the trainee’s subsistence, health care and return (Rulebook Article 31(1)(d) as replaced by Official Gazette 57/24). The training contract must foresee theoretical and practical training in the same field and at the same level as the trainee’s qualification or studies. The official source does not state a tuition condition.

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  • The SFA form fee (150 BAM) has no stated effective date; confirm currentness against the fee schedule.

Can the student work? Under what major restrictions? What is the family position where clearly stated?

The statute expressly says that the professional training or internship under this article is not treated as work under the Foreigners Act. The official source does not state a separate permission for other paid employment. Family residence, if sought, is governed by the separate family-reunification rules.

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  • The sources consulted do not establish a separate paid-work right for trainees or automatic residence for accompanying family.

How long does the status last, how is it renewed, and what officially documented post-study work or residence possibilities exist?

Trainee residence is granted for up to one year and may be extended once, only for the period needed to obtain professional qualifications. The host must notify the Service without delay when the training contract ends; its financial responsibility ends no later than six months after contract expiry and notice. The official provision does not state a post-training work permit or residence transition.

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  • No post-training employment or residence transition is specified in the consulted official provision.

These are the answers currently recorded in the catalogue. A missing or partial answer is not an eligibility decision.

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