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Bosnian Identity Card A side
Bosnian Identity Card B sideBosnian-Herzegovinian identity card (Bosnian: Lična karta, Croatian: Osobna iskaznica, Serbian Cyrillic: Лична карта) is a compulsory identity document issued in Bosnia. All Bosnian citizens who are residents of Bosnia and Herzegovina and are over the age of 15 have the right to apply for the national ID card; nevertheless, all Bosnian citizens that are over the age of 18 must have an Identity Card issued by the police (Ministarstvo unutarnjih poslova - MUP) by the city of residence.
Contents
Physical appearance
The identity card is made of plastic and rectangular in shape, resembling the shape of an ordinary credit card, measuring 86 × 54 millimeters in size. On the left side of the ID is the photograph of the bearer, whereas on the opposite side, a hologram is placed, with the country's flag and name being visible. The top edge of the card, or "the header", bears the name of Bosnia and Herzegovina in four languages, Bosnian and/or Croatian, Serbian (in Cyrillic), French, and in English (BOSNA I HERCEGOVINA / БОСНА И ХЕРЦЕГОВИНА / BOSNIE-HERZEGOVINE / BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA); and on its reverse, the name of the card is written in the same languages, with an additional line inserted in Croatian. (LIČNA KARTA / OSOBNA ISKAZNICA / ЛИЧНА КАРТА / CARTE NATIONALE D'IDENTITE / IDENTITY CARD).
Printed data
The descriptions of the fields where the citizen's information is visible is shown in Bosnian, Croatian (one field only), Serbian, French and English.
- Front side:
- Surname
- Name
- Sex
- Citizenship
- Date of birth
- Place of birth
- Date of expiry
- Identity Card Number
- Signature
- Back side:
- Personal ID Number (JMBG)
- Date of issue
- Municipality of residence
- Issued by
- Remarks
- Machine-readable data
Fines
Citizens over the age of 18 who do not have valid identification are subject to a fine in Bosnian konvertibilne marke or euros. If a citizen fails to produce a valid ID to a person of high rank (such as a police officer), the fine can be raised.
International travel
The Bosnian ID card can be used for traveling to and staying in other countries in accordance with bilateral passport-waiver agreements between the Bosnian Government and the following countries:
See also
- Bosnian passport
- Serbian passport
- Croatian passport
References
External links
National Identity cards By continent AfricaAsiaPeople's Republic of China (Hong Kong SAR • Macau SAR) • India • Indonesia • Iran • Israel • Malaysia • Pakistan • Philippines • Saudi Arabia • Singapore • Sri Lanka • South Korea • Republic of China (Taiwan)1OceaniaEuropeAlbania • Austria • Belgium • Bosnia and Herzegovina • Bulgaria • Croatia • Cyprus • Czech Republic • Estonia • Finland • France • Germany • Gibraltar • Hungary • Italy • Lithuania • Macedonia • Malta • Moldova • Montenegro • Netherlands (BES) • Poland • Portugal • Romania • Serbia (Kosovo1) • Slovakia • Slovenia • Spain • Sweden • SwitzerlandNorth AmericaSouth AmericaNotes 1 Partially unrecognised and thus unclassified by the United Nations geoscheme. It is listed following the member state the UN categorises it under.
Biometric identity cards (
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- National identity cards by country
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