My husband would need a transit visa for the small part of Bosnia coming down inbetween Croatia. As it is very complicated I wanted to aks the best way to go around this border? We are rentig a car in Split and
want to drive down to Dubrovnik passing Korcula. Can anyone tell me the best place from where take the
ferry and go around this part of Bosnia? Thank you
saratrip
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hopjesvla
I would say: take a ferry from Split To Korcula, and from Korcula the ferry to Dubrivnik.
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saratrip
Any other idea, in order to be able to drive a little bit down the coast? I would like to do the shortest possible way by ferry. Thank you
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alan1972
You can do this with just one short ferry trip, from Ploce to Trpanj. It runs about 7 times a day in summer - see http://www.jadrolinija.hr/. From Trpanj you can drive along the Peljesac peninsula to rejoin the main coast road near Ston (south of the Bosnian border).
Out of curiosity, did you get official confirmation that your husband would require a transit visa? It's a question that comes up quite often here, it would be useful to have more information.
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saratrip
I called the Bosnian Consulate this morning. He needs to show that he has a Croatian Visa and then apply personally at the Consulat of Bosnia for a Transit Visa. He has a Peruvian Passport.
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alan1972
Thanks, that's interesting. It seems to conflict with the information in this thread, e.g. posts 13 and 15. But then those were posted a year ago.
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mattoni
Hm, I somehow doubt that the information provided by the consulate is accurate. As far as I know, the visa-free transit agreement between Croatia and BiH is still in force although no official information is available on the internet.
Did you specifically ask for transit through the "Neum corridor" or generally for a transit visa?
I'd just try it. Worst thing that could happen is that you'd be refused entry and that you'd have to return to catch the ferry mentioned by #3.
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jeroen
Last time I passed neum the bus didn't even stop and there were no border checks - only when you go off the coastal road on the one main road heading inland I think.
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mpetrovic
I think your husband doesn't need it at all. Bosnian&Hercegovinian consulate just couldn't give you any other information than how it would have to be in theory. In reality, Bosnia&Hercegovina (to be more precise, Muslim-Croatian Federation entity) signed a special document with Croatia, in late 1990ties, allowing people transiting through Neum area without the need of any special permission/transit visa. Just don't bother with applying for a visa, sit on a bus and go, it is a common problem and it is solved more than 10 years ago.
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