{"id":1510,"date":"2025-04-17T09:24:31","date_gmt":"2025-04-17T09:24:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/bosniaandherzegovina\/?page_id=1510"},"modified":"2026-02-03T11:05:29","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T11:05:29","slug":"the-service-for-foreigners-affairs","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/bosniaandherzegovina\/asylum-procedure-and-international-protection-in-bosnia-and-herzegovina\/the-service-for-foreigners-affairs\/","title":{"rendered":"The Service for Foreigners&#8217; Affairs \u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sps.gov.ba\/?lang=en\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/sps.gov.ba\/?lang=en\">The Service for Foreigners\u2019 Affairs<\/a> (SFA) is an independent administrative unit within the Ministry of Security,\u202fresponsible for the entry and stay of foreigners in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It also performs several duties related to asylum.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you need international protection and wish to apply for asylum, the SFA handles the initial step in this process. The SFA will issue you an \u2018Attestation of the Intention to Seek Asylum\u2019 (also known as \u2018White Paper\u2019 or AISA) and will refer you to one of the available reception facilities, provided there is space. You can visit any of the 16 SFA offices in Bosnia and Herzegovina. If you initially express your intent to seek asylum to Border Police, they will direct you to the nearest SFA office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The SFA will also provide you with initial information on the asylum process and your\u202frights and obligations.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Service for Foreigners\u2019 Affairs (SFA) is an independent administrative unit within the Ministry of Security,\u202fresponsible for the entry and stay of foreigners in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It also performs several duties related to asylum.&nbsp; If you need international protection and wish to apply for asylum, the SFA handles the initial step in this process. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":486,"featured_media":0,"parent":1478,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1510","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/bosniaandherzegovina\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1510","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/bosniaandherzegovina\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/bosniaandherzegovina\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/bosniaandherzegovina\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/486"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/bosniaandherzegovina\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1510"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/bosniaandherzegovina\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1510\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1568,"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/bosniaandherzegovina\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1510\/revisions\/1568"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/bosniaandherzegovina\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1478"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/bosniaandherzegovina\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1510"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}