The Honorary Consulate of Bosnia and Herzegovina in Bitola is a volunteer-run office that assists Bosnian citizens in North Macedonia; passport and visa applications go to the Bosnian Embassy in Skopje.
Contact Details
| Address | Kole Kaninski 6, 7000 Bitola, North Macedonia |
| Head of Mission | Biljana Damjanovska-Jancevska, Honorary Consul |
Opening Hours
No opening hours, telephone number or e-mail address are published for this office – contact the Bosnian Embassy in Skopje for help.
Location of the Consulate
About the honorary consulate in Bitola
The honorary consulate represents Bosnia and Herzegovina in North Macedonia. According to the list of honorary consuls of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of North Macedonia (1 October 2026), the honorary consul is Biljana Damjanovska-Jancevska. No opening hours are published; arrange a visit in advance. The ministry’s list gives no phone number or e-mail address for this office.
Bitola, in the Municipality of Bitola, lies about 108 km in a straight line from the centre of Skopje; the nearest airport is Ohrid St. Paul the Apostle Airport (about 52 km), and Skopje International Airport is about 106 km away.
Citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina do not need a visa for short stays in North Macedonia, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of North Macedonia. North Macedonia is not part of the Schengen area and applies its own visa rules.
Which Bosnian office issues passports and visas?
Passports and other formal consular services for Bosnian citizens are handled by the Bosnian Embassy in Skopje.
Contact details of the Bosnian Embassy in Skopje, as listed on its page in this directory:
- Address: 20 Oktomvri 15, 1000 Skopje, North Macedonia
- Telephone: +389 2 3086 216
- Email: skopje@ambasadabih.org.mk
- Opening hours: Monday to Friday 08:30–16:30
What can an honorary consul do?
An honorary consul is not a career diplomat but a local resident – often a business person or lawyer – appointed by Bosnia and Herzegovina and approved by the host country. Depending on the powers granted, the honorary consul can help Bosnian citizens in an emergency (lost passport, accident, arrest), pass on applications and documents to the embassy, and certify signatures or life certificates. Passports and visas are not issued by an honorary consulate; they remain the responsibility of the embassy or a career consulate.
Other consulates and embassies in Bitola
6 other countries are represented in Bitola: Austria (honorary), Bulgaria (consulate general), France (honorary), Greece (consulate general), Montenegro (honorary), Romania (honorary).
Closing days
North Macedonia has eleven public holidays for all citizens, among them Orthodox Christmas (7 January), the first day of Ramadan Bayram, Orthodox Easter Monday, Ilinden (2 August) and Independence Day (8 September); when one falls on a Sunday, the following Monday is off.
Emergency assistance
In North Macedonia, dial 192 for the police, 194 for an ambulance and 193 for the fire brigade (Government of Canada travel information). North Macedonian citizens who need help in Bosnia and Herzegovina can contact the Embassy of North Macedonia in Sarajevo, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of North Macedonia, or the hotline of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of North Macedonia (08:00–22:00, +389 75 273 732, globalsos@mfa.gov.mk).
Bosnian missions in North Macedonia
Measured in a straight line from Bitola, the nearest other Bosnian office is the Honorary Consulate in Ohrid (about 45 km). The nearest embassy or career consulate is the Embassy in Skopje (about 110 km). Distances in brackets are straight-line distances from Bitola.
- Skopje (110 km) – Embassy of Bosnia and Herzegovina in North Macedonia
- Bitola – Honorary Consulate (this page)
- Ohrid (45 km) – Honorary Consulate
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Details checked on 19 October 2026. Sources: Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of North Macedonia – Honorary Consuls (1 October 2026), Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of North Macedonia – Diplomatic List (16 October 2026), Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of North Macedonia – Do you need a visa? / Visa requirements for entering the Republic of North Macedonia, Ministry of Economy and Labour – Programme of non-working days for 2026 (Law on Holidays, Official Gazette 21/98, 18/07), Government of Canada – embassies and consulates: North Macedonia (local emergency services).
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