Košarac and Ambassador Uebber discuss the issue of posted workers from BiH in Germany

(Patria) - Minister of Foreign Trade and Economic Relations of BiH Staša Košarac discussed in Sarajevo with the German Ambassador to BiH Margret Uebber (Margret Uebber) the resolution of the issue of obtaining visas for posted workers from BiH in Germany.  

The meeting was attended by representatives of the Foreign Trade Chamber of BiH, the chambers of commerce of Republika Srpska and the Federation of BiH, and the Association of Construction and Building Materials Industry within the Chamber of Commerce of Republika Srpska and the Association for Construction and Building Materials Industry within the Chamber of Commerce of the Federation of BiH. 

The meeting highlighted the problem of the number of appointment slots for visa issuance, currently allocated by the German Embassy in BiH, which is insufficient for the contingent approved for economic entities from BiH. The issue of prioritizing applications for visa allocation for posted workers from BiH was also discussed, so that companies with earlier contract deadlines with companies from Germany would have priority in this process, which is not currently the practice.        

Representatives of the Foreign Trade Chamber of BiH and the entity chambers of commerce proposed that this problem be resolved by following the model from Serbia, where the chamber of commerce prioritizes visa applications, i.e., determines which company will have priority when allocating appointment slots for worker visas.   

It was agreed at the meeting that representatives of the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Relations of BiH and the German Embassy in BiH will hold a working meeting in the upcoming period to define the next steps regarding the resolution of the issue of obtaining visas for posted workers from BiH in Germany.