Apostille vs. Embassy legalisation for Bosnia and Herzegovina
An apostille from the UK is all you need for papers headed to Bosnia and Herzegovina. Since Bosnia and Herzegovina joined the Hague Convention in 1993, a document legalisation for Bosnia and Herzegovina can skip the old long route with consular stamps. The single apostille replaces that chain of validations. This is true whether the papers came from Edinburgh or elsewhere in Scotland and whether they are birth marks, marriage papers, or work records.
Bosnia and Herzegovina's Hague status & what it means
As a Hague Convention member, Bosnia and Herzegovina accepts the apostille from United Kingdom to Bosnia and Herzegovina without asking for further checks. The stamp is the standard mark that the signature on your record is genuine. You will see it if you pull out your own birth record or degree certificate. These papers are official because a named clerk at an office signs them. The Legalisation Office in Milton Keynes checks that the signature matches their records, then they place the apostille with their own stamp.
The Edinburgh → Bosnia and Herzegovina route step by step
If your paper is a birth, marriage, or death record from Edinburgh Registration Service at 253 High Street, you can get a fresh certified copy. They give you this to use instead of your original document, so you keep the family paper safe. The copy comes with a signature and seal already in place. Post that to the Legalisation Office with a covering letter asking for an apostille. The office in Milton Keynes then does its check over up to 25 working days before returning your documents.