Visa requirements for Kosovar citizens

Kosovar citizens can enter all 29 Schengen states without a visa, for up to 90 days in any 180-day period across the whole area.

Of the 198 countries whose entry rules are known in both directions, Kosovo and 56 of them let each other’s citizens in without a visa obtained in advance (visa-free, on arrival or with an ETA; an e-visa counts as a visa).

53 countries ask holders of the Kosovar passport for a visa beforehand, although their own citizens enter Kosovo without one: Argentina, Australia, Bahamas, Bahrain, Barbados and 48 others.

The reverse holds for 24 countries: holders of the Kosovar passport get in without a visa obtained in advance, but their citizens need one for Kosovo (Bangladesh, Burundi, Cape Verde, Comoros, Djibouti and 19 others).

67 countries ask holders of the Kosovar passport for a visa obtained before travel from an embassy, a consulate or a visa centre. 6 of them have an embassy or consulate on record in Kosovo.

61 countries have no embassy or career consulate on record in Kosovo, so the application usually goes to one of their posts in another country. Counting the post an official diplomatic list names for Kosovo, or else the nearest one within 2,000 km, those posts are most often in Bulgaria (13), Italy (8), Serbia (7) and Belgium (6).

The United States refused 35% of visitor-visa (B1/B2) applications from citizens of Kosovo in fiscal year 2025, by the State Department’s adjusted refusal rate. 106 of the 197 nationalities with a published rate had a lower one and 90 a higher one; the middle value was 32%.

Visa-free travel with the Kosovar passport

By continent, the Kosovar passport is visa-free in 38 countries in Europe, 7 countries in Asia, 5 countries in the Americas, 1 country in Africa and 1 country in Oceania. The longest visa-free stays for Kosovar citizens are allowed in Andorra (90 days), the United Arab Emirates (90 days), Antigua and Barbuda (90 days), Albania (90 days), Austria (90 days) and Belgium (90 days).

Visa on arrival

Kosovar citizens can get a visa at the airport or land border of Bangladesh, Burundi, Cape Verde, the Comoros, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Guinea-Bissau and 18 others.

E-Visa and electronic travel authorisation

An e-Visa, applied for online before the trip, is how Kosovar citizens enter Australia, the Bahamas, Bahrain, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Burkina Faso and 39 others. Israel, Ivory Coast, Kenya and Suriname ask instead for an electronic travel authorisation (ETA), a lighter online check than a visa.

Where Kosovar citizens are not admitted

According to the visa data used here, Kosovar citizens are currently not admitted to Armenia, Cambodia, Cuba, Hong Kong and the Seychelles.

Kosovo’s neighbours

Serbia, Albania, North Macedonia and Montenegro admit Kosovar citizens without a visa.

How the passport compares

Among neighbouring passports, the Serbian passport ranks 71st (121 destinations), the North Macedonian passport ranks 74th (118 destinations), the Montenegrin passport ranks 74th (118 destinations) and the Albanian passport ranks 92nd (107 destinations). Of the 198 passports in the data, 109 can enter visa-free and 89 need a visa from an embassy or consulate for Kosovo.