{"schemaVersion":1,"source":"live","checkedAt":"2026-10-08T03:06:05.901Z","passport":{"code":"AU","name":"Australia","slug":"australia"},"destination":{"code":"XK","name":"Kosovo"},"status":"visa_free","evidenceLevel":"exact","supportsCurrentStatus":true,"reviewedAt":"2026-08-22","allowedStays":[],"policies":[{"id":"au-outbound-low-coverage-visa-free","title":"Australian ordinary passports: specified visa-free short visits","summary":"Current Smartraveller guidance expressly establishes visa-free visitor access for these destinations.","status":"visa_free","conditions":["XK: tourist stay under 90 days in 180; UA: up to 90 days in 180, but airspace and borders remain operationally constrained; TN: 90 days or less; PA: air or land arrival, initial 90 days; BA: up to 90 days in six months.","Work, residence, transit, special documents, health, carrier and final-admission conditions are outside this classification."],"sourceIds":["au-xk","au-ua","au-tn","au-pa","au-ba"]},{"id":"kosovo-current-listed-ordinary-passports-visa-free","title":"Listed foreign ordinary passports: visa-free short visit","summary":"Kosovo's live MFA schedule names these nationalities as not requiring a short-stay visa, subject to the separately recorded signed amendments and special-document limits.","status":"visa_free","conditions":["This is an ordinary-passport short-visitor classification. The MFA's web contact form and downloadable application do not establish an eVisa, ETA, or visa-on-arrival route.","The Interior Ministry permits a short stay of up to 90 days in every 180 days, subject to a valid travel document, stated purpose, means, address registration, security checks, and final admission.","The MFA separately lists biometric-ID-card and Schengen-document routes. Those document-conditioned exceptions do not broaden this ordinary-passport policy.","Fiji remains unresolved because its later signed amendment makes effectiveness conditional on Gazette publication; Botswana, Namibia, and South Africa are covered by the signed 2024 amendment instead."],"sourceIds":["kosovo-mfa-current-inbound-visa-schedule-2026","kosovo-pm-decision-216-visa-regime-amendment-2024","kosovo-pm-decision-280-fiji-amendment-2025","kosovo-interior-foreign-entry-guidance-2026"]}],"conditional":[],"sources":[{"id":"au-xk","title":"Kosovo Travel Advice & Safety","url":"https://www.smartraveller.gov.au/destinations/europe/kosovo","publisher":"Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade","jurisdiction":"Australia","kind":"government-guidance","language":"English","reviewedAt":"2026-08-21"},{"id":"au-ua","title":"Ukraine Travel Advice & Safety","url":"https://www.smartraveller.gov.au/destinations/europe/ukraine","publisher":"Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade","jurisdiction":"Australia","kind":"government-guidance","language":"English","reviewedAt":"2026-08-21"},{"id":"au-tn","title":"Tunisia Travel Advice & Safety","url":"https://www.smartraveller.gov.au/destinations/africa/tunisia","publisher":"Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade","jurisdiction":"Australia","kind":"government-guidance","language":"English","reviewedAt":"2026-08-21"},{"id":"au-pa","title":"Panama Travel Advice & Safety","url":"https://www.smartraveller.gov.au/destinations/americas/panama","publisher":"Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade","jurisdiction":"Australia","kind":"government-guidance","language":"English","reviewedAt":"2026-08-21"},{"id":"au-ba","title":"Bosnia & Herzegovina Travel Advice & Safety","url":"https://www.smartraveller.gov.au/destinations/europe/bosnia-and-herzegovina","publisher":"Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade","jurisdiction":"Australia","kind":"government-guidance","language":"English","reviewedAt":"2026-08-21"},{"id":"kosovo-mfa-current-inbound-visa-schedule-2026","title":"Kosovo Visas","url":"https://ambasadat.net/visas/","publisher":"Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Diaspora of the Republic of Kosovo","jurisdiction":"Kosovo","kind":"government-guidance","language":"Albanian and English","reviewedAt":"2026-08-22"},{"id":"kosovo-pm-decision-216-visa-regime-amendment-2024","title":"Decision No. 21/216 amending Government Decision No. 15/158","url":"https://kryeministri.rks-gov.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Decision-216.pdf","publisher":"Government of the Republic of Kosovo","jurisdiction":"Kosovo","kind":"law","language":"English","reviewedAt":"2026-08-22"},{"id":"kosovo-pm-decision-280-fiji-amendment-2025","title":"Decision No. 14/280 amending Government Decision No. 15/158","url":"https://kryeministri.rks-gov.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Vendimet-e-mbledhjes-se-280-te-te-Qeverise_.pdf","publisher":"Government of the Republic of Kosovo","jurisdiction":"Kosovo","kind":"law","language":"Albanian","reviewedAt":"2026-08-22"},{"id":"kosovo-interior-foreign-entry-guidance-2026","title":"Information for foreign citizens entering the Republic of Kosovo","url":"https://mpb.rks-gov.net/f/57/11006/INFORMATION-FOR-FOREIGN-CITIZENS-ENTERING-THE-REPUBLIC-OF-KOSOVO","publisher":"Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Kosovo","jurisdiction":"Kosovo","kind":"government-guidance","language":"Albanian","reviewedAt":"2026-08-21"}]}