{"schemaVersion":1,"source":"live","checkedAt":"2026-10-08T03:06:05.901Z","passport":{"code":"DE","name":"Germany","slug":"germany"},"destination":{"code":"XK","name":"Kosovo"},"status":"visa_free","evidenceLevel":"exact","supportsCurrentStatus":true,"reviewedAt":"2026-08-22","allowedStays":[],"policies":[{"id":"germany-ordinary-passport-named-visa-free-routes","title":"German ordinary passports: named visa-free visitor routes","summary":"The Federal Foreign Office expressly records visa-free short-visitor entry for the listed German ordinary-passport destinations.","status":"visa_free","conditions":["VG: tourism up to 90 days, with an online entry and customs form before departure. XK: entry and stays up to 90 days. UA: up to 90 days in each 180-day period. TN: tourism, private or business stays up to 120 days. PA: up to 90 days. BA: up to 90 days in six months.","This records an ordinary German passport short-visitor baseline only; it excludes work, residence, study, special documents, carrier requirements and final admission."],"sourceIds":["de-fo-vg","de-fo-xk","de-fo-ua","de-fo-tn","de-fo-pa","de-fo-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":"de-fo-vg","title":"Auswärtiges Amt: United Kingdom and British Virgin Islands travel advice","url":"https://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/de/service/laender/grossbritannien-node/grossbritanniensicherheit/206408","publisher":"Auswärtiges Amt","jurisdiction":"Germany","kind":"government-guidance","language":"German","reviewedAt":"2026-08-21"},{"id":"de-fo-xk","title":"Auswärtiges Amt: Kosovo travel and security advice","url":"https://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/de/service/laender/kosovo-node/kosovosicherheit/207442","publisher":"Auswärtiges Amt","jurisdiction":"Germany","kind":"government-guidance","language":"German","reviewedAt":"2026-08-21"},{"id":"de-fo-ua","title":"Auswärtiges Amt: Ukraine travel and security advice","url":"https://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/de/ReiseUndSicherheit/ukrainesicherheit/201946","publisher":"Auswärtiges Amt","jurisdiction":"Germany","kind":"government-guidance","language":"German","reviewedAt":"2026-08-21"},{"id":"de-fo-tn","title":"Auswärtiges Amt: Tunisia travel and security advice","url":"https://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/de/reiseundsicherheit/tunesiensicherheit-219024","publisher":"Auswärtiges Amt","jurisdiction":"Germany","kind":"government-guidance","language":"German","reviewedAt":"2026-08-21"},{"id":"de-fo-pa","title":"Auswärtiges Amt: Panama travel and security advice","url":"https://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/de/service/laender/panama-node/panamasicherheit-206378","publisher":"Auswärtiges Amt","jurisdiction":"Germany","kind":"government-guidance","language":"German","reviewedAt":"2026-08-21"},{"id":"de-fo-ba","title":"Auswärtiges Amt: Bosnia and Herzegovina travel and security advice","url":"https://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/de/service/laender/bosnienundherzegowina-node/bosnienundherzegowinasicherheit-207694","publisher":"Auswärtiges Amt","jurisdiction":"Germany","kind":"government-guidance","language":"German","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"}]}