{"schemaVersion":1,"source":"live","checkedAt":"2026-10-08T03:06:05.901Z","passport":{"code":"XK","name":"Kosovo","slug":"kosovo"},"destination":{"code":"CY","name":"Cyprus"},"status":"visa_free","evidenceLevel":"exact","supportsCurrentStatus":true,"reviewedAt":"2026-08-24","allowedStays":[{"label":"Up to 90 days in any 180-day period","maxDays":90,"basis":"rolling_period","withinDays":180}],"policies":[{"id":"kosovo-biometric-ordinary-passports-eu-short-stay-visa-free","title":"Kosovo biometric ordinary passports: EU short-stay visa-free entry","summary":"Binding EU law exempts holders of ICAO-compliant biometric passports issued by Kosovo from the visa requirement for the listed Member State short visits.","status":"visa_free","effectiveFrom":"2024-01-01","conditions":["This is limited to an ICAO-compliant biometric passport issued by Kosovo. Regulation (EU) 2023/850 transferred Kosovo to Annex II and the exemption applied from 1 January 2024 because ETIAS had not begun operation first.","It is a short-visitor visa-waiver baseline only. It does not establish ETIAS timing, work, residence, study, transit, special documents, carrier requirements, national entry conditions, or final admission.","Ireland is deliberately excluded: the EU visa-list Regulation does not establish Ireland's separate national visa policy."],"sourceIds":["eu-regulation-2023-850-kosovo-biometric-passport-waiver"]},{"id":"eu-schengen-kosovo-biometric-ordinary-passports","title":"Kosovo biometric ordinary passports became visa-exempt","summary":"Annex II exempts Kosovo biometric passports for covered short stays from 1 January 2024.","status":"visa_free","effectiveFrom":"2024-01-01","conditions":["The passport must be biometric and meet ICAO standards.","The exemption applies for stays of no more than 90 days in any 180-day period."],"sourceIds":["eu-2018-1806-current","ec-schengen-area"]}],"conditional":[],"sources":[{"id":"eu-regulation-2023-850-kosovo-biometric-passport-waiver","title":"Regulation (EU) 2023/850: Kosovo passport visa exemption","url":"https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2023/850/oj/eng","publisher":"European Union, Official Journal","jurisdiction":"European Union","kind":"law","language":"English","reviewedAt":"2026-08-24"},{"id":"eu-2018-1806-current","title":"Consolidated Regulation (EU) 2018/1806","url":"https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/ALL/?uri=CELEX%3A02018R1806-20251230","publisher":"Publications Office of the European Union","jurisdiction":"European Union","kind":"law","language":"English","reviewedAt":"2026-08-20"},{"id":"ec-schengen-area","title":"The Schengen area","url":"https://home-affairs.ec.europa.eu/policies/schengen/schengen-area_en","publisher":"European Commission, Directorate-General for Migration and Home Affairs","jurisdiction":"European Union","kind":"official-portal","language":"English","reviewedAt":"2026-08-20"}]}