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Kosovo — Citizenship Guide

Citizenship by descent is available; naturalisation requires 5 years; dual citizenship is permitted.

Why Kosovo?

The Kosovo passport offers visa-free, visa-on-arrival, ETA, or e-visa access to 126 destinations, ranking it #100 globally.

Citizenship by descent

Kosovo applies jus sanguinis — citizenship can be acquired by descent from a citizen parent, and in some cases from grandparents or more distant ancestors.

Naturalisation

Naturalisation typically requires 5 years of residence, usually alongside language and integration requirements.

Dual citizenship

Kosovo generally permits dual citizenship.

Fees & timeline

There is no standard published application fee — costs vary, so check with official sources.

Compiled from the Citizenship Hub law dataset (approximate). Verify with official government sources before relying on this information.

Where the Kosovo passport can travel

Visa-free, visa on arrival, ETA, and e-visa access by destination. Hover for details.

Fiji — Visa required Tanzania — Visa on arrival W. Sahara — Unknown Canada — Visa required United States of America — Visa required Kazakhstan — e-Visa Uzbekistan — Visa required Papua New Guinea — e-Visa Indonesia — e-Visa Argentina — Visa required Chile — Visa required Dem. Rep. Congo — e-Visa Somalia — e-Visa Kenya — ETA Sudan — Visa required Chad — e-Visa Haiti — Visa-free Dominican Rep. — Visa required Russia — Visa required Bahamas — e-Visa Falkland Is. — Unknown Greenland — Unknown Fr. S. Antarctic Lands — Unknown Timor-Leste — Visa on arrival South Africa — Visa required Lesotho — Visa required Mexico — Visa required Uruguay — Visa required Brazil — Visa required Bolivia — e-Visa Peru — Visa required Colombia — e-Visa Panama — Visa required Costa Rica — Visa required Nicaragua — Visa required Honduras — Visa required El Salvador — e-Visa Guatemala — Visa required Belize — Visa required Venezuela — Visa required Guyana — e-Visa Suriname — ETA Ecuador — Visa-free Puerto Rico — Unknown Jamaica — Visa on arrival Cuba — No admission Zimbabwe — e-Visa Botswana — Visa required Namibia — e-Visa Senegal — Visa required Mali — Visa required Mauritania — e-Visa Benin — e-Visa Niger — Visa required Nigeria — e-Visa Cameroon — e-Visa Togo — e-Visa Ghana — Visa required Côte d'Ivoire — ETA Guinea — e-Visa Guinea-Bissau — Visa on arrival Liberia — e-Visa Sierra Leone — e-Visa Burkina Faso — e-Visa Central African Rep. — Visa required Congo — Visa required Gabon — e-Visa Eq. Guinea — e-Visa Zambia — e-Visa Malawi — e-Visa Mozambique — Visa on arrival eSwatini — Visa required Angola — Visa required Burundi — Visa on arrival Israel — ETA Lebanon — Visa required Madagascar — Visa on arrival Palestine — Visa-free Gambia — Visa-free Tunisia — Visa required Algeria — Visa required Jordan — Visa on arrival United Arab Emirates — Visa-free Qatar — e-Visa Kuwait — Visa required Iraq — e-Visa Oman — e-Visa Vanuatu — e-Visa Cambodia — No admission Thailand — Visa-free Laos — Visa on arrival Myanmar — Visa required Vietnam — e-Visa North Korea — Visa required South Korea — e-Visa Mongolia — Visa required India — Visa required Bangladesh — Visa on arrival Bhutan — e-Visa Nepal — Visa on arrival Pakistan — e-Visa Afghanistan — Visa required Tajikistan — Visa required Kyrgyzstan — Visa required Turkmenistan — Visa required Iran — Visa on arrival Syria — e-Visa Armenia — No admission Sweden — Visa-free Belarus — Visa required Ukraine — Visa required Poland — Visa-free Austria — Visa-free Hungary — Visa-free Moldova — e-Visa Romania — Visa-free Lithuania — Visa-free Latvia — Visa-free Estonia — Visa-free Germany — Visa-free Bulgaria — Visa-free Greece — Visa-free Turkey — Visa-free Albania — Visa-free Croatia — Visa-free Switzerland — Visa-free Luxembourg — Visa-free Belgium — Visa-free Netherlands — Visa-free Portugal — Visa-free Spain — Visa-free Ireland — Visa required New Caledonia — Unknown Solomon Is. — Visa required New Zealand — Visa required Australia — e-Visa Sri Lanka — Visa on arrival China — Visa required Taiwan — Unknown Italy — Visa-free Denmark — Visa-free United Kingdom — Visa required Iceland — Visa-free Azerbaijan — Visa required Georgia — Visa required Philippines — Visa required Malaysia — Visa-free Brunei — Visa-free Slovenia — Visa-free Finland — Visa-free Slovakia — Visa-free Czechia — Visa-free Eritrea — Visa required Japan — Visa required Paraguay — Visa required Yemen — Visa required Saudi Arabia — e-Visa Antarctica — Unknown Cyprus — Visa-free Morocco — Visa required Egypt — e-Visa Libya — e-Visa Ethiopia — Visa on arrival Djibouti — Visa on arrival Uganda — e-Visa Rwanda — Visa on arrival Bosnia and Herz. — Visa required North Macedonia — Visa-free Serbia — Visa-free Montenegro — Visa-free Trinidad and Tobago — Visa required S. Sudan — e-Visa
  • Visa-free
  • Visa on arrival
  • ETA
  • e-Visa
  • Visa required
  • No admission

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