🇽🇰Kosovo Visa Requirements 2026Entry Rules & Visa-Free Access by Passport

Kosovo B Visa (Territorial Transit Visa)

Issued by Kosovo diplomatic/consular missions for transit through the territory of the Republic of Kosovo. Legally distinct from the short-stay (C) entry visa; standard duration is set to match the time required for the transit journey, with a multiple-entry option available for travelers who transit repeatedly.

Correction: the official Ministry of Internal Affairs/Kosovo Border Police brochure 'Guidelines for Entry, Movement, Residence and Employment of Foreigners in the Republic of Kosovo' confirms Kosovo's diplomatic/consular missions issue four distinct visa letters: A (airport transit), B (territorial transit), C (short-stay, up to 90 days per 180-day period, multi-entry validity from 6 months to 5 years) and D (long-stay). General territorial transit is officially a B visa, not a variant of the C visa as previously recorded. A multiple-entry B visa is granted for validity of up to six months for one, two or more transits; single-journey B visas matched to the specific transit duration are also issued. Kosovo's public-facing consular/embassy pages (MFA, ambasadat.net) do not separately publish a Type-B fee schedule, so the general 40 EUR (approx. USD 43) short-stay visa application fee is carried over as an estimate rather than a confirmed B-visa-specific rate. Nationals holding a valid biometric Schengen residence permit or valid multi-entry Schengen visa may still transit without any Kosovo visa for up to 15 days. Laissez-Passer holders from UN, NATO, OSCE, Council of Europe and EU remain fully exempt from visa requirements.

Kosovo A Visa (Airport Transit Visa)

Issued by Kosovo diplomatic/consular missions for air transit through the international transit area of a Kosovo airport, for nationals of countries for which the Government of Kosovo has set an airport-transit visa requirement by decision. Does not authorize entry onto Kosovo territory.

Confirmed by the official Ministry of Internal Affairs/Kosovo Border Police brochure 'Guidelines for Entry, Movement, Residence and Employment of Foreigners in the Republic of Kosovo' (Directorate for Migration and Foreigners): Kosovo diplomatic and consular missions issue a distinct air-transit visa (Type A), separate from the short-stay (C) and long-stay (D) entry visas. A multiple-entry Type A visa is granted for validity of up to six months, covering one, two or more airport transits; shorter single-journey versions matched to a specific transit are also issued. This letter/category was previously missing from the catalog (only C and D were recorded). No Type-A-specific fee is separately published by MFA; the 43 USD (40 EUR) figure is carried over from Kosovo's general short-stay consular visa fee schedule as a reasonable estimate, not a confirmed Type-A rate.