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Visa-free, 90 days

You may stay up to 90 days in any 180 days.

Entry rule for 12 September 2026 Source checked 30 August 2026

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The exemption from the visa requirement shall only apply to holders of biometric passports issued by Kosovo in line with the standards of the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO).
The exemption from the visa requirement shall apply from the date on which ETIAS starts operations or from 1 January 2024, whichever date comes first.

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Kosovo passport → Italy
Entry date: 2026-09-12

Visa-free, 90 days
You can travel without arranging a visa.
You may stay up to 90 days in any 180 days.

Conditions:
- The exemption from the visa requirement shall only apply to holders of biometric passports issued by Kosovo in line with the standards of the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO).
- The exemption from the visa requirement shall apply from the date on which ETIAS starts operations or from 1 January 2024, whichever date comes first.

Source: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2018/1806/2025-12-30/eng
Source checked: 2026-08-30
Data snapshot: 2026-09-10

This establishes the recorded entry rule and stay allowance, not admission, work permission, residence rights or a tax position.
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Official wording

Nationals of third countries listed in Annex II shall be exempt from the requirement set out in Article 3(1) for stays of no more than 90 days in any 180-day period. … Kosovo

Aevamo’s reading

Regulation (EU) 2018/1806 is the instrument that creates the obligation: Article 3(1) requires nationals of Annex I third countries to be in possession of a visa when crossing the external borders, and Article 4(1) grants the Annex II exemption. The Schengen Borders Code supplies the 90-in-180 duration but does not itself impose or waive the visa requirement.

Article 4(1) exempts nationals of Annex II countries for 90 days in any 180-day period, and Annex II lists Kosovo with notes 19 and 20, which require a biometric passport and make the exemption effective from 1 January 2024 (whichever of that date or the start of ETIAS operations comes first).

Source details

Source checked: 30 August 2026
Data snapshot: 10 September 2026
Publisher: Regulation (EU) 2018/1806 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 November 2018 listing the third countries whose nationals must be in possession of visas when crossing the external borders and those whose nationals are exempt from that requirement (codification)
Reference ID: visa-reg

How the documents behind this regime are dated

visa-reg: EUR-Lex consolidated text dated 30/12/2025, marked in force. schengen-borders: EUR-Lex consolidation dated 12/10/2025, marked in force.

What this answer covers Limits & assumptions

Work and residence rights are separate from this check. This is the entry rule and the length of stay the instrument grants. It is not a decision about you: the officer at the border decides admission, and we do not evaluate the purpose of your trip, your passport's remaining validity, an onward ticket, funds, insurance or health requirements.

The rule is one instrument covering 29 places, so this answer is the same for Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Switzerland, Czechia, Germany and 22 more .

Informational planning, not legal or immigration advice. The source is linked so you can check our reading.