{"question":{"passport":"RKS","destination":"SVK","entryDate":"2026-09-12"},"dateBasis":"reference-date","status":"conditional","headline":"Visa-free, 90 days","requirement":{"kind":"none","message":"You can travel without arranging a visa."},"stay":{"kind":"DAYS","maxDays":90,"ruleType":"ROLLING_WINDOW","windowDays":180,"phrasing":"You may stay up to 90 days in any 180 days."},"conditions":[{"kind":"BIOMETRIC_PASSPORT","text":"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)."},{"kind":"COMMENCEMENT","text":"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."}],"caveat":null,"source":{"documentId":"visa-reg","url":"https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2018/1806/2025-12-30/eng","passage":"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","explanation":"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).","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)"},"checkedAt":"2026-08-30","snapshotAsOf":"2026-09-10","dataVersion":"4f66864a7d4f8a08b6c8c7e446d7f16addcd9303","upcomingChange":null,"alternatives":[],"scope":{"covers":["recorded entry requirement","recorded stay allowance"],"notEstablished":["personal admission decision","work permission","residence rights","tax position","individual eligibility for every condition"],"passportType":"ordinary"}}