In which countries you can travel without visas from January 1, 2024

The German Embassy has announced that on 1 January 2024, Kosovars who have biometric passports can travel without visas to the Schengen area.

In what countries can you travel without visas?

With a valid biometric passport from Kosovo, you can travel visa-free to the following EU countries: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Holland, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia and Sweden. You can also travel to Schengen countries: Switzerland, Norway, Liechtenstein and Iceland. You can't travel to Spain.

You should always have information about the purpose of your visit, the location of the accommodation/where you will stay during the visit, return tickets, evidence of sufficient financial means to cover the attitude (money and/or credit card). It is strongly recommended to have travel insurance. If you intend to stay with your family relatives or friends, you should have the correct address and phone numbers. Border officials can request supporting documents that argue the goal and terms of the target stance.

Visa-free travel cannot allow you to work in the Schengen Zone. If you intend to work in one of the EU countries, you must apply for a working visa of the D category in the respective service of this EU country's consulate.

Visa-free travel is not targeted for studies spending 90 days in the Schengen Zone within 180 days. For more long - term studies, you need to apply for student visas, and the rules for this vary from country to country.

When properly reasoned, visa-free travel allows you to seek medical treatment as long as it is within the limits of 90 days. In this case, you must have a testimony (official document) of the medical institution's admission and evidence of your planned health care or medical examinations.

Lifting visas does not provide an unconditional entry right and attitude. Member states have the right to refuse access and stay in their territories if one or more of the entry conditions are not met, such as.

The possession of a valid biometric passport (useable for at least three months after the target date of departure from the Schengen area), the reasoning of the goal and conditions of the target position, having sufficient financial means, both for the duration of the target and for the return;
Not a person for whom a signal has been issued to the Schengen Information System (SIS) for the purposes of refusing entry;

Let it not be considered a threat to public policy, internal security, public health, or the international relations of any member states.

Visa-free travel does not give you the right to seek asylum in EU states, or Schengen.

Misuse could lead to a refusal to enter the future in such cases as being over 90 days in a 180 - day period, without permission, making a threat to public safety, or engaging in criminal activities. Misuse and attitude beyond the period could lead to financial fines and result in expulsion and halting entry into the Schengen Zone by 5 years” is said in the German Embassy's announcement to Pristina.