26 minutes agoVisa liberalisation: Close to 300 thousand citizens were equipped with passports in 2023
Periskopi(2 years ago)
(2 years ago)We are divided a few days from January 1st, when visa liberalisation for Kosovars entered into force. And to travel to the Schengen area states, citizens must be equipped with Kosovo passports. A large number of Kosovo citizens have applied to equip themselves with this document. Early in the year [...]
We are divided a few days from January 1st, when visa liberalisation for Kosovars entered into force.
And to travel to the Schengen area states, citizens must be equipped with Kosovo passports.
A large number of Kosovo citizens have applied to equip themselves with this document.
By the beginning of 2023, 287 thousand and 965 Kosovars have been equipped with passports. So he announced in an answer to Front Online from the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
“Citizens equipped with passports for 2023 totals 287965”.209 thousand and 755 citizens were equipped with IDs during 2023 citizens who were equipped with identification during 2023 has gone to 209755. This statistic has been released by MPB.
Citizens equipped with IDs for the year 2023 total 209755”, they say.
And the number for IDs for the first time citizens applied is lower than the preliminary one.
“Citizens who have been equipped for the first time with a total ID account are 41798”.
So many people are equipped with drivers' license in Kosovo
From January 2023 to now a total of 93 thousand and 385 new drivers were equipped with a driver's license.
While citizens who have applied for the first time for this category are more than 400,000.
Statistics have been provided by the Ministry of Internal Affairs for Front Online.
“Citizens equipped with a driver's license in 2023 total 93385. Citizens equipped for the first time with a driver's license this year total 40308”, the MPB's response said.
Over 2 thousand citizens gave up Kosovo citizenship this year
Because in most European states, duality is not allowed, many Kosovars during 2023 gave up Kosovo's citizenship.
Two thousand and 938 people were stripped of their citizenship.
That's what they say from MPBs about Front Online.
“over the January-November 2023 period from the citizenship of the Republic of Kosovo has freed 2,938 persons”.
From the beginning of this year and so far, 654 citizens have received Kosovo citizenship.
“over the January-November 2023 period has applied 1,174 persons for the profit of citizenship of the Republic of Kosovo, and 654 persons have received R citizenship from them. Kosovo”, said in MPB response.
By contrast, from October 2022 until the end of January 2023, Kosovo has faced lack of materials for producing some documents such as passports, patents and IDs.
MPB had announced on January 26th that it was equipped with basic material for the production of personal documents during that week.
