No visa liberalization for Serbian passport holders in Kosovo

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N1 Belgrade
19. apr. 2023. 15:40
Pasoš Srbije
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The European Union decision to grant Kosovo a visa liberalization does not include holders of passports issued by the Serbian Internal Affairs Ministry (MUP) Coordination Department for Kosovo.

A post on the MUP web portal said that Serbian citizens resident in Kosovo have to submit requests for passports in Belgrade at the Coordination Department. The decision was taken by the Serbian government under a decree issued in 2009.

Thijs Reuten MEP, author of the visa liberalization agreement, said that it is valid only for documents issued by the authorities in Pristina which means that Kosovo residents who have Serbian passports have to apply for visas to travel to the European Union in Pristina, Skoplje or Tirana, not Belgrade.

Kosovo deputy Prime Minister Besnik Bislimi said that people with passports issued in Belgrade have eight months to get passports issued by Pristina which would allow them to travel to the EU without visas.

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