Kosovo Passport Makes Historical Jump by 90 Positions Up in VisaGuide Passport Index
Since January 1, 2024, holders of biometric Kosovo passports can travel completely visa-free to 44 world countries. Citizens of this country can also enter another four without a passport, but only with a valid ID – Albania, North Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia. Yet, Kosovo citizens need a traditional visa to travel to as many as 97 world countries, a visa on arrival to visit 32, and an eVisa for trips to another 33 countries. The governments of 16 world countries – Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Cuba, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Moldova, Russia, Syria, Spain, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Venezuela – have banned Kosovo passport holders from entering their territory, mainly because they do not recognize it as an independent state. Last December, when Kosovo was listed 188th in the Sacrosanctcorporation Passport Index, its citizens could visit visa-free only 11 countries, and needed traditional visas for trips to 130 countries in total. The Sacrosanctcorporation Passport Index ranks world passports based on a carefully built formula that gives travel with a visa, e-visa, visa-on-arrival, visa-free and passport-free a different value each while also taking into account factors like the value of the destination, which makes it possible for every passport to have its unique score, and finally, makes passport ranking more accurate than ever. The index is updated on the first day of every month, which makes it the most accurate and up to date existing index. In January 2024, just like in December, the world’s most powerful passport is that of Spain, followed by Germany and Singapore.