The foreign ministry has announced that all those who want to enter Kosovo from this day  forward, must fulfill one of the following requirements:

• Vaccination certificate showing proof of full vaccination (both doses) against COVID-19
• Proof that you have recovered from COVID-19;
• Positive RT-PCR test issued no less than 21 days before date of entry and no more than 180 days.
• Positive test results of serologic anti-body– IgG, issued no longer than 30 days before date of entry;
• Negative RT-PCR test, issued no longer than 72 hours before the date of entry;
• Negative rapid antigen test issued no longer than 48 hours before the date of entry;

Meanwhile, citizens of the Republic of Kosovo, as well as those staying in the country on a permanent or temporary residence permit, should self-isolate for 7 days, in cases when they don’t possess any of the above-mentioned documents. These persons will also have to fill out a self-isolation form at the applicable border crossing.

In addition, the following cases are exempt from the above-mentioned rules:

• People entering Kosovo through the airport or in-land border crossings, who plan on leaving Kosovo in 3 hours or less from the moment of entry.
• Persons who work in the professional transport industry, under the condition that they respect all international transport protocols.
• Citizens of the Republic of Kosovo, who have left Kosovo in the last 12 hours from their moment of entry.
• Foreign citizens, who are passing through Kosovo by means of organized transportation like buses or international transit lines, under the condition that they sign a declaration that they will be leaving Kosovo territory within 5 hours;
• Foreign diplomats that have been accredited in Kosovo;
• Persons under the age of 16.