Serbian Coordination Directorate
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The Serbian Coordination Directorate (in Serbian
Координациона управа, Koordinaciona uprava) is an authority which is responsible for issuing Serbian passport
s to Serbian citizens residing in Kosovo
.
In the process of granting visa-free travel to the Schengen Area
, the European Union
urged Serbia
to found such a special authority for its citizens residing in Kosovo as the European Union considered it impossible for Serbia to evaluate the issuing of breeder documents needed to apply for a passport and the integrity of the procedures applied by Serbia to check the authentity of documents provided by applicants for that purpose. In July 2009, Serbia founded the Serbian Coordination Directorate.
Serbian passports issued by the Serbian Coordination Directorate do not allow the holder to enter the Schengen Area without a visa, even for a stay of less than three months within half a year. Serbian citizens with passports issued by other authorities enjoy such a privilege.
Serbian language
Serbian is a form of Serbo-Croatian, a South Slavic language, spoken by Serbs in Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Croatia and neighbouring countries....
Координациона управа, Koordinaciona uprava) is an authority which is responsible for issuing Serbian passport
Serbian passport
Serbian passports are issued to Serbian citizens at any age, and it is the primary document of international travel issued by Serbia.Passports are issued by the Ministry of Internal Affairs or, if the citizen resides abroad, at the embassy...
s to Serbian citizens residing in Kosovo
Kosovo
Kosovo is a region in southeastern Europe. Part of the Ottoman Empire for more than five centuries, later the Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija within Serbia...
.
In the process of granting visa-free travel to the Schengen Area
Schengen Area
The Schengen Area comprises the territories of twenty-five European countries that have implemented the Schengen Agreement signed in the town of Schengen, Luxembourg, in 1985...
, the European Union
European Union
The European Union is an economic and political union of 27 independent member states which are located primarily in Europe. The EU traces its origins from the European Coal and Steel Community and the European Economic Community , formed by six countries in 1958...
urged Serbia
Serbia
Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...
to found such a special authority for its citizens residing in Kosovo as the European Union considered it impossible for Serbia to evaluate the issuing of breeder documents needed to apply for a passport and the integrity of the procedures applied by Serbia to check the authentity of documents provided by applicants for that purpose. In July 2009, Serbia founded the Serbian Coordination Directorate.
Serbian passports issued by the Serbian Coordination Directorate do not allow the holder to enter the Schengen Area without a visa, even for a stay of less than three months within half a year. Serbian citizens with passports issued by other authorities enjoy such a privilege.