Serbia visa requirements · checked 26 September 2026

Visa & Entry Requirements for Serbia

Q: What documents do I need to enter Serbia?

Passport validity: Serbia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs lists, among general visa requirements, a passport valid at least 90 days after the intended date of departure from Serbia, with at least two consecutive blank pages, issued within the past 10 years. Travel insurance: Serbia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs lists adequate and valid travel medical insurance among the general visa requirements. Return or onward ticket: No official source we could read states an onward or return ticket requirement for all visitors to Serbia. Proof of funds: Serbia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs lists proof of sufficient funds among the general entry requirements: 50 euros per day of stay, proved by the appropriate amount of cash or a bank statement.

Q: How long can I stay in Serbia without a visa?

Usually 90 days (75 passports); visa-free stays range from 14 to 90 days depending on your passport.

Most travellers need a visa for Serbia: 108 of 198 passports must apply at an embassy or consulate, while 90 passports enter visa-free.

Serbia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs says holders of ordinary passports of, for example, Germany, the US and the UK need no visa for visits of up to 90 days in a 6-month period from the first entry, and that ordinary-passport holders of Russia, China and Belarus need none for visits of up to 30 days, and of the UAE and Bahrain for up to 90 days within 6 months. Under a 2014 Government decision, holders of a valid Schengen, UK, EU member state or US visa, or of a Schengen, EU or US residence permit, can also enter without a Serbian visa. Visa applications are submitted to a Serbian embassy or consulate general abroad or online.

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Visa for Serbia — requirements summary

Visa-free: 90 (45%)
Visa required: 108 (55%)

All travellers must meet the entry rules set by Serbia, and they depend on your nationality. Find your passport below — you may be able to enter visa-free, or need an eVisa, a visa on arrival or a visa from an embassy.

Passport	Requirement	Max stay	Details
Afghanistan	Visa required	—	Details →
Albania	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Algeria	Visa required	—	Details →
Andorra	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Angola	Visa required	—	Details →
Antigua and Barbuda	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Argentina	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Armenia	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Australia	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Austria	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Azerbaijan	Visa-free	—	Details →
Bahamas	Visa-free	30 days	Details →
Bahrain	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Bangladesh	Visa required	—	Details →
Barbados	Visa-free	30 days	Details →
Belarus	Visa-free	30 days	Details →
Belgium	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Belize	Visa required	—	Details →
Benin	Visa required	—	Details →
Bhutan	Visa required	—	Details →
Bolivia	Visa required	—	Details →
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Botswana	Visa required	—	Details →
Brazil	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Brunei	Visa required	—	Details →
Bulgaria	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Burkina Faso	Visa required	—	Details →
Burundi	Visa required	—	Details →
Cambodia	Visa required	—	Details →
Cameroon	Visa required	—	Details →
Canada	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Cape Verde	Visa required	—	Details →
Central African Republic	Visa required	—	Details →
Chad	Visa required	—	Details →
Chile	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
China	Visa-free	30 days	Details →
Colombia	Visa-free	30 days	Details →
Comoros	Visa required	—	Details →
Costa Rica	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Côte d'Ivoire	Visa required	—	Details →
Croatia	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Cuba	Visa required	—	Details →
Cyprus	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Czechia	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Denmark	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Djibouti	Visa required	—	Details →
Dominica	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Dominican Republic	Visa required	—	Details →
DR Congo	Visa required	—	Details →
Ecuador	Visa required	—	Details →
Egypt	Visa required	—	Details →
El Salvador	Visa required	—	Details →
Equatorial Guinea	Visa required	—	Details →
Eritrea	Visa required	—	Details →
Estonia	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Eswatini	Visa required	—	Details →
Ethiopia	Visa required	—	Details →
Fiji	Visa required	—	Details →
Finland	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
France	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Gabon	Visa required	—	Details →
Gambia	Visa required	—	Details →
Georgia	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Germany	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Ghana	Visa required	—	Details →
Greece	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Grenada	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Guatemala	Visa required	—	Details →
Guinea	Visa required	—	Details →
Guinea-Bissau	Visa required	—	Details →
Guyana	Visa required	—	Details →
Haiti	Visa required	—	Details →
Honduras	Visa required	—	Details →
Hong Kong	Visa-free	14 days	Details →
Hungary	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Iceland	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
India	Visa required	—	Details →
Indonesia	Visa-free	30 days	Details →
Iran	Visa required	—	Details →
Iraq	Visa required	—	Details →
Ireland	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Israel	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Italy	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Jamaica	Visa-free	30 days	Details →
Japan	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Jordan	Visa required	—	Details →
Kazakhstan	Visa-free	30 days	Details →
Kenya	Visa required	—	Details →
Kiribati	Visa required	—	Details →
Kosovo	Visa-free	—	Details →
Kuwait	Visa required	—	Details →
Kyrgyzstan	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Laos	Visa required	—	Details →
Latvia	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Lebanon	Visa required	—	Details →
Lesotho	Visa required	—	Details →
Liberia	Visa required	—	Details →
Libya	Visa required	—	Details →
Liechtenstein	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Lithuania	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Luxembourg	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Macau	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Madagascar	Visa required	—	Details →
Malawi	Visa required	—	Details →
Malaysia	Visa required	—	Details →
Maldives	Visa required	—	Details →
Mali	Visa required	—	Details →
Malta	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Marshall Islands	Visa required	—	Details →
Mauritania	Visa required	—	Details →
Mauritius	Visa required	—	Details →
Mexico	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Micronesia	Visa required	—	Details →
Moldova	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Monaco	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Mongolia	Visa required	—	Details →
Montenegro	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Morocco	Visa required	—	Details →
Mozambique	Visa required	—	Details →
Myanmar	Visa required	—	Details →
Namibia	Visa required	—	Details →
Nauru	Visa required	—	Details →
Nepal	Visa required	—	Details →
Netherlands	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
New Zealand	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Nicaragua	Visa required	—	Details →
Niger	Visa required	—	Details →
Nigeria	Visa required	—	Details →
North Korea	Visa required	—	Details →
North Macedonia	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Norway	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Oman	Visa required	—	Details →
Pakistan	Visa required	—	Details →
Palau	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Palestine	Visa required	—	Details →
Panama	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Papua New Guinea	Visa required	—	Details →
Paraguay	Visa-free	30 days	Details →
Peru	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Philippines	Visa required	—	Details →
Poland	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Portugal	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Qatar	Visa required	—	Details →
Republic of the Congo	Visa required	—	Details →
Romania	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Russia	Visa-free	30 days	Details →
Rwanda	Visa required	—	Details →
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Saint Lucia	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Visa-free	30 days	Details →
Samoa	Visa required	—	Details →
San Marino	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Sao Tome and Principe	Visa required	—	Details →
Saudi Arabia	Visa required	—	Details →
Senegal	Visa required	—	Details →
Seychelles	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Sierra Leone	Visa required	—	Details →
Singapore	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Slovakia	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Slovenia	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Solomon Islands	Visa required	—	Details →
Somalia	Visa required	—	Details →
South Africa	Visa required	—	Details →
South Korea	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
South Sudan	Visa required	—	Details →
Spain	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Sri Lanka	Visa required	—	Details →
Sudan	Visa required	—	Details →
Suriname	Visa-free	30 days	Details →
Sweden	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Switzerland	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Syria	Visa required	—	Details →
Taiwan	Visa required	—	Details →
Tajikistan	Visa required	—	Details →
Tanzania	Visa required	—	Details →
Thailand	Visa required	—	Details →
Timor-Leste	Visa required	—	Details →
Togo	Visa required	—	Details →
Tonga	Visa required	—	Details →
Trinidad and Tobago	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Tunisia	Visa required	—	Details →
Türkiye	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Turkmenistan	Visa required	—	Details →
Tuvalu	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Uganda	Visa required	—	Details →
Ukraine	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
United Arab Emirates	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
United Kingdom	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
United States	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Uruguay	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Uzbekistan	Visa required	—	Details →
Vanuatu	Visa required	—	Details →
Vatican City	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Venezuela	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Vietnam	Visa required	—	Details →
Yemen	Visa required	—	Details →
Zambia	Visa required	—	Details →
Zimbabwe	Visa required	—	Details →

Serbia visa types, fees and processing times

Short-stay visa (Visa C)

Embassy

Max stay: 90 days

Fee and processing time not published — confirm with the embassy or consulate before you apply.

Long-stay visa (Visa D)

Embassy

Max stay: 180 days

Fee and processing time not published — confirm with the embassy or consulate before you apply.

Entry requirements for Serbia

Passport validity

90 days

Serbia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs lists, among general visa requirements, a passport valid at least 90 days after the intended date of departure from Serbia, with at least two consecutive blank pages, issued within the past 10 years. The UK Foreign Office tells British passport holders that their passport must have an expiry date at least 90 days after the date they plan to leave Serbia. The ministry's pages for Germany, Bosnia and Herzegovina, North Macedonia and Albania say an ID card can also be used.

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Serbia — Visa Requirements✓ Checked 3 Oct 2026

Travel insurance

20,000 euros

Serbia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs lists adequate and valid travel medical insurance among the general visa requirements. For all visitors it recommends health insurance for the period of stay covering possible medical costs of not less than 20,000 euros.

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Serbia — Visa requirements (travel to Serbia)✓ Checked 3 Oct 2026

Return or onward ticket

No official source we could read states an onward or return ticket requirement for all visitors to Serbia.

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Serbia — General Entry Requirements✓ Checked 3 Oct 2026

Proof of funds

50 euros

Serbia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs lists proof of sufficient funds among the general entry requirements: 50 euros per day of stay, proved by the appropriate amount of cash or a bank statement. It says entry shall be denied to a foreigner who does not have sufficient funds for the stay.

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Serbia — General Entry Requirements✓ Checked 3 Oct 2026

Arrival cards and declarations: Address registration (white card)

24 hours

The UK Foreign Office says you must register with the local police where you are staying within 24 hours of arrival, that hotel check-in staff will register you automatically, and that if you do not register you could get a fine and face arrest and a court appearance. Canada says registration will normally be arranged by your hotel or host.

UK FCDO — Serbia travel advice (entry requirements)✓ Checked 3 Oct 2026

Registration after arrival

24 hours

Businesses and individuals providing paid accommodation to foreigners must register the foreigner's stay with the police within 24 hours of providing accommodation. People and businesses receiving a foreigner on a visit must do so within 24 hours of the visit starting. A foreigner who uses neither must register personally within 24 hours of entering Serbia or of changing residence. A foreigner who fails to do so is fined 5,000 to 150,000 dinars.

Pravno-informacioni sistem RS — Law on Foreigners✓ Checked 12 Oct 2026

Overstay penalties

90 days

A stay is unlawful if the foreigner stays in Serbia more than 90 days in a 180-day period (or longer than an international agreement allows), or longer than the stay granted in the visa, or if the visa was annulled or revoked. A foreigner who stays unlawfully is fined 50,000 to 150,000 dinars and may also be given the protective measure of removal from Serbia. An entry ban is set case by case and not for longer than five years, unless the foreigner is a serious threat to the security of Serbia and its citizens.

Pravno-informacioni sistem RS (Official Gazette) — Law on Foreigners (Zakon o strancima), consolidated 24/2018, 31/2019, 62/2023✓ Checked 12 Oct 2026

Customs allowances

EUR 10,000

Serbia's Customs Administration says you may bring in as much foreign currency as you wish, but amounts of more than EUR 10,000 must be declared to customs on the Cash Declaration Form; if you later leave with unspent money over EUR 10,000 without the certified form, you risk seizure of the sum above EUR 10,000.

Customs Administration of Serbia — Useful information for passengers✓ Checked 3 Oct 2026

Serbia visa requirements statistics

198

Passports covered

108

Most common: Visa required

Least common: Visa-free

45%

Visa-free access

Visa-free stays by length

90 days · 75 passports
30 days · 12 passports
14 days · 1 passport

Understanding Serbia visa requirements

We track the entry rules of Serbia for 198 passports. The most common situation is visa required, which applies to 108 passports (55%). 45% of passports can enter without a visa. The least common is visa-free (90 passports).

Entry categories for Serbia

Visa-free entry: 90 passports can enter without a visa, for stays from 14 to 90 days.
Visa required: 108 passports must apply at an embassy or consulate.

What else you need to enter Serbia

Passport validity: Serbia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs lists, among general visa requirements, a passport valid at least 90 days after the intended date of departure from Serbia, with at least two consecutive blank pages, issued within the past 10 years.
Travel insurance: Serbia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs lists adequate and valid travel medical insurance among the general visa requirements.
Return or onward ticket: No official source we could read states an onward or return ticket requirement for all visitors to Serbia.
Proof of funds: Serbia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs lists proof of sufficient funds among the general entry requirements: 50 euros per day of stay, proved by the appropriate amount of cash or a bank statement.

Open your passport in the table for the exact rules — maximum stay, fees, how to apply and the official source. Entry rules change at short notice: confirm with the embassy of Serbia or its official immigration website before you travel.

Frequently asked questions about Serbia visas

Do I need a visa for Serbia?

Serbia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs says holders of ordinary passports of, for example, Germany, the US, the UK, Canada, Australia and New Zealand need no visa for visits of up to 90 days in a 6-month period from the first entry; ordinary-passport holders of Russia, China and Belarus need none for visits of up to 30 days, and of the UAE and Bahrain for up to 90 days within 6 months. It says visa applications are submitted to a Serbian embassy or consulate general abroad or online.

Can I enter Serbia from Kosovo?

Only with a Serbian entry stamp. The UK Foreign Office says the authorities in Serbia do not consider the designated crossing points with Kosovo to be official international border crossing points, and that to travel from Kosovo to Serbia you must have a Serbian entry stamp from Belgrade, Niš or Kraljevo airports or from one of Serbia's land border crossings with its other neighbours; without one you are likely to be refused entry.

How long can Russian citizens stay in Serbia?

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs says Russian holders of ordinary passports need no visa for visits of up to 30 days.

Can EU citizens enter Serbia with just an ID card?

Serbia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs pages for Germany, Bosnia and Herzegovina, North Macedonia and Albania say an ID card can also be used to travel to Serbia, and its page for Montenegro says Montenegrin citizens can travel with an ID card or another identity and citizenship document.

Do I have to register with the police in Serbia?

The UK Foreign Office says you must register with the local police where you are staying within 24 hours of arrival, that hotel check-in staff will register you automatically, and that if you do not register you could get a fine and face arrest and a court appearance. Canada says registration will normally be arranged by your hotel or host.

Do US citizens need a visa for Serbia?

US citizens can visit Serbia visa-free for 90 days. Full rules for United States passport holders.

Do UK citizens need a visa for Serbia?

UK citizens can visit Serbia visa-free for 90 days. Full rules for United Kingdom passport holders.

Do German citizens need a visa for Serbia?

German citizens can visit Serbia visa-free for 90 days. Full rules for Germany passport holders.

What documents do I need to enter Serbia?

Passport validity: Serbia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs lists, among general visa requirements, a passport valid at least 90 days after the intended date of departure from Serbia, with at least two consecutive blank pages, issued within the past 10 years. Travel insurance: Serbia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs lists adequate and valid travel medical insurance among the general visa requirements. Return or onward ticket: No official source we could read states an onward or return ticket requirement for all visitors to Serbia. Proof of funds: Serbia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs lists proof of sufficient funds among the general entry requirements: 50 euros per day of stay, proved by the appropriate amount of cash or a bank statement.

How long can I stay in Serbia without a visa?

Usually 90 days (75 passports); visa-free stays range from 14 to 90 days depending on your passport.

How many countries can visit Serbia without a visa?

90 of 198 passports can enter Serbia visa-free (45%). and 108 need a visa from an embassy.

Data: TravelRequirements.info — Entry Requirements Dataset, AXG Sp. z o.o. (CC BY 4.0) — official sources are linked on each passport page. Gaps filled from the Passport Index dataset (MIT).

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