Serbian Coordination Directorate

The Serbian Coordination Directorate (in Serbian Координациона управа / Koordinaciona uprava) is an authority which is responsible for issuing Serbian passports[1] 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 original source documents needed to apply for a passport and the integrity of the procedures applied by Serbia to check the authenticity of documents provided by applicants for that purpose.[2] 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; nor do Kosovan passports. Serbian citizens with passports issued by other authorities enjoy such a privilege.

References
  1. Kako do biometrijskih dokumenata ako sam stanovnik Kosova i Metohije?
  2. Report of the European Commission on the visa freedom roadmap for the Western Balkans
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