On 19 January 2012, Kosovo and EU launched visa liberalisation dialogue. Its now been 10 years since the process has started.

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  2. [Here are the requirements as set out by the EU.](https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_21_3965)

    [Here is the July 2020 report from the EU regarding problems with each country](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A52020DC0325&qid=1631873865444)

    The number of citizens from Albania, BiH, Moldova, Montenegro, N.Macedonia and Serbia overstaying visas all increased. The number of citizens denied access to the EU decreased. Deportation rates fell. Asylum demands fell (though Albania remains the highest by a significant margin).

    For Georgia, Ukraine the number of citizens denied entry to the EU increased, the number of citizens overstaying their visas increased and deportations also fell.

    >The Commission considers that on the basis of the analysis presented in this Report and the accompanying Staff Working Document, the visa liberalisation requirements for the assessed countries continue to be fulfilled. This Report identifies further actions which need to be taken – in some cases immediately – in specific areas in order to ensure continuous fulfilment of the benchmarks.

    Every single country that already has visa liberalisation with EU is increasingly overstaying visas and are not taking back as many deportees as they previously did. EU is already dealing with 8 countries with this issue, why add a 9th?

  6. One of the reasons why the negotiations have not been completed is that after visa liberalization, there would be mass emigration to EU countries. Much worse cases than with Romania, Croatia, etc. Poverty in Kosovo is among the highest in Europe.

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