Visa requirements for Serbian citizens



Visa requirements for Serbian citizens are administrative entry restrictions by the authorities of other states placed on citizens of the Republic of Serbia.

As of 2024, Serbian citizens had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 140 countries and territories, ranking the Serbian passport 37th in the world according to the Henley Passport Index. Serbia is one of a handful of countries whose citizens may travel visa-free to the Schengen Area, China and Russia.

History
Until the 1990s, the Yugoslav passport has been described as highly sought-after commodity. As part of its non-aligned policies, the Yugoslav government signed numerous mutual agreements on visa-free entry from the mid-1960s.

Eventually this applied to most states of the world, promoting the Yugoslav passport to "one of the most convenient in the world, as it was one of the few with which a person could travel freely through both the East and West" during the Cold War. Yugoslav passport holders were only required visas for six countries: the United States, People's Republic of China, East Germany, Greece, Israel, and Albania.

With the subsequent dissolution of Yugoslavia in the 1990s, the period of difficulties related to travel bureaucracy started for all successor states. From the 2000s onward, the situation has been significantly and constantly improving and Serbian passport was among the five passports with the most improved rating in the Henley Passport Index since 2006, adding 103 countries to its visa-free list.

Territories and disputed areas
Visa requirements for Serbian citizens for visits to various territories, disputed areas, partially recognised countries and restricted zones:

Serbian identity card as optional passport replacement
Serbian identity cards can be used instead of a passport for travel to some Balkan countries and territories that have signed bilateral agreements with Serbia.