Seven Kosovo Nationals Stopped at Croatia-Serbia Border for Exceeding Schengen Stay Limits

Report from the local media Due to their violation of the 90-day-in-180 regulation, seven Kosovo citizens were stopped at the Croatia-Serbia border.
Since its launch on October 12, the EU Entry-Exit System has strengthened checks on cumulative short stays.
Fines and potential entrance restrictions may result from overstaying, and future border denials are documented in shared databases.

It is advised that travelers keep track of their days across all Schengen nations rather than just one.

According to reports in the Kosovo media Telegrafi and KlanKosova, seven Kosovo citizens were detained this week at the border between Croatia and Serbia after authorities found that they had stayed longer than the permitted 90 days in the Schengen Area during the rolling period of 180 people.

These travelers were stopped during routine checks by border agents supervising the departure checks at the Batrovci-Bajakovo corridor. Since every time spent in the Schengen states is taken into account cumulatively and the individuals had gone beyond the permitted 90-day limit, officials pointed out that it was a blatant breach of the visa-free travel regulations.

The occurrence at the border is not an isolated instance. According to Gazeta Online Reporteri.net, seven Kosovo passengers were taken up at Memmingen Airport in Germany earlier this year on Sunday, June 22.

According to the authorities, a married couple was 15 days over due and had gone over the 90-day period by at least two more weeks. A thirty-year-old man had exceeded his time limit by two days. A fifty-year-old woman had gone over it by one day.