Kosovan passport

The Kosovan passport (Albanian: Pasaportë; Serbian: Пасош or Pasoš) is a travel document that is issued to the citizens of the disputed Republic of Kosovo^[a]. The document facilitates international travel as well as serving as proof of citizenship. The issuance of passports is solely the prerogative of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, with the exception of diplomatic passports which are issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Kosovan passports comply with all the recommended standards set for machine-readable passports by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) (such as size, technology, security, layout, etc.),^{[citation needed]} but the country/citizenship code RKS is not within ISO 3166 and thus not ICAO-endorsed. The passport design was disclosed on 14 March 2008.^[1] The first passports were issued on 30 July 2008 and as of 20 May 2009, 300,000 passports have been issued to the citizens of Kosovo.^[2][3] The Kosovan Government has announced that biometric passports, compliant with international standards, will be issued in 2010.^[4]
The new design of the passport is a dark blue colour, with the coat of arms of the Republic of Kosovo in the middle of the cover page.^[5] The word "Passport" is written on the cover of the passport in Albanian, Serbian and English. All relevant identity information about the bearer is printed in these languages as well.^[3] For citizens that are 18 or older, the passport is valid for 10 years from the date of issuance.
Before the introduction of the new national passports, travel documents were issued by the United Nations administration^[6] with a maximum validity of 2 years. Those travel documents, though no longer issued, remain valid until their expiration date.