Albania
A destination. Different possibilities.
Explore the available legal routes and ALLCB VISA assistance for Albania.
Find the route for your plans.
Short-stay visa C — tourism
For a genuine tourist visit within Albania’s authorised short-stay period.
Short-stay visa C — private or family visit
For visiting relatives, friends or another private host in Albania.
Short-stay visa C — organised tourism
For travellers participating in an eligible organised tourist programme.
Short-stay visa C — business or professional visit
For meetings, negotiations, events and other permitted short professional activity without local employment.
Short-stay visa C — cultural, scientific or sports activity
For eligible participants in cultural, scientific, sporting or humanitarian events.
Short-stay visa C — medical treatment
For planned medical treatment that fits within an authorised short stay.
Short-stay visa C — official visit
For an eligible official delegation, institutional visit or documented public mission.
Transit visa assessment
For travellers who may require permission to transit through Albania to another destination.
Long-stay visa D — qualifying residence purpose
For visa-required applicants entering Albania for a qualifying longer stay and subsequent residence procedure.
Study route — higher education
For a student admitted to an eligible Albanian higher-education institution.
Pupil, student or youth exchange
For participation in an organised educational or youth exchange in Albania.
Vocational training or internship
For an eligible structured vocational course, traineeship or practical placement in Albania.
Researcher or scientific activity route
For a researcher hosted by an eligible Albanian research or academic organisation.
Unique permit — employed worker
For genuine employment with a compliant Albanian employer.
Unique permit — seasonal worker
For time-limited seasonal employment in an eligible Albanian activity.
Highly qualified worker assessment
For a suitably qualified professional taking eligible high-skilled employment in Albania.
Intra-company transfer
For eligible managers, specialists or trainees transferred within a corporate group to an Albanian entity.
Contracted-services or seconded-worker assessment
For a foreign employee or professional delivering a genuine temporary service in Albania.
Self-employed professional route
For a foreign professional establishing and operating genuine self-employment in Albania.
Investor residence and work assessment
For an investor establishing or financing a genuine compliant Albanian business.
Digital mobile worker assessment
For an eligible remote worker serving an employer or clients outside Albania while residing temporarily in Albania.
Family reunification residence
For an eligible family member joining a qualifying sponsor resident in Albania.
Residence as family member of an Albanian citizen
For an eligible non-Albanian family member of an Albanian citizen.
Residence assessment linked to property ownership
For an owner assessing whether qualifying Albanian real estate can support a residence application. Ownership alone is not presented as an automatic approval.
Humanitarian residence assessment
For serious individual circumstances that may meet a recognised humanitarian residence ground.
Asylum or subsidiary protection
For a person in Albania or at the border who fears persecution or serious harm and may meet the protection test.
Temporary protection assessment
For a displaced person potentially covered by an active Albanian temporary-protection decision.
Renewal of residence or unique permit
For a holder continuing the same lawful basis before the current permission expires.
Permanent residence after qualifying lawful stay
For an eligible foreigner who has completed the required qualifying lawful residence in Albania.
Albanian citizenship by naturalisation assessment
For an applicant assessing a statutory naturalisation basis and its residence, identity and integration conditions.