The cove and beach at Gjipe on the Albanian Riviera, Albania

Who needs a visa for Albania?

Southern Europe · Tirana

Photo: Pudelek / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0

Of 198 nationalities, 92 enter Albania with no paperwork at all. The rest: 106 must be approved before they travel.

We have not found a Albania government portal we can link to with confidence, so we link to none — a lookalike is worse than nothing. Apply through Albania's own immigration service or its embassy.

What do you need?

Who needs what

Visa free 92

Nothing to apply for and nothing to pay before you travel.

eVisa (electronic visa) 106

A real visa application, made online instead of at an embassy. It is assessed, it takes days rather than minutes, and it can be refused.

About Albania

Region
Southeast Europe
Capital
Tirana
Population
2,349,580 2025 · 145th of 197
Size
28,748 km² 141st largest of 199
Density
82 per km²
Language
Albanian
Currency
Albanian lek ALL

Capital, area, languages and currency from the open country dataset, pulled 21 September 2026. Population from the World Bank, series updated 13 July 2026. Density is calculated from the two figures above.