Albanian passport
Albanian passport | |
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Type | Passport |
Issued by | Albania |
First issued | 24 March 2009[1] (biometric passport) |
Purpose | Identification and travel abroad |
Eligibility | Albanian citizenship |
Expiration | 10 years |
The Albanian passport (
The Albanian biometric passport meets all standards set by International Civil Aviation Organization.[citation needed]
The passport costs 7,500 lekë and is valid for 10 years.
Biometric passport
Biometric passports and biometric ID cards started to be issued on 24 May 2009.[3][4] The switch to a biometric passport was one of the conditions for the Schengen Area visa liberalisation for Albanians.[5] On 8 November 2010 the Council of the European Union approved visa-free travel to the EU for citizens of Albania.[6] The decision entered into force on 15 December 2010.[7]
To get a passport, Albanian citizens go to the local
Since March 2011, biometric passports and identity cards can also be requested at Albanian consulates in Greece and Italy to serve immigrants who live there.
Physical appearance
The data page of the passport is from rigid
The photo on the page can be scanned and is replied by side and it is UV reactive. It has an
The data is written in Albanian and English. Previously, from 1991 to circa 2002, passports used Albanian and French.
History
The first
- From 1991 to 1996, passports were red and did not contain any safety features, if not a dry stamp on the photo. The data was written by hand. It still had the Albanian communist coat of arms.
- From 1996 until 2002, passport were brown and had the first security elements, with the data page and the photo being laminated. The data was written by machine. They were manufactured by a Canadian company.
- From 2002 to 2009, passports were red and had safety standards and anti-counterfeiting features, similar to the biometric passport, except without the microchip. They were manufactured by the German firm Bundesdruckerei.
- Since 2009, biometric passports are burgundy, in line with guidelines set by the Sagem Sécurité.[8]
Visa requirements
Visa requirements for Albanian citizens are administrative entry restrictions by the authorities of other nations placed on citizens of Albania.
As of 28 November 2022,[update] Albanian citizens had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 115 countries and territories, ranking the Albanian passport 53rd in terms of travel freedom according to the Henley Passport Index.[9]
The Albanian passport is one of the 5 passports with the most improved rating globally since 2006 in terms of number of countries that its holders may visit without a visa.[10]
Gallery
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1924 Albanian passport
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1926 Albanian passport
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1939 Albanian passport
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1966 Albanian passport
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1991 Albanian passport
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1996 Albanian passport
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2002 Albanian passport
See also
- Albanian identity card
- Visa requirements for Albanian citizens
- List of passports
- List of diplomatic missions in Albania
- List of diplomatic missions of Albania
- Foreign relations of Albania
- Border crossings of Albania
References
- ^ "Home".
- ^ Passport law Archived 2010-01-09 at the Wayback Machine (alb)
- ^ Procedures to obtain the passport Archived 2012-03-15 at the Wayback Machine (alb)
- ^ Modernization project helps improve public services in Albania
- ^ Albania's ID cards and biometric passports key to visa regime, elections
- ^ "Visa liberalisation for Albania and Bosnia and Herzegovina" (PDF). Council Of The European Union. 2010-11-08. Retrieved 8 November 2010.
- ^ "Regulation (EU) no. 1091/2010 in the Official Journal". Eur-lex.europa.eu. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
- ^ "Albania selects Sagem Sécurité (Safran Group) for secure ID documents". Archived from the original on 2012-05-26. Retrieved 2011-12-08.
- ^ "Global Ranking - Passport Index 2019" (PDF). Henley & Partners. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 July 2019. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
This graph shows the full Global Ranking of the 2019 Henley Passport Index. In certain cases, a rank is shared by multiple countries because these countries all have the same level of visa-free or visa-on-arrival access.
- ^ The Henley & Partners Visa Restrictions Index Celebrates Ten Years