Schengen visa applications filed in Albania

1,343 applications · 9.3% refused · 2025

In 2025, 1,343 short-stay Schengen visa applications were filed at consulates in Albania. 9.3% of them were refused.

These are the consulates located in Albania, so the figures cover everyone who applied there — residents of any nationality. The data says nothing about applicants' passports.

Applications
1,343
Filed in 2025
Visas issued
1,218
Including multiple-entry and limited-validity visas
Refused
9.3%
125 applications not issued
Multiple-entry share
57.1%
695 of the visas issued
Consulate posts
15
Across 3 cities
Schengen states present
13
Issuing states with a consulate here

Consulates in Albania, 2025

15 consulate posts run by 13 Schengen states across 3 cities, in 2025.

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Schengen stateItaly
CityTirana
Applications274
Issued256
Multiple-entry161
Refused6.6%
Schengen stateBulgaria
CityTirana
Applications227
Issued202
Multiple-entry185
Refused11.0%
Schengen stateSpain
CityTirana
Applications177
Issued152
Multiple-entry35
Refused14.1%
Schengen stateGreece
CityTirana
Applications161
Issued154
Multiple-entry50
Refused4.3%
Schengen stateGermany
CityTirana
Applications152
Issued140
Multiple-entry120
Refused7.9%
Schengen stateFrance
CityTirana
Applications121
Issued115
Multiple-entry3
Refused5.0%
Schengen stateAustria
CityTirana
Applications82
Issued70
Multiple-entry55
Refused14.6%
Schengen stateItaly
CityVlore
Applications69
Issued61
Multiple-entry55
Refused11.6%
Schengen stateHungary
CityTirana
Applications27
Issued24
Multiple-entry10
Refused11.1%
Schengen statePoland
CityTirana
Applications17
Issued17
Multiple-entry7
Refused0.0%
Schengen stateCzechia
CityTirana
Applications13
Issued10
Multiple-entry5
Refused23.1%
Schengen stateCroatia
CityTirana
Applications11
Issued7
Multiple-entry5
Refused36.4%
Schengen stateSlovenia
CityTirana
Applications8
Issued6
Multiple-entry4
Refused25.0%
Schengen stateGreece
CityKorce
Applications3
Issued3
Multiple-entry0
Refused0.0%
Schengen stateRomania
CityTirana
Applications1
Issued1
Multiple-entry0
Refused0.0%

Applications filed in Albania over time

Every year the European Commission has published, 2009–2025.

Visas issuedApplications refused
Year2025
Applications1,343
Issued1,218
Refused9.3%
Year2024
Applications1,235
Issued1,052
Refused14.8%
Year2023
Applications1,365
Issued1,199
Refused11.9%
Year2022
Applications1,256
Issued1,104
Refused11.9%
Year2021
Applications595
Issued535
Refused9.8%
Year2020
Applications477
Issued383
Refused19.7%
Year2019
Applications1,717
Issued1,502
Refused12.5%
Year2018
Applications1,595
Issued1,204
Refused24.5%
Year2017
Applications1,383
Issued1,184
Refused14.4%
Year2016
Applications1,238
Issued1,118
Refused9.7%
Year2015
Applications1,304
Issued1,125
Refused13.7%
Year2014
Applications1,391
Issued1,275
Refused8.2%
Year2013
Applications1,495
Issued1,328
Refused11.2%
Year2012
Applications1,993
Issued1,740
Refused12.7%
Year2011
Applications3,325
Issued2,439
Refused26.7%
Year2010
Applications90,246
Issued73,477
Refused18.6%
Year2009
Applications119,431
Issued97,330
Refused18.5%

What these numbers show — and what they do not

The European Commission publishes one row per consulate: the Schengen state that runs it, the country and city it sits in, and how many uniform short-stay (type C) visas were applied for, issued and refused there in a calendar year.

The country dimension is where an application was filed, which is roughly where the applicant lives. It is not the applicant's nationality — the dataset contains no nationality information at all. So these figures cannot say how often citizens of a given country are refused, and they cannot predict how any individual application will be decided.

Read the Commission's methodology note

Questions about this data

No. These are applications filed at consulates in Albania, by residents of any nationality. The European Commission's data does not record what passport applicants hold, so it cannot say anything about the refusal rate for a particular nationality.

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Data: European Commission, DG Migration and Home Affairs — short-stay visas issued by the Schengen countries. Reused under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU. Figures are consulate aggregates for a completed calendar year and are not a guide to individual applications.