All Albanian citizens living abroad may apply for a 10 year Albanian Passport providing the following original documents:
1. One Albanian birth Certificate (issued within the last 3 months)
2. Five photographs (50x40 mm, 70% of the face in white background)
3. A personal request addressed to the Embassy with the own personal details; actual residence, profession, family status, contact telephone number)
4. The passport fee is 80 Euros + 10 Euros (postal delivery)
An Albanian citizen under 16 years of age who has never married is regarded as a child. A passport application for a child must be lodged by a parent or another person who carries responsibility for the child.
A child cannot be included in an adult's passport. Each child, including a newborn infant, must be issued their own passport.
The validity of a child’s passports (up to 16 of age) is normally valid for 5 years.
For such a procedure the following documents are required:
1. The child's full original Albanian birth certificate. Documents other than the original are not acceptable.
2. A family certificate
3. Five Passport Photos (50x40 mm, 70% of the face in white background)
4. A written consent of all the persons who carry responsibility for the child is needed. In most cases these are the child's natural parents.
5. The passport fee is 80 Euros + 10 Euros (postal delivery)
How to obtain a special attorney
All Albanian citizens living abroad may apply directly to the Embassy for a 10 year Albanian Passports, or alternatively obtain a special attorney, authorizing one of the relatives to undertake all deeds to complete the procedures needed for collecting a passport in Albania.
The documents required to obtain a special attorney are as follows:
1. One Albanian birth Certificate (photo)of the applicant.
2. A detailed information of the authorised person.
(Name, Surname, Address, Date & place of birth, Parents’ names and the passport number of the authorized person. (You can download the application form)
The fee for the authorization is € 20.
(For more detailed information regarding this issue please click HERE for an Albanian version)
