United Arab Emirates to Albania visa requirements

UAE ordinary passport holders can visit Albania visa-free for short stays of up to 90 days in any 180-day period. Albania is not in Schengen or the EU, so Schengen visas, EES and ETIAS are not required to enter Albania. Albania's Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs says the visa regime is based on Law No. 79/2021 and Council of Ministers Decision No. 858 of 29 December 2021, and it lists several categories that can enter without a visa, including foreign citizens who enter and stay without a visa in the Schengen Area. The Council of the EU lists the United Arab Emirates as a Schengen visa-free country, and the UAE-EU waiver covers UAE citizens for short stays of 90 days in any 180-day period. On that basis, holders of ordinary Emirati passports can enter Albania visa-free for tourism, business meetings, family visits or transit within Albania's short-stay allowance of up to 90 days in any 180-day period. No Albanian eVisa, visa-on-arrival fee, ETIAS or Schengen visa is required for this route. Albania remains outside the Schengen Area, so time in Albania is counted separately from Schengen time, and EES/ETIAS are not used for entering Albania. For visa-free travellers, the Albanian MFA states that the passport must be valid for at least 3 months after the date the traveller leaves Albania and must have been issued within the last 10 years. The MFA page does not state a blank-page rule for visa-free travellers; the two-blank-page wording applies to visa applicants, so UAE travellers should keep spare stamp space as a practical recommendation rather than treat it as a stated visa-free rule. Border officers may still ask for return or onward travel, accommodation or host details, sufficient funds, purpose-of-stay evidence and travel insurance. Stays beyond 90 days in any 180-day period, residence, employment, long-term study or other non-visitor purposes require the appropriate long-stay type D visa and/or residence permit.