Source: https://cbi.me/programme-updates/albania/

Suspended proposal Legal basis suspended in 2025 EU report

# 🇦🇱Albania — Investor citizenship proposal

Investor citizenship proposal is classified as framework. Its inventory status is suspended proposal. European Commission assessment, 2025. No operative citizenship process established

Never established as an operating scheme in the cited EU report.

Evidence & review dates · 13 October 2026

Evidence reviewed 13 October 2026Dated research; confirm current terms with the authority.

[European Commission / Council document register ↗](https://data.consilium.europa.eu/doc/document/ST-17100-2025-ADD-1/en/pdf)[All sources & limitations →](https://cbi.me/programme-updates/albania/#sources)[Suggest a correction →](https://cbi.me/corrections/?page=%2Fprogramme-updates%2Falbania%2F)

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Legal outcome

Published nationality legislation

Base amount

European Commission assessment, 2025

Presence

Not implemented

## Cost breakdown

A complete itemised government-fee subtotal is not listed here. The qualifying amount remains separate from document, professional and other charges.

Use the current government schedule for the exact applicant cohort.

## Family of four

Household assumptions and eligibility

Principal, spouse and two children aged under 12. Eligibility, age definitions and dependency rules apply.

Not applicable

## Requirements

Eligibility, presence and exceptions

The 2025 Commission report states that Albania had not established an investor-citizenship scheme and had suspended its legal basis.

Presence

No operative citizenship process established

Holding / ongoing duties

No programme shown operating

## Travel access

Destination rules, conditions and source dates

This route does not establish ordinary national-passport privileges. Short visits; personal circumstances and entry conditions apply. Each rule retains its own check date.

UK visits

Nationality legislationThis page describes the cited legislation. Nationality and a national passport require the legal grant process.

Checked 2026-10-13.

- [2025 visa suspension monitoring, North Macedonia §5 ↗](https://data.consilium.europa.eu/doc/document/ST-17100-2025-ADD-1/en/pdf)European Commission / Council document register · Institutional report · Checked 2026-10-13What this source supports

Special economic-interest law remains; grants in 2024; warns against systematic exchange for investment. Albania scheme not established, legal basis suspended.

Schengen visits

Nationality legislationThis page describes the cited legislation. Nationality and a national passport require the legal grant process.

Checked 2026-10-13.

- [2025 visa suspension monitoring, North Macedonia §5 ↗](https://data.consilium.europa.eu/doc/document/ST-17100-2025-ADD-1/en/pdf)European Commission / Council document register · Institutional report · Checked 2026-10-13What this source supports

Special economic-interest law remains; grants in 2024; warns against systematic exchange for investment. Albania scheme not established, legal basis suspended.

USA visits

Nationality legislationThis page describes the cited legislation. Nationality and a national passport require the legal grant process.

Checked 2026-10-13.

- [2025 visa suspension monitoring, North Macedonia §5 ↗](https://data.consilium.europa.eu/doc/document/ST-17100-2025-ADD-1/en/pdf)European Commission / Council document register · Institutional report · Checked 2026-10-13What this source supports

Special economic-interest law remains; grants in 2024; warns against systematic exchange for investment. Albania scheme not established, legal basis suspended.

Canada visits

Nationality legislationThis page describes the cited legislation. Nationality and a national passport require the legal grant process.

Checked 2026-10-13.

- [2025 visa suspension monitoring, North Macedonia §5 ↗](https://data.consilium.europa.eu/doc/document/ST-17100-2025-ADD-1/en/pdf)European Commission / Council document register · Institutional report · Checked 2026-10-13What this source supports

Special economic-interest law remains; grants in 2024; warns against systematic exchange for investment. Albania scheme not established, legal basis suspended.

Global category counts, where shown above, are attributed publisher snapshots. The selected destination rules here use government evidence. Recognition of a document is separate from visa exemption.

## Sources

Publications, supporting claims and review dates

Checked means the cited material was reviewed, not that the authority published a new rule that day. Source authority and retrieval limitations are recorded below.

Find a source

- 2025 visa suspension monitoring, North Macedonia §5European Commission / Council document register · Checked 2026-10-13

[Open source publication ↗](https://data.consilium.europa.eu/doc/document/ST-17100-2025-ADD-1/en/pdf)

Institutional report

Special economic-interest law remains; grants in 2024; warns against systematic exchange for investment. Albania scheme not established, legal basis suspended.

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