{"id":85749,"date":"2024-05-17T22:04:23","date_gmt":"2024-05-17T19:04:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/85749\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","slug":"albania-cancels-visa-free-entry-for-belarusian-diplomatic-passport-holders","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/85749\/","title":{"rendered":"Albania cancels visa-free entry for Belarusian diplomatic passport holders"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1128\" height=\"752\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/tirana-albania-pixabay-1128.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/tirana-albania-pixabay-1128.jpg 1128w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/tirana-albania-pixabay-1128-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/tirana-albania-pixabay-1128-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/tirana-albania-pixabay-1128-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/tirana-albania-pixabay-1128-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1128px) 100vw, 1128px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n      <div class=\"block-image__descr\">\n\n        Albanian capital Tirana.\n    <\/div>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>Source: pixabay.com<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>May 17, <em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> The Albanian government has partially tightened the requirements for incoming Belarusian nationals, removing diplomatic and service passports from the list of documents allowing them to enter the country visa-free, <em>Visaguide<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/visaguide.world\/news\/albania-partially-restores-visas-with-belarus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The decision was made on May 15 and came into effect today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For the holders of Belarusian general passports, Seafarers&#8217; Identity Documents and emergency travel documents the <a href=\"https:\/\/punetejashtme.gov.al\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/3-VISA-REGIME-FOR-FOREIGN-CITIZNES-13.03.2024.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">requirements<\/a> remained unchanged. Without a visa, they may stay no longer than 30 days from the date of entry, and the total duration of their stay may not exceed 90 days in a calendar year, according to the Albanian foreign ministry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n                                <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Security<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Security<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">EU stops over 2,000 illegal entries from Belarus since beginning of May<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">May 10, Pozirk. The European Union stopped 2,248 attempts by foreigners from third countries to enter the bloc from Belarus in nine days in May. Poland accounted for 95.5 percent of the attempts, followed by Latvia with 4.3 percent and &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/84673\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read the article<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Thus, the visa requirement applies only to Belarusian diplomats and other officials who plan to visit the country for official purposes using diplomatic and service passports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This practice is not unique. For example, the visa-free regime between Belarus and Israel does not apply to the holders of diplomatic and service passports either.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In April 2023, Albania abolished the visa-free regime for Russian nationals, regardless of the type of passport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Belarusian government included Albania, which usually joins EU sanctions against Minsk, in its list of &#8220;unfriendly states.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>May 17, Pozirk. The Albanian government has partially tightened the requirements for incoming Belarusian nationals, removing diplomatic and service passports from the list of documents allowing them to enter the country visa-free, Visaguide reported. The decision was made on May 15 and came into effect today. 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