Albania Citizenship by Merit

Overview

Albania is located in the Balkans, on the Adriatic and Ionian Seas within the Mediterranean Sea, surrounded by Montenegro, Kosovo, North Macedonia and Greece. Albania transitioned into a vibrant parliamentary democracy and NATO member. . Albania is a developing country with an upper-middle income economy driven by the service sector, with manufacturing and tourism—which attracted over 11 million tourist visitors every year. Investing in Albania has become increasingly attractive for foreigners, due to steady economic growth, a booming tourism sector, and favorable business reforms. The majority of the FDIs came from Türkiye, followed by Italy, the Netherlands, Austria, Germany, and France. Albania is also religiously diverse country, approximately 45% of the population are Muslims.

the President of Albania can grant citizenship to meritorius individuals who make an extraordinary, nationally significant contribution to the country in areas such as science, economy, culture, sports, or national development projects. the applicant has to demostrate a a strong case profile to justify pursuing the merit route. A

For entrepreneurs, an economic contribution could involve investing in Albania, establishing or expanding a business, creating employment, transferring expertise or developing a project that provides a demonstrable benefit to the country.

Albania granted such citizenship to notable people across history, science, arts, music, and sports — Skanderbeg, Mother Teresa, Ismail Kadare, John Belushi, Dua Lipa, etc

Legal basis

Under Article 9 of Albania’s citizenship law, citizenship by merit can be granted to a foreign citizen when doing so is considered to be in Albania’s national interest or in the interest of fields including the economy, science, education or culture.

Citizenship Act Article 198 published in Official Gazette no. 64, year 2025

https://qbz.gov.al/akt/30162

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