Embassy of Ukraine in Albania

• AddressTirana, 5 Free Ukraine St. (Rruga Ukraina e Lirë 5), 1001
• Embassy reception+355 445 055 33, [email protected]
• Consular section+355 445 055 35 (enquiries), [email protected]
• Only in case of threat to life or death+355 69 363 0470
• Embassy hoursMon–Fri, 09:00–17:00

1. 1Log in to your e-Consul account, choose the service and fill in the application. The consul checks it remotely and tells you what is missing.
2. 2Book a visit in the e-Consul electronic queue, selecting the Embassy of Ukraine in Albania.
3. 3The consular fee is paid at BKT bank using the bank details or the payment slip from the consular section. Cash is not accepted at the embassy.
4. 4Bring original documents and copies to the appointment. Men aged 18–60 also need a military registration document (see below).

• International passport (from age 16) — apply in person. Attach to the application: your old passport, ID card or booklet-style internal passport, a document proving residence in Albania (a residence permit or any official Albanian document with your address), a certificate of registered address in Ukraine or an IDP (internally displaced person) certificate, and your RNOKPP (Ukrainian taxpayer number) if you have one. Copies of all documents are also required. Full list — on the embassy’s page.
• The finished passport is collected at the embassy. If it is not collected within 2 years, it is destroyed. Ask about processing times when you apply: passports are printed in Ukraine.
• Since 29 October 2025 international passports are no longer extended, and children are no longer added to their parents’ passports. The temporary wartime procedure has been cancelled. If you have an «extended» passport, get a new biometric one and check with the carrier before travelling whether it will be accepted.
• ID cards and booklet-style passports are not issued at diplomatic missions, and photos at age 25 or 45 are not pasted in there — that is done by the State Migration Service (embassy explanation, SMS services). There is no «Passport Service» centre of the state enterprise «Document» in Albania.
• If a passport or ID card has already been made in Ukraine but you didn’t manage to collect it, the document can be delivered to the embassy: free of charge by diplomatic post (from 3 months) or by DHL at your expense (faster). The application is addressed to the State Migration Service unit that issued the document.

1. 1Report the loss or theft at the nearest Albanian police station and get a copy of the report or a certificate. It does not need to be translated or legalised.
2. 2Contact the embassy. If you live in Albania, apply for a new international passport. If you need to return to Ukraine urgently, apply for a certificate of return.
3. 3For a certificate of return you need an application form, the police report, any documents that confirm your identity (even expired ones) and a receipt for the consular fee. It is issued in 1 working day, 5 at most. The certificate is valid for up to 30 days and only for entering Ukraine.
4. 4The lost passport is declared invalid on the basis of the police report. If it turns up later, it can no longer be used.

Tip: keep scans of your passport, ID card, residence permit and certificates in the cloud and in Diia (Ukraine’s state services app). With them the embassy can establish your identity faster.

• According to the embassy’s page (February 2026), you need an electronic military registration document with a QR code from the Reserv+ app (Ukraine’s Defence Ministry app for those liable for military service). It must be generated no earlier than 3 days before the visit, and your data must be updated in the app beforehand.
• The requirement also applies when a man is applying for documents for a child, except where the other parent is a foreign national.
• Without a military registration document, men aged 18–60 can only be issued a certificate of return to Ukraine.
• Data is updated online in Reserv+ — there is no need to visit a TCC (military enlistment office) in Ukraine. If you can’t do it because you don’t have an RNOKPP (taxpayer number), you can obtain one through the embassy (e-Consul).
• CMU Resolution № 981 of 29.07.2026 approved a new procedure for checking military registration documents at consulates. Some of its provisions take effect after 6 months, so check the current requirements on the embassy website before your visit.

• Since 21 July 2025 automated notarial services have been available for the embassy in Albania: you fill in a template in e-Consul, the consul checks the draft and sends the payment details, and you come to the embassy only to sign the document.
• This covers: powers of attorney (non-property — for court, address registration, pensions; property — for real estate and cars), witnessing signatures on consent for a child to travel abroad, consent to sell property, and inheritance statements.
• Bring your international and internal passports, RNOKPP, an extract on your registered address, and for a power of attorney to a relative — documents proving the relationship (the fee is lower with them). For the person you are granting the power of attorney to, only their document details are needed, not originals.
• For each power of attorney the consul separately certifies a statement on entering it in the Unified Register of Powers of Attorney. This is a separate act, for which a fee is also charged.
• Criminal record certificate: order an electronic extract at vytiah.mvs.gov.ua, and if you need a paper document on an official form, contact the embassy (procedure).
• For marriage in Albania the embassy witnesses your signature on a statement of marital status. More details — marriage in Albania.
• The embassy does not apply apostilles: they are applied in Ukraine. How to prepare documents for Albania — translations and apostille.

• You can register at the embassy. If you are on permanent consular registration, you must update your details every 10 years, otherwise you are removed from the register.
• If you are arranging permanent residence abroad (PMP) in Albania, to complete the procedure you need an extract from the territorial community register confirming deregistration in Ukraine with the country of departure noted. Procedure — on the Ministry of Foreign Affairs website.
• The embassy does not issue Albanian residence permits and cannot speed them up. How to get one — residence permit basics.

• According to the embassy’s list, a consul does not pay medical or accommodation bills, does not lend or transfer money, does not pay fines or bail, does not provide legal services and does not represent you in court.
• The embassy does not look for housing or work, does not issue Albanian permits or visas, does not act as a guarantor and does not exempt you from liability for breaking Albanian law.
• If you are detained, you have the right to demand that the police notify the consul. The consul can inform your family and give you a list of lawyers, but cannot handle your case.
• A Ukrainian international-format driving licence (with data in Latin letters) entitles you to drive in Albania. If you lose it, get a certificate from the police.