No visa needed

Do citizens of Albania need a visa for the Vatican City?

Citizens of Albania don’t need a visa for the Vatican City and can stay up to 90 days. You need a valid passport; border officers may ask for a return ticket and accommodation. For a longer stay you need a visa or an extension.

For citizens of Albania: the passport opens 74 countries visa-free; Tirana — Vatican City: ≈ 620 km, about 1.5 hours of flying.

Checked by visa analyst Albert Brown, 13 years of experience · September 26, 2026

At a glance

No visa needed

Stay: 90 days

Can I travel to the Vatican City without a visa on a Albania passport?

Yes, citizens of Albania don’t need a visa for the Vatican City for up to 90 days. A valid passport is enough.

Vatican City visa rules at a glance

With a Albania passport you can visit 74 countries visa-free, 27 with a visa on arrival and 46 with an e-visa; 51 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Albania passport ranks 87th of 199.
Albania passport: visa-free access to 74 countries; Vatican City passport: 92.
Citizens of Albania and the Vatican City can travel together visa-free to 65 countries, for example: Montenegro, North Macedonia, Kosovo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Serbia, Greece, Croatia, Italy, Romania, San Marino, Slovenia, Hungary, Malta, and Slovakia.
Citizens of the Vatican City, in turn, don’t need a visa for Albania. Albania visa for citizens of the Vatican City

Travelling to the Vatican City: good to know

Tirana — Vatican City: about 620 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 1.5 hours.
No time difference with your country’s capital.
Local currency: Euro.
Languages: Italian and Latin.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ €0.88.
Vatican City is the 10th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Albania.