Free-visa traveling to Albania. From April 20 – December 31, 2022, citizens of the following countries are allowed to enter without a visa, for a period of 90 days for 180 days, only through a passport: Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Egypt, India, Qatar, Oman, Russia Thailand Egyptian and Russian citizens enter the Republic of Albania without…
American citizens have the right to enter and stay without a residence permit in the Republic of Albania for a period of up to one year. These citizens can re-enter and stay without a residence permit in the Republic of Albania for a new term of up to one year, if they have stayed outside…
Beneficial owner, are deadlines an penalties changed. On March 1, the law No. 6/2022 “On some changes and additions to the law no. 112/2020 “On the Register of Beneficial Owners” which has brought some very important changes regarding the registration of beneficial owners, deadlines and penalties. Novelty If previously the deadline for the registration of…
The national electronic register on foreigners is now approved by the Albanian Government. Pursuant to law no. 79/2021 “On foreigners” The state authorities responsible for the treatment of foreigners have the right to collect and administer data on foreigners in order to make them available to the judiciary, national security authorities, refugee authorities and regional…
Easier procedures to obtain a residence permit?! Recently, law no. 79/2021 “On foreigners” is approved. Consequently, law no. 108/2013, in other words the old law, has been repealed. The new law, in theory, has brought a series of innovations that consist mainly in changing the format of the residence permit and also some conditions of…
Recently, the law that has changed is the one on Industrial Property, now makng part of it even the trade secret. Approval of law no. 96 date 07.07.2021 brought some innovations in order to strengthen the protection of industrial property objects. Below we inform you of the innovations that the update of this law has…
Cryptocurrencies are a new type of currency that was created in 2009. They originate in a digital format and are generated in electronic form. Transactions of these currencies are made without banks. There are no transaction fees and you can buy practically anything with them, just like you do with traditional money (fiat). Payments using…
Exporters have the right to request a VAT refund when their surplus exceeds the amount of 400,000 ALL. This is the regulation made by Law No. 92/2014 “On value added tax in the Republic of Albania”. Finally, DCM no. 418, dated 08.07.2021 has brought some changes in Decision no. 953, dated 29.12.2014, which provides the…
The Covid-19 pandemic brought successive damage to every area of life, from health, economy to the free movement of people and goods. After some very difficult months, it now seems as if the world has begun to recover and this is also reflected in the fact that already in many countries the number of infections…
The long-awaited law on compulsory vehicle insurance in the transport sector has recently been adopted. In addition to the innovations brought by the adoption of this law, its consequence is the abrogation of the previous law No. 10.076 / 2009. Let us look at some of the most important innovations and changes brought by law…