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U.S. visas issued to nationals of Albania
The reports below contain preliminary data which are subject to change. Beginning with FY 2020, individual monthly issuance reports should not be aggregated, as this will not provide an accurate issuance total for the fiscal year to date. Instead, refer to our annual Report of the Visa Office for final full Fiscal Year statistics.
In September 2025, 1,572 nonimmigrant visas were issued to nationals of Albania, the 53rd largest count among 203 nationalities that month; that is down 28% on September 2024 (2,178).
For the full fiscal year the Department's Report of the Visa Office lists 28,413 nonimmigrant visas issued to nationals of Albania in FY2024, 0.3% of the 10,969,936 issued worldwide and the 51st largest nationality of 197. The previous year's figure was 28,395 (FY2023).
The largest classes in September 2025 were B1/B2 (temporary visitor for business and pleasure) with 1,525, C1/D (combined transit and crewmember visa) with 7 and F1 (student in an academic or language training program) with 6. 297 immigrant visas were issued to applicants chargeable to Albania in the same month, led by IR5 (105) and DV (69).
The Department's adjusted refusal rate for B (visitor) visa applicants who are nationals of Albania was 37.32% in FY2025, above the Europe median of 15.20%; it was 33.37% in FY2024. The rate covers B visas only and is the Department's own calculation, counting each applicant once by their final status in the year.
In the Diversity Visa program, 1,590 entrants chargeable to Albania were selected for DV-2026, 1.2% of all selectees that year; the count was 1,598 for DV-2025. Selection is not a visa; the Department's pages explain that selectees must still qualify and that more are selected than there are visas.
The U.S. post in Albania (Tirana) issued 1,378 nonimmigrant visas in September 2025, to applicants of all nationalities.
Nonimmigrant issuances by month
Compared with the Europe region and the world
| Measure | Albania | Europe (55 nationalities) | All nationalities |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nonimmigrant visas, FY2024, Report of the Visa Office | 28,413 | 1,012,314 | 10,969,936 |
| Median nationality, FY2024, Report of the Visa Office | — | 8,239 | 7,901 |
| Nonimmigrant visas, Sep 2025 | 1,572 | 68,373 | 823,557 |
| Change on Sep 2024 | -28% | — | -11% |
| Immigrant visas, Sep 2025 | 297 | — | 45,966 |
| B-visa adjusted refusal rate, FY2025 | 37.32% | 15.20% | 31.28% |
| DV-2026 selectees | 1,590 | — | 129,516 |
Fiscal-year rows are the Department's Report of the Visa Office tables; monthly rows are the September 2025 report alone. Region and world refusal figures are medians across the nationalities listed in the Department's table for that year; regions follow the Report of the Visa Office grouping.
Visa classes, FY2024, Report of the Visa Office
| Class | Description (State Department) | Issued, FY2024 | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| B1/B2 | Temporary visitor for business and pleasure | 26,207 | 92.2% |
| J1 | Exchange visitor | 921 | 3.2% |
| F1 | Student in an academic or language training program | 446 | 1.6% |
| A2 | Other foreign government official or employee, or immediate family | 175 | 0.6% |
| K1 | Fiance(e) of U.S. citizen | 145 | 0.5% |
| C1/D | Combined transit and crewmember visa | 115 | 0.4% |
| NATO2 | Other representative of member state to NATO and immediate family; dependents of member of a force entering under the NATO agreements; members of such a force if issued visas | 95 | 0.3% |
| G4 | International organization officer or employee, and immediate family | 54 | 0.2% |
| P3 | Artist or entertainer in a culturally unique program | 42 | 0.1% |
| H1B | Temporary worker of distinguished merit and ability performing services other than as a registered nurse | 37 | 0.1% |
| G2 | Other representative of recognized foreign member government to international organization, and immediate family | 21 | 0.1% |
| A1 | Ambassador, public minister, career diplomat or consular officer, or immediate family | 17 | 0.1% |
| G1 | Principal resident representative of recognized foreign government to international organization, staff, or immediate family | 14 | 0% |
| J2 | Spouse or child of exchange visitor | 13 | 0% |
| F2 | Spouse or child of F1 | 12 | 0% |
| L1 | Intracompany transferee (executive, managerial, and specialized personnel continuing employment with international firm or corporation) | 12 | 0% |
| H4 | Spouse or child of H-1B/B1/C, H-2A/B, or H-3 | 9 | 0% |
| NATO4 | Official of NATO (other than those classifiable as NATO-1), and immediate family | 8 | 0% |
| NATO6 | Member of a civilian component accompanying a force entering under the NATO agreements, and their dependents | 8 | 0% |
| B1 | Temporary visitor for business | 7 | 0% |
| I | Representative of foreign information media, spouse and children | 7 | 0% |
| L2 | Spouse or child of intracompany transferee | 7 | 0% |
| B2 | Temporary visitor for pleasure | 6 | 0% |
| E2 | Treaty investor, spouse or child | 5 | 0% |
| K2 | Child of K-1 | 5 | 0% |
| P1 | Internationally recognized athlete or member of internationally recognized entertainment group | 5 | 0% |
| NATO1 | Principal permanent representative of member state to NATO resident in the U.S. and resident members of official staff; principal NATO officers; and immediate family | 4 | 0% |
| O1 | Person with extraordinary ability in sciences, arts, education, business or athletics | 4 | 0% |
| O3 | Spouse or child of O-1 or O-2 | 3 | 0% |
| C1 | Alien in transit | 2 | 0% |
From the Department's annual NIV detail table (nationality by class). Older symbol spellings in the table (B-1,2; H-1B) are shown in the current form.
Visa classes, September 2025
| Class | Description (State Department) | Issued | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| B1/B2 | Temporary visitor for business and pleasure | 1,525 | 97% |
| C1/D | Combined transit and crewmember visa | 7 | 0.4% |
| F1 | Student in an academic or language training program | 6 | 0.4% |
| G4 | International organization officer or employee, and immediate family | 5 | 0.3% |
| J1 | Exchange visitor | 5 | 0.3% |
| G2 | Other representative of recognized foreign member government to international organization, and immediate family | 4 | 0.3% |
| H1B | Temporary worker of distinguished merit and ability performing services other than as a registered nurse | 4 | 0.3% |
| K1 | Fiance(e) of U.S. citizen | 3 | 0.2% |
| G1 | Principal resident representative of recognized foreign government to international organization, staff, or immediate family | 2 | 0.1% |
| L1 | Intracompany transferee (executive, managerial, and specialized personnel continuing employment with international firm or corporation) | 2 | 0.1% |
| NATO2 | Other representative of member state to NATO and immediate family; dependents of member of a force entering under the NATO agreements; members of such a force if issued visas | 2 | 0.1% |
| A1 | Ambassador, public minister, career diplomat or consular officer, or immediate family | 1 | 0.1% |
| A2 | Other foreign government official or employee, or immediate family | 1 | 0.1% |
| A3 | Attendant, servant, or personal employee of A1 or A2, or immediate family | 1 | 0.1% |
| F2 | Spouse or child of F1 | 1 | 0.1% |
| H4 | Spouse or child of H-1B/B1/C, H-2A/B, or H-3 | 1 | 0.1% |
| I | Representative of foreign information media, spouse and children | 1 | 0.1% |
| P3 | Artist or entertainer in a culturally unique program | 1 | 0.1% |
Immigrant visa classes, September 2025 (foreign state of chargeability)
| Class | Description (State Department) | Issued | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| IR5 | Parent of U.S. citizen at least 21 years of age | 105 | 35.4% |
| DV | Diversity immigrant (DV1, DV2, DV3) | 69 | 23.2% |
| F3 | Family third preference: married son or daughter of U.S. citizen, spouse and child (F31, F32, F33, C31-C33, B31-B33) | 54 | 18.2% |
| F4 | Family fourth preference: brother or sister of U.S. citizen at least 21 years of age, spouse and child (F41, F42, F43) | 16 | 5.4% |
| IR1 | Spouse of U.S. citizen | 16 | 5.4% |
| CR1 | Spouse of U.S. citizen (conditional status) | 11 | 3.7% |
| FX | Family second preference, exempt from country limitations: spouse or child of lawful permanent resident (FX1, FX2, FX3, CX1-CX3, BX1-BX3) | 11 | 3.7% |
| F2A | Family second preference (2A): spouse or child of lawful permanent resident (F21, F22, F23, C21-C23, B21-B23) | 9 | 3% |
| F1 | Family first preference: unmarried son or daughter of U.S. citizen, and child (F11, F12, B11, B12) | 3 | 1% |
| F2B | Family second preference (2B): unmarried son or daughter of lawful permanent resident, and child (F24, F25, C24, C25, B24, B25) | 3 | 1% |
Nonimmigrant issuances by fiscal year, Report of the Visa Office
| Fiscal year | All classes | Visitors (B) | Students, exchange (F, M, J) | Temporary workers | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2015 | 8,260 | 6,859 | 787 | 196 | — |
| FY2016 | 10,242 | 8,765 | 727 | 176 | +24% |
| FY2017 | 11,528 | 10,089 | 831 | 152 | +13% |
| FY2018 | 13,663 | 11,806 | 1,083 | 132 | +19% |
| FY2019 | 13,271 | 10,954 | 1,394 | 164 | -3% |
| FY2020 | 7,778 | 7,136 | 240 | 79 | -41% |
| FY2021 | 5,710 | 4,540 | 682 | 57 | -27% |
| FY2022 | 16,127 | 14,001 | 1,254 | 201 | +182% |
| FY2023 | 28,395 | 26,210 | 1,401 | 183 | +76% |
| FY2024 | 28,413 | 26,220 | 1,392 | 135 | 0% |
Fiscal years run October to September. Every row is the Department's final annual detail table for that year; the visitor, student and worker columns add the table's class columns within one year. No monthly reports are summed.
Adjusted B-visa refusal rate by fiscal year
Dark bar: Albania. Grey bar: Europe median for the same year. The Department's rate covers B visas only; it counts each applicant once, in the status in which the fiscal year ended, so an applicant refused and later issued in the same year counts as an issuance. Source tables: FY2023, FY2024, FY2025.
Diversity Visa selectees by program year
| Program year | Selectees chargeable to Albania | Share of all selectees | All selectees |
|---|---|---|---|
| DV-2016 | 1,931 | 2.1% | 91,563 |
| DV-2017 | 2,373 | 2.8% | 83,910 |
| DV-2018 | 4,484 | 3.9% | 115,968 |
| DV-2019 | 2,503 | 2.9% | 87,610 |
| DV-2020 | 3,603 | 4.3% | 83,884 |
| DV-2021 | 3,962 | 3% | 132,404 |
| DV-2022 | 2,756 | 2.3% | 119,021 |
| DV-2023 | 2,001 | 1.7% | 119,262 |
| DV-2024 | 2,667 | 1.9% | 142,947 |
| DV-2025 | 1,598 | 1.2% | 131,060 |
| DV-2026 | 1,590 | 1.2% | 129,516 |
Counts of selected entrants as published on the Department's "selected entrants" pages; no names are published or held. Selection is not a visa: the Department selects more entrants than visas available, and DV visas are issued only to selectees who qualify before the program year ends.
U.S. posts in Albania
- Tirana: 1,378 nonimmigrant visas issued in Sep 2025, to applicants of all nationalities
Questions and answers
What is the U.S. visa refusal rate for nationals of Albania?
The State Department's adjusted refusal rate for B (business and tourist) visas was 37.32% in FY2025 against a Europe median of 15.20%. The Department publishes this rate only for B visas and only by nationality; it counts each applicant once, by the status in which the year ended.
How many U.S. visas were issued to nationals of Albania last year?
28,413 nonimmigrant visas in FY2024, Report of the Visa Office, the Department's final annual figure. In September 2025, the latest monthly report, 1,572 were issued.
How does September 2025 compare with a year earlier for Albania?
1,572 nonimmigrant visas, down 28% on September 2024 (2,178). Months are compared one to one; the Department says its monthly reports should not be added together.
Which visa classes do nationals of Albania receive most?
B1/B2 (26,207), J1 (921), F1 (446), A2 (175) and K1 (145) in FY2024, Report of the Visa Office.
How many DV lottery selectees did Albania have?
1,590 for DV-2026, 1.2% of all selectees. Earlier years: DV-2022 2,756, DV-2023 2,001, DV-2024 2,667, DV-2025 1,598. Being selected is not a visa; the Department selects more entrants than there are visas available.
Where do nationals of Albania apply?
Tirana is the U.S. post in Albania. Nationals may also apply at posts elsewhere, subject to each post's rules, so the nationality figures on this page and the post figures are different counts.
Where does this data come from?
The State Department's monthly nonimmigrant and immigrant visa issuance tables by nationality, the annual Report of the Visa Office detail tables, the annual adjusted B-visa refusal rate tables and the Diversity Visa selectee pages. Data through 30 Sep 2025.
Provenance
Source: U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Consular Affairs. Monthly Nonimmigrant Visa Issuances by Nationality and Visa Class; Monthly Immigrant Visa Issuances by Foreign State of Chargeability or Place of Birth and Visa Class; Report of the Visa Office NIV detail tables (workbook); Adjusted Refusal Rate, B-Visas Only, by Nationality; Diversity Visa selected entrants pages. All public domain. Data through 30 Sep 2025. See corrections.