Italian Consulate General in Vlorë

Albanian citizens can visit Italy without a visa for up to 90 days.

In 2025, Italy’s consulate general in Vlorë received 69 applications for short-stay Schengen visas and issued 61. 8 applications were refused, a refusal rate of 11.4%. In 2024 it had been 15.0%: the rate fell by 3.6 points. Applications fell by 14% compared with 2024 (80).

Over 2023–2025 the rate ranged from 9.3% (2023) to 15.0% (2024).

Italy issues Schengen visas at 2 locations in Albania; this office handled 20% of their 343 applications in 2025. Refusal rates elsewhere: Tirana 6.6%, which makes Vlorë the highest of the group. Each office serves the applicants who live in its own consular district, so the rates also reflect who applies where, not only how strictly files are assessed.

Across all Schengen consulates in Albania, 5.4% of applications were refused in 2025; Italy’s rate worldwide was 10.8%. Italy received the largest number of applications of the 13 Schengen states represented here.

Multiple-entry visas made up 90.2% of those issued. The statistics count applications, not people, and include every nationality that applies here, not only citizens of Albania.

The Italian embassy is in Tirana. Besides the Italian consulate general in Vlorë, Italy has 3 other missions in Albania. Consulates: Shkoder. Honorary consulates: Gjirokastër. Albania in turn has 6 missions in Italy, its embassy being in Rome.

About the Italian consulate general in Vlorë

It appears in official lists as Consulate General of Italy in Vlorë. The head of mission on record is Provenzano Achille. A consulate does consular work for a region: passports, certificates and help for nationals in difficulty.

Address and contact

Address: L. 10 Korriku, Rr. Murat Tërbaçi, Valona, Vlorë. The record for the Italian consulate general in Vlorë includes a phone number, an e-mail address and an official website. Its exact position is not recorded, so the map marks the town; use the street address.

Italian citizens travelling to Albania

No visa is needed by Italian citizens for Albania, for stays of up to 90 days.

When the Italian consulate general in Vlorë is closed

Expect the Italian consulate general in Vlorë to be shut on Independence Day (Dita e Pavarësisë) on Monday 30 November 2026 and Youth Day (Dita Kombëtare e Rinisë) on Tuesday 8 December 2026, and often on Immaculate Conception (Immacolata Concezione) on Tuesday 8 December 2026, a holiday in Italy.

Before visiting the Italian consulate general in Vlorë

Current procedures for the Italian consulate general in Vlorë, including any appointment system, are on its official website, linked on this page.