This page holds the contactinformation and opening hours of the consular and visa section.

Furthermore, this page holds information on consular affairs for Dutch nationals in a foreign country and for non‑Dutch travellers to the Netherlands.

Consular Section

The adress of the consulair section of the Netherlands Embassy in Tirana is:

Royal Netherlands Embassy

Consular section

Rruga Asim Zeneli nr. 10

Tirana/ Albania

Tel: +355 (0) 4 2259 176

Fax: +355 (0) 4 2254 288

Opening hours: Monday-Thursday from 09.00 - 12.00.

Visa section

Applications short stay (less than 90 days)

Since 5 January 2009 the Belgian authorities issue visa short stay for the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxemburg. This means that within the Netherlands Embassy there is a Belgian visa office.

For information regarding the procedure see:  www.diplomatie.be

Opening hours: Monday-Thursday from 09.00 - 12.00.

Visa applications can only be submitted by appointment. For an appointment, please call the consulair section on Monday-Thursday between 09.00 and 10.00 (tel number +355 (0) 4 2259 176). The first possible appointment date will be given to you. 

For information, please contact the Visa Information line: tel. +355 (0) 4 2259 176.  Monday-Thursday from 14.00 - 15.00

Questions about visa short stay can be send to:  tirana.visa@diplobel.fed.be

Applications long stay (more than 90 days, MVV’s)

The Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands is responsible for visa applications long stay. At  www.ind.nl you can find the procedures. In case you would like to have further information, please contact the visa information line or  tir-ca@minbuza.nl

The pages under  Foreign Nationals coming to the Netherlands provide you with general information on visa applications and the legalisation of documents. You can find further consular information under  Coming to the Netherlands.

The pages  Dutch Nationals Abroad contain more general information on travel documents, consular assistance, Dutch nationality and legalisation of foreign documents.