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Biometric ID Card
Dear Expats, You can apply for a Biometric ID Card after your application for a residency permit has been approved. After which you will have received a temporary permit with a 60-day expiry. Before or soon after the 60 days expires you will receive an email...
Update on Covid-19 Mandate – Dec 2, 2021
News on the COVID 19 mandates The new Omicron variant has been identified in citizens who have had a history of travel and contact with South African countries, and also measures have been taken by other countries in the world, the Committee of Experts decided to...
A “Live” Community of Expats
Our lives have definitely changed gradually but drastically since smartphones made their flashy appearance. Do you remember how beautiful your first iPhone seemed and how pretty all those colorful buttons called apps looked? What the heck is an app? We all had this...
Covid & Expats Living in Albania
COVID19 Vaccine GENERAL INFO - Nov 25, 2021 - Update According to Albanian health authorities, the government is currently administering Pfizer-BioNTech, AstraZeneca-Oxford, Gamaleya, and Sinovac vaccines. Foreign Residents can request to be vaccinated...
Low Cost Albania – by Robin Holleran
Low Cost Albania Newspapers and television broadcasts might be filled with stories of economic rebounds and dropping unemployment rates, but there is still an undercurrent of uncertainty among many Westerners about the security of their financial future. One option,...
Why Albania – by Robin Holleran
Why Albania? When people talk about wanting to move overseas, Albania isn’t usually the first place you have in mind. And yet here we are, happily living in this often-overlooked Balkan country. I came here as a Peace Corps volunteer—and liked Albania so much, I...