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Official US State Department data

B1/B2 visa statistics for Albania

How many B1/B2 visas nationals of Albania are issued, and what each US consulate in Albania issues, month by month.

Data through February 2026

B1/B2 visas issued to nationals of Albania

Every B1/B2 visa issued to a national of Albania, at any US consulate in the world.

Visas issued to nationals of Albania, last 12 months

Mar 2025 – Feb 2026

16,49916,499

Down 35%vs 25,557 in the 12 months before

Down 35% on the previous 12 months. The last 3 months ran 47% below the same months a year earlier.

Monthly average
1.4k
Busiest month
2.2k
Mar 2025
Latest month
1.1k
Feb 2026Down 53%

Prev 12 moPrevious 12 months · 26k

Last 12 moLast 12 months · 16k

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Mar '24Apr '24May '24Jun '24Jul '24Aug '24Sep '24Oct '24Nov '24Dec '24Jan '25Feb '25Mar '25Apr '25May '25Jun '25Jul '25Aug '25Sep '25Oct '25Nov '25Dec '25Jan '26Feb '26

The long view

State Dept publishes its annual totals by US government fiscal year, which runs October to September.

Point at a year for its exact count.

010k20k30k40k
6.8k
8.7k
10k
Pre-COVID peak12k
11k
7.1k
4.5k
14k
26k
Highest26k
20k
6.3k
'15'16'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24'25'26

Striped: the current year so far.

FY2015: 6,836 visas; FY2016: 8,749 visas; FY2017: 10,077 visas; FY2018: 11,797 visas; FY2019: 10,930 visas; FY2020: 7,127 visas; FY2021: 4,532 visas; FY2022: 13,991 visas; FY2023: 26,205 visas; FY2024: 26,207 visas; FY2025: 20,221 visas; FY2026: 6,310 visas so far.

FY2025 had 20,221 visas (−23% on FY2024). That's 71% above the pre-pandemic peak (FY2018). FY2026 so far (Oct–Feb) is running 37% behind the same months of FY2025.

Show the monthly numbers
Visas issued per month, to nationals of Albania
MonthVisas issuedA year earlierChange
February 20261,1042,346Down 53%
January 20261,1532,088Down 45%
December 20251,1622,024Down 43%
November 20251,2881,555Down 17%
October 20251,6032,019Down 21%
September 20251,5252,061Down 26%
August 20251,2232,393Down 49%
July 20258942,442Down 63%
June 20258951,927Down 54%
May 20251,5491,648Down 6%
April 20251,8552,761Down 33%
March 20252,2482,293About flat, 2%
February 20252,346–
January 20252,088–
December 20242,024–
November 20241,555–
October 20242,019–
September 20242,061–
August 20242,393–
July 20242,442–
June 20241,927–
May 20241,648–
April 20242,761–
March 20242,293–

Source: US Department of State monthly reports of nonimmigrant visas issued by nationality, and its annual Report of the Visa Office for earlier years. Nationals of Albania who interview at a US consulate in another country are counted here, so these totals run higher than the consulate figures for Albania.

B1/B2 visas issued in Albania

How many B1/B2 visas the US consulates in Albania issue each month, whether that's rising or falling, and where it's moving.

Visas issued in Albania, last 12 months

Mar 2025 – Feb 2026

14,83914,839

Down 35%vs 23,002 in the 12 months before

Down 35% on the previous 12 months.

Monthly average
1.2k
Busiest month
2k
Mar 2025
Latest month
1k
Feb 2026Down 51%

Prev 12 moPrevious 12 months · 23k

Last 12 moLast 12 months · 15k

01k2k3k4k
Mar '24Apr '24May '24Jun '24Jul '24Aug '24Sep '24Oct '24Nov '24Dec '24Jan '25Feb '25Mar '25Apr '25May '25Jun '25Jul '25Aug '25Sep '25Oct '25Nov '25Dec '25Jan '26Feb '26

When visas are issued

Visas issued in Albania each month. Darker means more.

JJanFFebMMarAAprMMayJJunJJulAAugSSepOOctNNovDDec
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
Typical
13%
6.3%

Typical: each month's share of a year's visas, averaged over 2023–2025.

Busiest: January 2023: 4,116 visas

FewerMoreNo data

In 2023–2025, January was typically the busiest month and June the quietest.

Year by year

Calendar years, January to December.

  1. 2023

    22k

    Jan – Dec 2023

    First full year in this data
  2. 2024

    24k

    Jan – Dec 2024

    Up 7%vs 2023
  3. 2025

    17k

    Jan – Dec 2025

    Down 29%vs 2024
  4. 2026So far

    2k

    Jan–Feb · 2 of 12 months

    Down 48%vs same months a year earlier

2025 had 16,672 visas (−29% on 2024). 2026 so far (Jan–Feb) is running 48% behind the same months of 2025.

Show the monthly numbers
Visas issued per month, in Albania
MonthVisas issuedA year earlierChange
February 20261,0112,063Down 51%
January 20261,0141,795Down 44%
December 20251,0651,798Down 41%
November 20251,1551,351Down 15%
October 20251,3821,774Down 22%
September 20251,3391,906Down 30%
August 20251,1172,245Down 50%
July 20257922,297Down 66%
June 20257681,788Down 57%
May 20251,4511,432About flat, 1.3%
April 20251,7152,526Down 32%
March 20252,0302,027About flat, 0.1%
February 20252,0632,217Down 6.9%
January 20251,7952,234Down 20%
December 20241,7982,061Down 13%
November 20241,3511,432Down 5.7%
October 20241,7741,720Up 3.1%
September 20241,9061,976Down 3.5%
August 20242,2451,693Up 33%
July 20242,2971,614Up 42%
June 20241,7881,465Up 22%
May 20241,4321,233Up 16%
April 20242,526897Up 182%
March 20242,0271,697Up 19%

Source: US Department of State monthly reports of nonimmigrant visas issued at each US consulate. These count visas issued, not interview appointments available.

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