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Albania visa requirements for Mauritania citizens

Updated 2026-07-07 ยท verified against the Passport Index dataset

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e-Visa required
Mauritania citizens need an e-visa, applied for online for Albania.

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Albania admits Mauritania citizens on better terms if they already hold certain visas or residence permits of other countries:

Visa-free ยท 90 days
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ท Mauritania passport๏ผ‹๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ US visa (B1/B2 etc.) or 5 moreโ†’๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Albania: visa-free ยท 90d

Albania: visa-free up to 90 days with a used multiple-entry visa or residence permit of the US, UK or Schengen.

Conditions: multiple-entry visa that has already been used to enter the issuing country
Source: MFA of Albania ยท verified 2026-07-04

Entry details

Holders of a Mauritania passport need an e-visa, applied for online when visiting Albania. The Mauritania passport currently ranks #159 of 199 worldwide, with 53 destinations reachable visa-free or via visa on arrival / eTA.

Albania is middling in how freely it admits visitors, admitting 93 of the world's 198 other passports without a prior visa; its own passport ranks #92 with 108 open destinations. Access is actually lopsided the other way โ€” Albania citizens enter Mauritania more easily (visa on arrival).

In the opposite direction, Albania citizens travelling to Mauritania face: visa on arrival.

๐Ÿงณ Before you travel: Mauritania โ†’ Albania

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