United States: the essentials

Emergency numbers, the embassies of Albania and Kosovo, visas for both passports and official travel advice for United States. Every fact has its source and the date we checked it.

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Emergency numbers

• 911All services

Source: GOV.UK (FCDO) travel advice: United States — getting help · checked 25 October 2026

Embassies and consulates

For passports, documents and help when you are in trouble.

Missions of Albania

Missions of Kosovo

United States: embassies and offices in Kosovo and Albania

United States in Kosovo

Essentials for Kosovo · All foreign embassies and offices there

United States in Albania

Essentials for Albania · All foreign embassies and offices there

Visas and entry

Rules change. Before any trip, check the official source and your passport expiry date. This is general information, not legal advice.

With an Albanian passport

You need a visitor (B) visa. Neither Albania nor Kosovo is in the Visa Waiver Program, so ESTA does not apply.

Source: U.S. Department of State: Visa Waiver Program (list of countries) · checked 25 October 2026

With a Kosovo passport

You need a visitor (B) visa. Neither Albania nor Kosovo is in the Visa Waiver Program, so ESTA does not apply.

Source: U.S. Department of State: Visa Waiver Program (list of countries) · checked 25 October 2026

Official travel and safety advice

The UK government (FCDO) publishes official advice on safety, local laws, health and risks in United States. It is written for British travellers, but most of it applies to everyone.

Read the FCDO advice Updated by the FCDO on 18 August 2026

Source: GOV.UK (FCDO) foreign travel advice: United States · checked 25 October 2026

Guides for this country

• Green card: renewing or replacing it (Form I-90)
• Albanian passport in the USA

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