{"schemaVersion":1,"source":"live","checkedAt":"2026-10-08T03:06:05.901Z","passport":{"code":"AL","name":"Albania","slug":"albania"},"destination":{"code":"DO","name":"Dominican Republic"},"status":"visa_required","evidenceLevel":"exact","supportsCurrentStatus":true,"reviewedAt":"2026-08-24","allowedStays":[],"policies":[{"id":"dominican-republic-albanian-ordinary-tourist-advance-visa-baseline-2026","title":"Albanian ordinary passports: advance Dominican tourist visa baseline","summary":"DGII directly names Albania among tourists who cannot enter with a Tourist Card and must obtain a visa at a Dominican mission. MIREX's contrary result invokes only the qualifying-document Decree 691-07 exception.","status":"visa_required","conditions":["Applies to an ordinary Albanian passport holder who does not hold the qualifying third-country residence or multiple-entry visa document specified in Decree 691-07.","DGII requires a tourist from Albania to obtain a visa at a Dominican diplomatic mission. MIREX states the consular service response time is 10 to 20 business days, so this is an advance visa rather than electronic or arrival issuance.","Decree 691-07 permits tourist entry with a valid passport and Tourist Card only for a traveller with permanent residence or a valid multiple-entry visa for the United States, Schengen/EU area, Canada or the United Kingdom; that conditional exception is not this baseline.","Work, study, residence, business, transit, crew, diplomatic, official, service, border-card, special-document, security-screening and final-admission treatment remain outside this finding."],"sourceIds":["dominican-dgii-live-tourist-card-and-named-visa-list-2026-08-24","dominican-mirex-live-visa-service-decree-691-2026-08-24","dominican-mirex-live-albania-ordinary-tourist-result-2026-08-24"]}],"conditional":[],"sources":[{"id":"dominican-dgii-live-tourist-card-and-named-visa-list-2026-08-24","title":"DGII: Tourist Card and countries requiring a Dominican visa","url":"https://dgii.gov.do/sobretarjetaturista/Paginas/default.aspx","publisher":"Dirección General de Impuestos Internos (DGII)","jurisdiction":"Dominican Republic","kind":"government-guidance","language":"Spanish","reviewedAt":"2026-08-24"},{"id":"dominican-mirex-live-visa-service-decree-691-2026-08-24","title":"MIREX: visas service and Decree 691-07 exception","url":"https://servicios360.mirex.gob.do/visas/","publisher":"Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MIREX)","jurisdiction":"Dominican Republic","kind":"government-guidance","language":"Spanish","reviewedAt":"2026-08-24"},{"id":"dominican-mirex-live-albania-ordinary-tourist-result-2026-08-24","title":"MIREX ordinary tourist selector: Albania","url":"https://consultas.mirex.gob.do/servicios/visas/consulta-de-requisitos-para-extranjeros-ingresar-a-la-republica-dominicana/results?condicion=Extranjeros&country=3&tipoPasaporte=Ordinario&tipoVisa=visa_ts","publisher":"Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MIREX)","jurisdiction":"Dominican Republic","kind":"official-portal","language":"Spanish","reviewedAt":"2026-08-24"}]}