{"schemaVersion":1,"source":"live","checkedAt":"2026-10-08T03:06:05.901Z","passport":{"code":"AL","name":"Albania","slug":"albania"},"destination":{"code":"FW","name":"French West Indies"},"status":"visa_free","evidenceLevel":"exact","supportsCurrentStatus":true,"reviewedAt":"2026-08-25","allowedStays":[{"label":"Up to 90 days in any 180-day period","maxDays":90,"basis":"rolling_period","withinDays":180}],"policies":[{"id":"albanian-standard-biometric-passport-french-west-indies-visa-free-2026","title":"Albanian standard ordinary biometric passports: French West Indies visa-free visit","summary":"Both current French West Indies Annex II rule families waive Albanian biometric passports, and Albania's current ordinary-passport population is entirely biometric.","status":"visa_free","conditions":["FW is the intersection of Guadeloupe, Martinique, Saint-Martin and Saint-Barthélemy. Each current Annex II waives Albanian biometric passport holders for a short visitor stay.","Albania's ordinary passport is statutorily biometric. Any non-biometric ordinary document pre-dates the 2010 biometric regime and cannot survive its five- or ten-year statutory term on 25 August 2026; later emergency or accelerated ordinary issuance is biometric.","The uniform short-stay cap is 90 days in any 180-day period. Work, residence, transit, Schengen travel, special travel documents, passport validity and final admission are outside this policy."],"sourceIds":["france-interior-current-overseas-territorial-orders-2026","france-drom-current-annex-ii-fw-balkan-biometric-2026","france-saint-martin-barthelemy-current-annex-ii-fw-balkan-biometric-2026","albania-official-gazette-current-passport-law-biometric-validity-fw-2026","albania-official-gazette-standard-biometric-passport-instruction-fw-2026"]}],"conditional":[],"sources":[{"id":"france-interior-current-overseas-territorial-orders-2026","title":"French Interior Ministry: overseas visas","url":"https://www.immigration.interieur.gouv.fr/limmigration-en-france/visas-en-france/visas-pour-loutre-mer","publisher":"French Ministry of the Interior, Directorate-General for Foreign Nationals","jurisdiction":"France / overseas territories","kind":"government-guidance","language":"French","reviewedAt":"2026-08-25"},{"id":"france-drom-current-annex-ii-fw-balkan-biometric-2026","title":"Order of 26 July 2011: Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, Réunion and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, Annex II","url":"https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/loda/article_lc/LEGIARTI000051759462","publisher":"Légifrance, French Government legal-publication service","jurisdiction":"France / Guadeloupe / Martinique","kind":"law","language":"French","reviewedAt":"2026-08-25"},{"id":"france-saint-martin-barthelemy-current-annex-ii-fw-balkan-biometric-2026","title":"Order of 18 April 2012: Saint-Barthélemy and Saint-Martin entry documents and visas, Annex II","url":"https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/loda/article_lc/LEGIARTI000051759455","publisher":"Légifrance, French Government legal-publication service","jurisdiction":"France / Saint-Martin / Saint-Barthélemy","kind":"law","language":"French","reviewedAt":"2026-08-25"},{"id":"albania-official-gazette-current-passport-law-biometric-validity-fw-2026","title":"Law No. 8668: issue of Albanian citizens' passports for travel abroad (consolidated)","url":"https://qbz.gov.al/alfresco/webdav/Aktet/ligj/kuvendi-i-shqiperise/2000/10/23/8668/cons-2025-03-13/ligj-2000-10-23-8668-i%20p%C3%ABrdit%C3%ABsuar%208.pdf","publisher":"Official Publications Centre of the Republic of Albania","jurisdiction":"Republic of Albania","kind":"law","language":"Albanian","reviewedAt":"2026-08-25"},{"id":"albania-official-gazette-standard-biometric-passport-instruction-fw-2026","title":"Interior Minister Instruction No. 93/2024: procedure for ordinary biometric passports","url":"https://qbz.gov.al/alfresco/webdav/FZ/2024/91/FZ-2024-91.pdf","publisher":"Official Gazette of the Republic of Albania / Ministry of Interior","jurisdiction":"Republic of Albania","kind":"law","language":"Albanian","reviewedAt":"2026-08-25"}]}