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Post-Study or Post-Research Job Search and Business Residence

AlbaniaStudy

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What education or training is this pathway designed for?

This route is for researchers and students who have completed their research or studies, giving them the opportunity to stay in Albania to look for a job or start a business, for at least nine months, subject to the general requirements of Article 36. To benefit, students must have a minimum education level not higher than level 7 of the European Qualification Framework.

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  • The article does not state whether there is a minimum education level floor, only the ceiling (not higher than EQF level 7), and does not state whether that education cap also applies to researchers.

What type of institution/course must accept or enrol the applicant?

The route is for foreign researchers and students after they have completed their research or studies. Students can benefit only if their level of education is not higher than level 7 of the European Qualifications Framework. The official source does not state what type of institution or course the applicant must have attended.

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  • The official source does not state what type of institution or course the applicant must have attended.

What are the most important financial or study-related conditions: tuition, funds, insurance, full-time study, attendance or equivalent?

The permit is issued in line with the general criteria for temporary residence in Article 36, for a period of at least nine months to look for work or start a business. The checked official sources did not provide enough route-specific evidence to confirm tuition, funds, insurance or attendance conditions for this route.

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  • The cited official article is not a complete operational checklist; current forms, implementing decisions, fees, processing practice and all supporting evidence require separate review.

Can the student work? Under what major restrictions? What is the family position where clearly stated?

The entire purpose of this permit is to allow the researcher or student to look for a job or start a business after completing research or studies. After the permit has been held for at least three months, the border and migration authority may require the alien to prove there is a real chance of engaging in employment or starting a business, and may require that the employment or business sought corresponds to the level of the alien's completed research or studies. The official source does not state the family position.

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  • The article does not state a family position for this route.
  • Aliens Law 79/2021, Article 51(1)
    aliens who are researchers and students have the opportunity to stay in the territory of the Republic of Albania by means of a residence permit, in compliance with the requirements of Article 36, of this law; for at least nine months in order to look for a job or start a business
  • Aliens Law 79/2021, Article 51(5)
    After at least three months from the issue of the permit in accordance with this article, the border and migration authority may require from aliens to prove that there is a real chance for them to engage in employment or start a business.
  • Aliens Law 79/2021, Article 51(6)
    The border and migration authorities may request that the employment the alien is seeking or the business s/he is in process of starting corresponds with the level of completed research or studies.

How long does the status last, how is it renewed, and what officially documented post-study work or residence possibilities exist?

The permit is granted for at least nine months to look for a job or start a business (Article 51(1)). Where the conditions in Article 51(3) or Article 51(5) are no longer met, the border and migration authority may annul the alien's residence permit under this article, in accordance with Article 34 of the law. The official source does not state a renewal mechanism beyond the initial nine-month minimum, or a longer-term residence pathway after this permit.

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  • The article does not state a renewal mechanism beyond the initial nine-month minimum, or a longer-term residence pathway after this permit.

These are the answers currently recorded in the catalogue. A missing or partial answer is not an eligibility decision.

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