foreigners-residence-permit – Albanian  Telegraphic  Agency. https://en.ata.gov.al News Agency Thu, 23 Dec 2021 09:32:51 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Over 13 thousand foreigners choose Albania to live and work https://en.ata.gov.al/2021/12/23/over-13-thousand-foreigners-choose-albania-to-live-and-work/ https://en.ata.gov.al/2021/12/23/over-13-thousand-foreigners-choose-albania-to-live-and-work/#respond Thu, 23 Dec 2021 08:56:16 +0000 http://en.ata.gov.al/?p=169081 TIRANA, Dec 23 /ATA/ At the end of 2020, the number of foreigners with residence permits in Albania recorded 13,609 inhabitants, increasing by 0.8%, compared to 2019.

INSTAT informs that the number of resident foreigners in 2020 is dominated by men with 64.0% versus women with 36.0%.

Compared to 2019, the number of applications for residence permits in Albania in 2020 was 7,661 applications, recording a decrease of 7.0%.

According to INSTAT, resident foreigners from Iran number 2,610 people, from Italy 2,067 and Turkey 1,597.

Foreigners from Europe in 2020 number 7,724 inhabitants and constitute 56.8% of foreigners in total compared to 66.4% in 2019.

Employment is the main reason for the residence permits of foreigners in Albania in 2020, with 47.5%.

“In 2020, 18,835 irregular foreigners were identified in the territory of the country, with 55.9% of them coming from Iraq and Syria”, INSTAT says.
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