Visa for Croatia or Albania?

[sforay]

I'll be on the Westerdam 20 night TA 4/14/10. Stopping in Portugal, Spain, France, Italy Albania and Croatia. I'm assuming I don't need a visa for any of these places, just a passport. I'm thinking specifically about Croatia and Albania. Can anyone confirm this for me?
I've been on 12 cruises but never to Europe so I'm very excited about this cruise.
Last year, we did a coastal cruise from San Francisco to Vancouver on Princess and a one nighter on Westerdam from Vancouver to Seattle so I can't say I know much about the Westerdam other than what I learn from you good folks. We did like what we saw though.
I believe this is Westerdam's first cruise after drydock but I'm not too worried about that. I'll go with the flow.

[bishop84]

I'll be on the Westerdam 20 night TA 4/14/10. Stopping in Portugal, Spain, France, Italy Albania and Croatia. I'm assuming I don't need a visa for any of these places, just a passport. I'm thinking specifically about Croatia and Albania. Can anyone confirm this for me?

Assuming you are a US citizen then you will not require a Visa for Albania or Croatia. Check out www.travel.state.gov (http://www.travel.state.gov) for the official guidance. One common requirement for most European countries is that you to have at least 6 months validity left on your passport from the date of arrival in that country.

[Himself]

When it was all Communist Yougoslavia it was required. Today that is not true. Visa not required for about a decade or more. I was in Croatia in 1993 and I did not need one then. Up to about 1990, I did need one but it was easy to obtain. However, it is no longer required--Thank God.

[headache]

As I am not US citizen, anybody know if Croatia visa can be obtained on arrival (on board)? And whether we are allowed to board with Croatia visa in our Passport?

[YXU AC*SE]

I use two tools - I do a prelim check here: http://www.iatatravelcentre.com/ and then I will verify online with the consular section of the embassy of the country for which I have citizenship.

So to put that in practice, let's hypothetically say you are an British citizen living in Canada, you should be validating online with the Albanian and Croatian embassies in London, UK, as they will have the most up-to-date / relevant info there pertinent to your country of citizenship.

FYI - some embassies / consular groups will not process an out-of-country visa application, so in using my above example, if you are a UK citizen living in Canada and want a Russian visa, you have to obtain information / apply through the embassy of your country of citizenship (eg the Russian embassy in the UK - which isn't entirely convenient if you are living in Canada.)



Scott.