Messages for U.S. Citizens

U.S. Embassy Tirana American Citizen Services (ACS) has improved its messaging system. In addition to issuing emergency messages, security messages, and normal messages (not relating to routine demonstrations) through email, the U.S. Embassy will also utilize SMS technology to send messages. Whenever the ACS section issues emergency, security, or normal messages, we will send an abbreviated version in a text message to U.S. citizens who have registered via the Smart Traveler Enrollment Program and provided a valid mobile number. Please add the following number to your contacts – 19028003544 – the ACS section will utilize this number to send text messages. We encourage all U.S. citizens residing in, or visiting Albania, to update their registration information and include a valid mobile number (Albanian, U.S., or international) in order to take full advantage of this service.

Information about routine demonstrations are posted on the U.S. Embassy Tirana’s website, under the heading “Demonstration Notices,” and will not be sent to U.S. citizens via SMS or email. Please monitor our website regularly for information about demonstration activities in Albania.

Closure of U.S. Embassy’s Consular Section

12/12/2012: Due to construction, U.S. Embassy Tirana’s Consular Section will be closed to the public from December 21, 2012, to December 28, 2012.
Voting Message for U.S. Citizens

11/2/2012: Embassies and consulates are not polling places. The majority of states require voted ballots to reach local election officials by the close of polls on Tuesday, November 6. U.S. citizens who want to participate in the 2012 U.S. elections should already have returned their absentee ballots to their local election officials.
Delivering Absentee Ballots to the U.S. Embassy in Tirana

10/15/2021: Voters intending to submit their ballots to the U.S. Embassy should do so by 25 October 2012. In order to ensure that all ballots are received in the United States prior to November 6, U.S. citizens intending on delivering their ballots to the Embassy should do so by 16:00 on October 25.
Completing and Returning Absentee Ballots

10/1/2012: Every U.S. citizen who requested an absentee ballot and selected the fax or email delivery option should have it by now. Please vote and take steps to return your voted ballot promptly so your vote will count.
A General Election Voting Reminder

9/10/2012: U.S. citizens around the globe will soon elect the 45th President of the United States. For U.S. citizens living outside the United States, this is your opportunity to participate in democracy, so act now and regardless of political affiliation, celebrate our shared values as citizens of the United States of America.
A July 4th Voting Reminder

6/21/2012: For U.S. citizens living outside the United States, the 4th of July is an opportunity for all of us, regardless of political affiliation, to celebrate our shared values as citizens of the United States of America.