The Honorary Consulate of Albania in Kharkiv is a volunteer-run office that assists Albanian citizens in Ukraine; passport and visa applications go to the Albanian Embassy in Kyiv.
Contact Details
| Address | Akademika Proskury Street 1, 61070 Kharkiv, Ukraine |
| Telephone | +380 57 717 79 33 |
| consul@albconsul.com | |
| Website | www.albconsul.com |
| Head of Mission | Shakhin Anver ohly Omarov, Honorary Consul |
Opening Hours
No regular opening hours are published. Contact the consulate by phone or e-mail to arrange a visit.
Location of the Consulate
About the honorary consulate in Kharkiv
The honorary consulate represents Albania in Kharkiv. According to the Albania page of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine (Internet Archive copy of 18 January 2025), the honorary consul is Shakhin Anver ohly Omarov (Ukrainian spelling: Шахін Анвер огли Омаров). Its consular district covers the Kharkiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk, Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia oblasts. No opening hours are published; arrange a visit in advance. To do so, call +380 57 717 79 33 or e-mail consul@albconsul.com.
The website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine could not be opened directly in October 2026; the details above come from its Albania page as archived by the Internet Archive (18 January 2025). Check with the consulate before you rely on them.
Kharkiv, in Kharkiv Oblast, lies about 409 km in a straight line from the centre of Kyiv. Ukraine’s airspace remains closed to civil flights, according to GOV.UK travel advice (October 2026).
Holders of ordinary Albanian passports do not need a visa for stays of up to 90 days within any 180-day period in Ukraine, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine’s entry-regime table (as of 8 June 2023). Ukraine is not part of the Schengen area and applies its own visa rules.
Which Albanian office issues passports and visas?
Passports, visas and other formal consular services for Albanian citizens are handled by the Albanian Embassy in Kyiv.
What can an honorary consul do?
An honorary consul is not a career diplomat but a local resident – often a business person or lawyer – appointed by Albania and approved by the host country. Depending on the powers granted, the honorary consul can help Albanian citizens in an emergency (lost passport, accident, arrest), pass on applications and documents to the embassy, and certify signatures or life certificates. Passports and visas are not issued by an honorary consulate; they remain the responsibility of the embassy or a career consulate.
Other consulates and embassies in Kharkiv
8 other countries are represented in Kharkiv: Armenia (honorary), Azerbaijan (honorary), Brazil (honorary), Georgia (honorary), Indonesia (honorary), Kyrgyzstan (honorary), Montenegro (honorary), Romania (honorary).
Closing days
Article 73 of the Labour Code of Ukraine lists nine public holidays, among them Christmas (25 December), Constitution Day (28 June) and Independence Day (24 August), but under martial law these are working days (Law No. 2136-IX, Article 6). Martial law remains in force throughout Ukraine, according to GOV.UK travel advice. The honorary consulate may close on Albania’s national day (28 November) and on other days set by its own government.
Emergency assistance
In Ukraine, dial 103 for an ambulance, 101 for the fire service and 102 for the police (GOV.UK travel advice). Ukrainian citizens who need help in Albania can contact the Embassy of Ukraine in Tirana.
Albanian missions in Ukraine
Measured in a straight line from Kharkiv, the nearest other Albanian office is the Embassy in Kyiv (about 410 km). Distances in brackets are straight-line distances from Kharkiv.
- Kyiv (410 km) – Embassy of Albania in Ukraine
- Kharkiv – Honorary Consulate (this page)
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Details checked on 19 October 2026. Sources: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine – Albania (Internet Archive copy of 18 January 2025), Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine – directory “Diplomatic missions of foreign states and representations of international organisations in Ukraine” (October 2026), Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine – Entry regime to Ukraine for foreign citizens (table as of 8 June 2023), Labour Code of Ukraine, Article 73 (public holidays), Law of Ukraine No. 2136-IX on labour relations under martial law, Article 6, GOV.UK foreign travel advice: Ukraine (getting help, safety; still current 18 October 2026).
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