פרק VKM 554/2013 בהליך אתני (שנוי במחלוקת, בוטל)

Citizenship under the GRANT track vested only after the presidential decree AND the downstream civil-status steps. Kreu II pika 8 directs that, once the President's decree issues, the Civil-Status office “pa vonesë kryen procedurat e nevojshme për betimin dhe regjistrimin e shtetasit në Regjistrin Kombëtar të Gjendjes Civile” — oath (“betim”) plus registration in the National Civil-Status Register — with simultaneous de-registration from the National Register of Foreigners where the person had previously been recorded there, after which he is equipped with Albanian documents ( Kreu II pika 8). EFFECT ON PRIOR NATIONALITY: the instrument imposed NO renunciation. Kreu II pika 9 provides that beneficiaries “nuk janë të detyruar të lënë shtetësinë që kanë për të fituar shtetësinë shqiptare” and were not required to register a domicile in Albanian territory at the moment their citizenship was registered ( Kreu II pika 9) — consistent with the unconditional dual-citizenship line that runs from Ligj 8389/1998 Neni 3 into today's Ligj 113/2020, which likewise contains no renunciation condition. For the RECOGNITION track (shkronjat “a”, “b”) citizenship was treated as already acquired “vetiu” under Art 7 and was merely recognized and registered, not conferred. On repeal (14.10.2020) the instrument ceased to operate prospectively; the dossier records no decoded transitional clause preserving pending VKM-554 files, and — given the documented non-application (see litigation_posture and ) — the practical population of grants actually vested under this specific decree is not quantified in the corpus.

The application (“kërkesë me shkrim”) was addressed to the President of the Republic and lodged either with the Ministry-of-Interior organs of the applicant's domicile or, for applicants abroad, with Albanian diplomatic or consular missions ( Kreu II pika 2). A mission had to forward the file to the competent MoI structure “jo më vonë se 15 (pesëmbëdhjetë) ditë pas marrjes së kërkesës” (Kreu II pika 4). The application had to carry the self-declaration and/or documents proving the ascendant's Albanian origin (Kreu II pika 3), together with the identifying data enumerated in Kreu II pika 5 (name, parentage — atësia/mëmësia, date and place of birth, citizenship, civil status, the origin address and any Albanian address, the foreign civil-status certificate or personal ID, the ascendant's data, and documents proving the degree of family link). The responsible MoI structures, jointly with the Civil-Status (“Gjendja Civile”) offices, examined the origin documentation and submitted a written opinion to the Minister of the Interior “jo më vonë se 30 (tridhjetë) ditë pas marrjes së kërkesës” (Kreu II pika 6). The Minister then proposed the grant “jo më vonë se 30 (tridhjetë) ditë” after that opinion, and “Vendimi i Ministrit të Brendshëm i dërgohet menjëherë Presidentit të Republikës” (Kreu II pika 7). The final act was a presidential decree “për dhënien e shtetësisë shqiptare për interes kombëtar” (Kreu II pika 8), which took effect “pas botimit në Fletoren Zyrtare” (mbyllja e vendimit). The joint MoI+MFA implementing instruction envisaged by Kreu I pika 3 / Kreu III pika 1 (for the recognition-track procedures and verification timelines) is not among the decoded primaries.

VKM nr. 554, datë 3.7.2013 was a Council-of-Ministers decision (“vendim i Këshillit të Ministrave”) that fixed procedures for the recognition or acquisition of Albanian citizenship by persons of Albanian origin. The Kosovo carve-out sat on the very title: “PËR PËRCAKTIMIN E PROCEDURAVE PËR NJOHJEN OSE FITIMIN E SHTETËSISË SHQIPTARE NGA PERSONAT ME ORIGJINË SHQIPTARE, ME PËRJASHTIM TË SHTETASVE TË REPUBLIKËS SË KOSOVËS” ( Titull). It was NOT a free-standing grant power. The enacting recital anchored it “Në mbështetje të neneve 19 e 100 të Kushtetutës dhe të neneve 7 e 9 pika 7 të ligjit nr. 8389, datë 5.8.1998” ( preambul) — subordinate implementing machinery for two limbs of the then-operative 1998 citizenship law: Neni 7 (acquisition of citizenship by birth/descent, treated as acquired “vetiu”, i.e. ipso jure) and Neni 9 pika 7 (discretionary state-interest naturalization where Albania has “një interes shkencor, ekonomik, kulturor dhe kombëtar”) ( Neni 7, Neni 9 pika 7). Kreu I pika 1 split the beneficiary field accordingly — persons born of at least one parent “që zotëronte shtetësinë ose origjinën shqiptare” fell under recognition (Art 7, “vetiu”) or under grant (Art 9 pika 7) “sipas rastit” ( Kreu I pika 1). The instrument operated from 3.7.2013 and was repealed by name by Ligj 113/2020 Neni 25 effective 14.10.2020 ( Neni 25). acquisition_type = historical_regime; operative_today = false.

Under VKM 554/2013 the decision chain ran across four authorities. INTAKE: the Ministry-of-Interior organs of the applicant's domicile, or Albanian diplomatic/consular missions for applicants abroad, received the application addressed to the President (Kreu II pika 2); missions forwarded files within 15 days (Kreu II pika 4). EXAMINATION / PROPOSAL: the responsible Ministry-of-Interior structures, jointly with the Civil-Status (“Gjendja Civile”) offices, examined the origin documentation and delivered a written opinion within 30 days (Kreu II pika 6); the Minister of the Interior then proposed the grant within a further 30 days and transmitted his decision “menjëherë” to the President (Kreu II pika 7). GRANTING AUTHORITY: the President of the Republic, who issued the citizenship decree “për interes kombëtar” (Kreu II pika 8). REGISTRATION / OATH: the Civil-Status office administered the oath (“betim”) and entered the person in the National Civil-Status Register, de-registering him from the National Register of Foreigners where applicable (Kreu II pika 8). The decision itself was taken by the Council of Ministers on the proposal of the Minister of the Interior and under the signature of the Prime Minister (“KRYEMINISTËR, Sali Berisha”). Rule-making for the recognition-track procedures was delegated to a joint Minister-of-Interior + Minister-of-Foreign-Affairs instruction (Kreu I pika 3 / Kreu III pika 1), which is not in the decoded corpus.

PRIMARY (decoded verbatim from Fletorja Zyrtare / official texts).: VKM nr. 554, datë 3.7.2013 (native full text; Titull, Kreu I pikat 1–4, Kreu II pikat 1–9, Kreu III pikat 1–3) — the repealed ethnic-origin recognition/grant procedure.: Ligj 113/2020 “Për shtetësinë” (FZ 2020/174) — the repealing statute (Neni 25) and the successor origin route (Neni 6), in force 14.10.2020 (Neni 26).: Ligj 8389/1998 “Për shtetësinë shqiptare” (repealed) — the parent statute whose Neni 7 and Neni 9 pika 7 VKM 554 implemented. Cross-referenced windows: (Ligj 77/2023, W6b), (Ligj 49/2026, W6c) and (Ligj 49/2012, administrative courts). SECONDARY (carried in the dossier, not decoded primaries): (VKM 554/2013 register entry); (VKM 554/2013 native full-text Wayback mirror of the mb.gov.al docx); (GLOBALCIT-CR 2021/5 §2.7, documented non-application). EVIDENCE consolidated: (temporal contrast, W5) and (eligibility, W5). Every Albanian quotation placed above was re-checked in-file against / / during consolidation. Not legal advice; this route is REPEALED and of historical interest only. As of 2026-07-11.