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Visa requirements for Italian citizens are administrative entry restrictions by the authorities of other states placed on citizens of Italy.
As of 2024, Italian citizens had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 194 countries and territories, ranking the Italian passport 1st in the world according to the Henley Passport Index.[1]
Country / Region | Visa requirement | Allowed stay | Notes (excluding departure fees) |
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Visa not required[3] | 90 days |
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Visa required[4] | ||
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Visa not required[5] |
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Visa not required[6] | 30 days |
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Visa not required[9] | 3 months | |
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Visa not required[10] | 90 days | |
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Visa not required[11] | 180 days | |
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eVisitor[12] | 90 days |
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Freedom of movement[13] |
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eVisa[14][15] | 30 days | |
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Visa not required[16] | 3 months | |
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eVisa / Visa on arrival[17] | 14 days | |
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Visa on arrival[18] | 30 days | |
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Visa not required[19] | 3 months | |
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Visa not required[20] | 30 days[21] |
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Freedom of movement[23] |
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Visa not required[24] | 1 month | |
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eVisa[25][26] | 30 days |
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eVisa[27][28] | ||
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Visa not required[29] | 90 days | |
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Visa not required[30] | 90 days |
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Visa not required[31] | 90 days | |
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Visa not required[32] | 90 days |
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Visa not required[33] | 90 days | |
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Freedom of movement[34] |
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eVisa / Visa on arrival[35][36] | 1 month | |
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Visa on arrival[37] | 1 month |
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eVisa / Visa on arrival[39][40] | 30 days |
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eVisa[41][42] | ||
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Visa not required[43] | 6 months | |
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Visa not required[46][47] | 30 days |
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Visa required[49] | ||
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Visa required[50] | ||
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Visa not required[51] | 90 days | |
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Visa not required[52] | 15 days |
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Visa not required[57] | 90 days |
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Visa on arrival[58] | 45 days | |
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Visa required[59] | ||
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eVisa[60][61] | 7 days | |
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Visa not required[62] | 90 days | |
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eVisa[63][64] | 3 months |
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Freedom of movement[65] |
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eVisa[66] | 90 days |
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Freedom of movement[67] |
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Freedom of movement[68] |
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Freedom of movement[69] |
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eVisa[70][71] | 90 days | |
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Visa not required[72] | 90 days |
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Visa not required[73] | 90 days | |
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Visa not required[74] | 90 days | |
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eVisa / Visa on arrival[75][76] | 30 days | |
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Visa not required[78] | 3 months | |
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eVisa[79][80] | ||
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Visa required[81] | ||
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Freedom of movement[82] |
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Visa not required[83] | 30 days | |
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eVisa / Visa on arrival[84][85] | up to 90 days |
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Visa not required[88] | 4 months | |
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Freedom of movement[89] |
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Freedom of movement[90] |
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eVisa[91][92] | 90 days |
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Visa not required[93] | 90 days | |
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Visa not required[94] | 1 year |
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Freedom of movement[95] |
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Visa required[96] | ||
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Freedom of movement[97] |
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Visa not required[98] | 3 months | |
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Visa not required[99] | 90 days | |
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eVisa[100][101] | 90 days |
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Visa on arrival[102] | 90 days |
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Visa required[103] | ||
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Visa not required[104] | 90 days | |
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Visa not required[105] | 3 months | |
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Freedom of movement[106] |
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Freedom of movement[107] |
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eVisa[108] | 30 days |
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e-VOA / Visa on arrival[111][112][113] | 30 days | |
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eVisa[114][115] | 30 days | |
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eVisa / Visa on arrival[116][117] | 60 days | |
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Freedom of movement[118] |
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Visa not required[119] | 3 months | |
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Visa not required[120] | 90 days | |
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Visa not required[121] | 90 days | |
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eVisa / Visa on arrival[122][123] |
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Visa not required[124] | 30 days | |
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Electronic Travel Authorization[125][126] | 90 days |
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Visa not required[127] | 90 days |
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Visa required[128] |
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Electronic Travel Authorization[129][130] | 90 days |
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eVisa / Visa on arrival[132][133] | 3 months | |
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Visa not required[134] | 60 days | |
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eVisa / Visa on arrival[135] | 30 days |
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Freedom of movement[139] |
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Free visa on arrival[140] | 1 month |
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Visa not required[141] | ||
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Visa required[142] | ||
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eVisa[143][144] | ||
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Freedom of movement[145] |
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Freedom of movement[146] |
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Freedom of movement[147] |
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Visa on arrival[148] | 60 days | |
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Visa not required[149] | 30 days | |
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Visa not required[150] | 3 months | |
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Free visa on arrival[151] | 30 days | |
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Visa required[152] | ||
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Freedom of movement[153] |
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Visa not required[154] | 90 days |
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Visa on arrival[155] |
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Visa not required[158] | 90 days | |
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Visa not required[159] | 180 days | |
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Visa not required[160] | 90 days |
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Visa not required[161] | 90 days |
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Visa not required[162] |
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Visa not required[163] | 30 days |
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Visa not required[164] | 90 days |
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Visa not required[165] | 90 days | |
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Visa not required[166][167] | 30 days |
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eVisa[168][169] | 28 days |
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Visa not required[170] | 3 months |
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Visa required[171] | ||
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Online Visa / Visa on arrival[172][173] | 90 days | |
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Freedom of movement[174] |
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Electronic Travel Authority[175] | 3 months |
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Visa not required[178] | 90 days | |
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Visa required[179] | ||
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eVisa[180][181] | 90 days | |
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Visa not required[182] | 90 days |
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Freedom of movement[183] |
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Visa not required / eVisa[184][185] | 14 days / 30 days |
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eVisa[190] | 90 days | |
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Visa not required[191] | 90 days |
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Visa not required[192] | 90 days | |
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eVisa[193][194] | 60 days |
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Visa not required[195] | 90 days | |
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Visa not required[196] | 90 days |
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Visa not required[197] | 30 days | |
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Freedom of movement[198] |
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Freedom of movement[199] |
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Visa not required[200] | 90 days | |
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Freedom of movement[201] |
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eVisa[202][203] | 16 days |
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eVisa / Visa on arrival[205][206] | 30 days | |
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Visa not required[207] | 3 months | |
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Visa not required[208] | 90 days |
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Visa not required[209] | 90 days |
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Visa not required[210] | 90 days |
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Visa not required[211] | ||
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Visa not required[213] | 15 days | |
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eVisa / Visa on arrival[214][215] | 90 days | |
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Visa not required[216] | 90 days | |
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Visa not required[217] | 90 days |
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Visa not required[218][219] | 3 months | |
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eVisa / Visa on arrival[220][221] | 30 days |
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Visa not required[222] | 90 days | |
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Freedom of movement[223] |
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Freedom of movement[224] |
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Visa not required[225] | 90 days |
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Visa on arrival[226] |
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Visa not required[227] | 90 days | |
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eVisa[228][229] |
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Freedom of movement[78] |
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ETA / Visa on arrival[230][231] | 60 days / 30 days |
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Visa required[233] | ||
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Visa not required[234][235] | 90 days | |
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Freedom of movement[238] |
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Freedom of movement[239] |
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eVisa[240] | ||
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Visa not required[241] | 90 days | |
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Visa not required[242] | 30 days |
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eVisa / Visa on arrival[244][245] | 90 days | |
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Visa not required[246] | 60 days |
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Visa not required[247] | 90 days |
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eVisa[248][249] | 15 days | |
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Visa not required[250] | 90 days |
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Visa not required[251] | 90 days |
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Visa not required[252] | 3 months | |
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Visa not required[50] | 3 months | |
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Visa required[255] | ||
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Visa not required[256] | 90 days |
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eVisa[257][258] | 3 months |
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Visa not required[259] | 90 days |
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Visa not required[260] | 90 days | |
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Visa not required[263] | 6 months | |
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Visa Waiver Program[264][265] | 90 days |
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Visa not required[268] | 90 days | |
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Visa not required[269] | 30 days | |
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Visa not required[270] | 90 days |
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Visa not required[271] | ||
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Visa not required[273] | 90 days | |
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Visa not required[274] | 45 days |
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Visa required[275] | ||
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Visa not required[276] | 30 days |
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Visa on arrival[277] | 30 days |
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Visa requirements for Italian citizens for visits to various territories, disputed areas, partially recognized countries and restricted zones:
Visitor to | Visa requirement | Notes (excluding departure fees) |
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Europe | ||
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Visa required | Tourists from all countries (except Georgia) can visit Abkhazia for a period not exceeding 24 hours as part of an organized tourist group.[278] |
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Visa not required | 90 days[279] |
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Special permit required | Special permit required (4 days: 25 euro for Orthodox visitors, 35 euro for non-Orthodox visitors, 18 euro for students). There is a visitors' quota: maximum 100 Orthodox and 10 non-Orthodox per day and women are not allowed.[280][281] |
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Visa not required | Visa-free for 10 days[282] |
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Visa not required | 3 months[283] |
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Access Permit required |
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Visa not required |
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Freedom of movement |
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Freedom of movement |
Unlimited
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Freedom of movement | Unlimited
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Visa not required | Up to 6 months.[285] |
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Visa not required | 90 days within a 12 month period.[286] |
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Visa not required | Up to 6 months.[287] |
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Visa not required | Up to 6 months.[288] |
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Special permit required | Permit required |
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Freedom of movement | Unlimited, any nationality may freely live and work, per Svalbard Treaty. |
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Freedom of movement |
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Special authorization required | Several closed cities and regions in Russia require special authorization.[289] |
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Freedom of movement |
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Visa not required | Multiple entry visa to Russia and three-day prior notification are required to enter South Ossetia.[290][291] |
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Visa not required | Registration required after 24h.[292][293] |
Africa | ||
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Travel permit required | To travel in the rest of the country, a Travel Permit for Foreigners is required (20 Eritrean nakfa).[294] |
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Freedom of movement |
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Freedom of movement |
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eVisa | 3 months within any year period.[295][296] |
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Visitor's Pass required | Visitor's Pass granted on arrival valid for 4/10/21/60/90 days for 12/14/16/20/25 pound sterling.[297] |
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Permission required | Permission to land required for 15/30 pounds sterling (yacht/ship passenger) for Tristan da Cunha Island or 20 pounds sterling for Gough Island, Inaccessible Island or Nightingale Islands.[298] |
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Freedom of movement |
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Undefined | Undefined visa regime in the Western Sahara, same entry requirements with Morocco, controlled territory. |
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Visa on arrival | 30 days for 30 US dollars, payable on arrival.[299][300] |
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Travel permit required | All foreigners traveling more than 25 kilometers outside of Khartoum must obtain a travel permit. |
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Travel permit required | Separate travel permit is required.[301] |
Asia | ||
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Special permit required | Special permit required.[302] |
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PAP/RAP required |
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eVisa[308] | 30 days |
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Special permission required | Special permission required for the town of Baikonur and surrounding areas in ![]() ![]() |
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Visa not required | Visitors to Kish Island do not require a visa.[310] |
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Visa not required | These states have their own immigration authorities and passport is required to travel to them, however the same visa applies.[311] |
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Permission required | Tourists are generally prohibited from visiting non-resort islands without the express permission of the Government of Maldives.[312] |
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Special permit required | People are not allowed to leave the capital city, tourists can only leave the capital with a governmental tourist guide (no independent moving) |
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Visa not required | Arrival by sea to Gaza Strip not allowed.[313][314] |
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OIVR permit required | OIVR permit required (15+5 Tajikistani Somoni) and another special permit (free of charge) is required for Lake Sarez.[315][316][317] |
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Visa not required[318] | 3 months[319] |
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Visa not required[320] | 90 days |
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Visa not required | 90 days |
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TTP required | Tibet Travel Permit required (10 US Dollars).[321][322][323] |
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Special permit required | A special permit, issued prior to arrival by Ministry of Foreign Affairs, is required if visiting the following places: Atamurat, Cheleken, Dashoguz, Serakhs and Serhetabat.[324] |
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Restricted area | |
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Restricted area | |
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Special permission required | Special permission needed for travel outside Sana’a or Aden.[325] |
Americas | ||
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Visa not required[326] | 3 months |
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Visa not required | Up to 6 months; Decided on arrival.[327] |
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Visa not required[328] | 30 days; Extensions possible. |
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Visa not required[329] | 6 months |
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Visa not required[330] | 6 months |
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Visa not required[331] | 90 days |
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Visa not required | 3 months |
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Visa not required | 3 months[332][333] |
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Visa not required |
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Visa not required |
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Visa not required |
Needs a residence permit/visa for larger stays.[335] |
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Visa not required | Visa not required under the Visa Waiver Program, for 90 days on arrival from overseas for 2 years. ESTA required.[336] |
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Visa not required | Visa not required under the Visa Waiver Program, for 90 days on arrival from overseas for 2 years. ESTA required.[337] |
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Visa not required | All visitors are fingerprinted.[338] |
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Tourist Card on arrival | Visitors arriving at Gustavo Rojas Pinilla International Airport and Alfredo Vásquez Cobo International Airport must buy tourist cards on arrival.[339] |
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Pre-registration required | Online pre-registration is required. Transit Control Card must also be obtained at the airport prior to departure.[340] |
Oceania | ||
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Special authorisation required | Special authorisation required.[341] |
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Special authorisation permit | A written authorisation of the Director of National Parks and Wildlife is required. |
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Visa not required[342] | 31 days |
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Visa not required | 30 days[343][344] |
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Entry permit required |
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eVisitor[citation needed] |
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Visa not required | 90 days; Passports and visas are not required when travelling from the Australian mainland. However, photographic identification must be produced for clearance through Customs and Immigration. Normal Australian Customs and Immigration procedures apply when entry is made from outside Australia. |
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Visa not required | 90 days; Passports and visas are not required when travelling from the Australian mainland. However, photographic identification must be produced for clearance through Customs and Immigration. Normal Australian Customs and Immigration procedures apply when entry is made from outside Australia. |
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Special permission required | Special permission required.[348] |
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Special permit required | Special permit required.[349] |
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Visa not required | 14 days visa free and landing fee 35 USD or tax of 5 USD if not going ashore.[350][351][352] |
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Electronic authorization | 30 days[353] |
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Visa not required[354] | 45 days |
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Visa not required[355] | 45 days |
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Special permits required | Special permits required for Midway Atoll, Wake Island, Johnston Atoll, Kingman Reef, Palmyra Atoll, Howland Island, Baker Island, Jarvis Island, and Navassa Island. [356][357][358][359][360][361][362] |
South Atlantic and Antarctica | ||
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Visa not required[363] | A visitor permit is normally issued as a stamp in the passport on arrival, The maximum validity period is 1 month.[364] |
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Permit required | Pre-arrival permit from the Commissioner required (72 hours/1 month for 110/160 pounds sterling).[365][366] |
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Holders of various categories of official Italian passports have additional visa-free access to the following countries - Algeria (diplomatic or service passports), Angola (diplomatic or service passports), Azerbaijan (diplomatic or service passports), Egypt (diplomatic, official, service or special passports), Kazakhstan (diplomatic passports), Kuwait (diplomatic passports), Libya (diplomatic, official or service passports), Niger (diplomatic passports), Qatar (diplomatic, service or special passports), Uganda (diplomatic passports), Russia (diplomatic passports) and Vietnam (diplomatic passports).
Holders of diplomatic or service passports of any country have visa-free access to Cape Verde, Ethiopia, Mali and Zimbabwe.
When in a non-EU country where there is no Italian embassy Italian citizens, as EU citizens, have the right to get consular protection from the embassy of any other EU country present in that country.
See also List of diplomatic missions of Italy.
Many countries require a minimum number of blank pages to be available in the passport being presented, typically one or two pages.[379] Endorsement pages, which often appear after the visa pages, are not counted as being valid or available.
Many African countries, including Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone and Togo, South Sudan, Uganda, and Zambia, require all incoming passengers older than nine months to one year[380] to have a current International Certificate of Vaccination or Prophylaxis, as does the South American territory of French Guiana.[381]
Some other countries require vaccination only if the passenger is coming from an infected area or has visited one recently or has transited for 12 hours in those countries: Algeria, Botswana, Cabo Verde, Chad, Djibouti, Egypt, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Lesotho, Libya, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Papua New Guinea, Seychelles, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Tunisia, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe.[382][383]
Very few countries, such as Paraguay, just require a valid passport on arrival.
However many countries and groupings now require only an identity card – especially from their neighbours. Other countries may have special bilateral arrangements that depart from the generality of their passport validity length policies to shorten the period of passport validity required for each other's citizens[384][385] or even accept passports that have already expired (but not been cancelled).[386]
Some countries, such as Japan,[387] Ireland and the United Kingdom,[388] require a passport valid throughout the period of the intended stay.
In the absence of specific bilateral agreements, countries requiring passports to be valid for at least 6 more months on arrival include Afghanistan, Algeria, Anguilla, Bahrain,[389] Bhutan, Botswana, British Virgin Islands, Brunei, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Cayman Islands, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Costa Rica, Côte d'Ivoire, Curaçao, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Fiji, Gabon, Guinea Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel,[390] Jordan, Kenya, Kiribati, Kuwait, Laos, Madagascar, Malaysia, Marshall Islands, Mongolia, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Oman, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Peru,[391] Philippines,[392] Qatar, Rwanda, Samoa, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Tanzania, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Tokelau, Tonga, Turkey, Tuvalu, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, Vanuatu, Venezuela, and Vietnam.[393]
Countries requiring passports valid for at least 4 months on arrival include Micronesia and Zambia.
Countries requiring passports with a validity of at least 3 months beyond the date of intended departure include Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Honduras, Montenegro, Nauru, Moldova and New Zealand. Similarly, the EEA countries of Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, all European Union countries (except Ireland) together with Switzerland also require 3 months validity beyond the date of the bearer's intended departure unless the bearer is an EEA or Swiss national.
Countries requiring passports valid for at least 3 months on arrival include Albania, North Macedonia, Panama, and Senegal.
Bermuda requires passports to be valid for at least 45 days upon entry.
Countries that require a passport validity of at least one month beyond the date of intended departure include Eritrea, Hong Kong, Lebanon, Macau, the Maldives[394] and South Africa.
Some countries, including Australia, Canada, Fiji, New Zealand and the United States,[395] routinely deny entry to non-citizens who have a criminal record, while others impose restrictions depending on the type of conviction and the length of the sentence.
The government of a country can declare a diplomat persona non grata, banning him from entering the country or expelling him if he has already entered. In non-diplomatic use, the authorities of a country may also declare a foreigner persona non grata permanently or temporarily, usually because of unlawful activity.[396]
Kuwait,[397] Lebanon,[398] Libya,[399] Syria,[400] and Yemen[401] do not allow entry to people with passport stamps from Israel or whose passports have either a used or an unused Israeli visa, or where there is evidence of previous travel to Israel such as entry or exit stamps from neighbouring border posts in transit countries such as Jordan and Egypt.
To circumvent this Arab League boycott of Israel, the Israeli immigration services have now mostly ceased to stamp foreign nationals' passports on either entry to or exit from Israel (unless the entry is for some work-related purposes). Since 15 January 2013, Israel no longer stamps foreign passports at Ben Gurion Airport. Passports are still (as of 22 June 2017[update]) stamped at Erez when passing into and out of Gaza.[citation needed]
Iran refuses admission to holders of passports containing an Israeli visa or stamp that is less than 12 months old.
Several countries mandate that all travellers, or all foreign travellers, be fingerprinted on arrival and will refuse admission to or even arrest travellers who refuse to comply. In some countries, such as the United States, this may apply even to transit passengers who merely wish to change planes rather than go landside.[402]
Fingerprinting countries/regions include Afghanistan,[403][404] Argentina,[405] Brunei, Cambodia,[406] China,[407] Ethiopia,[408] Ghana, Guinea,[409] India, Japan,[410][411] Kenya (both fingerprints and a photo are taken),[412] Malaysia upon entry and departure,[413] Mongolia, Saudi Arabia,[414] Singapore, South Korea,[415] Taiwan, Thailand,[416] Uganda,[417] the United Arab Emirates and the United States.
Many countries also require a photo be taken of people entering the country. The United States, which does not fully implement exit control formalities at its land frontiers (although long mandated by its own legislation),[418][419][420] intends to implement facial recognition for passengers departing from international airports to identify people who overstay their visa.[421]
Together with fingerprint and face recognition, iris scanning is one of three biometric identification technologies internationally standardised since 2006 by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) for use in e-passports[422] and the United Arab Emirates conducts iris scanning on visitors who need to apply for a visa.[423][424] The United States Department of Homeland Security has announced plans to greatly increase the biometric data it collects at US borders.[425] In 2018, Singapore began trials of iris scanning at three land and maritime immigration checkpoints.[426][427]