Foreign Nationals
In detail
Do you need a visa?
Legal references (Italian only)
Useful links
Free movement of persons, asylum and immigration
Ministry of Interior – Entry of foreign nationals into Italy
Italian Police – Foreign nationals
Contact info for embassies and promotion offices
Foreign diplomatic missions in Italy
Office for relations with the public
Information request form
On 26 October 1997 Italy joined the Schengen system at the end of a gradual process of adjusting to the common visa regime provided by the Convention Implementing the Schengen Agreement.
Reinforcement of the common external border followed the parallel and gradual removal of internal border controls, allowing complete freedom of movement within all the territories of the Schengen agreement signatory States and establishing what has become known as the Schengen Area.