| Name | Directorate General for Services to Citizens Abroad and Immigration Policies |
| Competence and Tasks | The Directorate General for Services to Citizens Abroad and Immigration Policies is responsible for the following tasks: a) promotes, develops, and coordinates policies regarding the rights of Italians abroad; b) provides protection and assistance services for Italians abroad; c) ensures the social advancement of Italian communities abroad; d) handles consular affairs, including matters relating to the issuance of entry visas; d-bis) oversees, in agreement with the Directorate General for Resources and Training, the organization of second-class consular offices; d-ter) manages the Italian education system abroad, including liaison with the institutions managing courses of Italian language and culture, in accordance with the guidelines for promoting Italy defined by the Directorate General for Growth and Export Promotion; e) monitors, in agreement with the competent State administrations, immigration policies and matters concerning foreigners in Italy; f) deals with social and immigration issues in relation to international bodies and organisations. |
| Name of the Director | Silvia Limoncini |
| Position | Director General for Services to Citizens Abroad and Immigration Policies |
| Telephone number | 06.36912814 |
| E-mail address | dgit.segreteria@esteri.it |
| Certified e-mail address | dgit.segreteria@cert.esteri.it |
| Name of the Office | Office I: Policies and Interventions for Italian Communities Abroad, Honorary Consular Network |
| Competence and Tasks | Promotion, coordination, and guidance of policies for Italians abroad; policies for new mobility flows abroad; relations with the CGIE; Com.It.Es. and funding for their operations; Italian associations abroad; relations with Italian-born Parliamentarians abroad; pensions earned abroad and war pensions; relations with national social security institutions; implementation of social security agreements; relations with the Ministry of Health and healthcare agreements; information, cultural, and recreational activities for communities abroad; promotion of social networks for Italians abroad; honours for Italians abroad; network of second-class consular offices and related funding. |
| Name of the Head of the Office | Cons. Leg. Antonino La Piana |
| Position | Head of the Office |
| Telephone number | 06.36918740 |
| E-mail address | dgit-01@esteri.it |
| Certified e-mail address | dgit.01@cert.esteri.it |
| Name of the Office | Office II: Services for Italians Abroad, Travel Documents, and Elections Abroad |
| Competence and Tasks | Civil status; registry office and consular records in coordination with the Interior Ministry; passports and emergency travel documents; administrative appeals against passport denials/withdrawals; identity cards issued by offices abroad; driving license renewals by consular offices; coordination of procedures related to general elections, referendums, and European elections abroad, in coordination with other relevant administrations; procedures related to Italians living abroad in connection with local elections; elections of representative bodies of Italians abroad (Com.It.Es.); coordination of consular services provided by first and second class consular offices; promotion and coordination of administrative simplification, technology innovation, and digital transformation of consular services, in coordination with the relevant Ministerial departments and other relevant Administrations. |
| Name of the Head of the Office | Carmen Taschini |
| Position | Head of the Office |
| Telephone number | 06.3691.2417 |
| E-mail address | dgit-02@esteri.it |
| Certified e-mail address | dgit02@cert.esteri.it |
| Name of the Office | Office III: Citizenship, Notarial Deeds and Legalizations |
| Competence and Tasks | Citizenship and statelessness; citizenship by descent: coordination of the diplomatic-consular network for the implementation of relevant legislation and support in processing citizenship recognition procedures; citizenship by naturalization: iure matrimonii, for service and work carried out for the State, and for special merits; reference counterpart for the Interior Ministry for citizenship matters within the diplomatic-consular network; point of contact between the Legal Service and the diplomatic-consular network for disputes in matters within their jurisdiction; requests and appeals regarding statelessness; coordination of notarial services, legalizations, and voluntary jurisdiction matters and non-contentious proceedings; declarations of value; implementation of notarial legislation; support for the Head of the Consular Office in exercising the powers of Guardianship Judge; matters regarding the implementation of the Hague Convention on Apostille, transmission to national authorities of communications from foreign authorities regarding legalization matters; consular services relating to maritime navigation: implementation of the Navigation Code, regulatory and consular aspects of navigation abroad. |
| Name of the Head of the Office | Director Maria Clelia Pagliaro |
| Position | Head of the Office |
| Telephone number | 06.3691.2911 |
| E-mail address | dgit03@esteri.it |
| Certified e-mail address | dgit.03@cert.esteri.it |
| Name of the Office | Office IV: Immigration Flows, International Protection, Foreigners in Italy, and International Adoptions |
| Competence and Tasks | Policies to manage immigration flows; dialogue with third countries and agreements on immigration, asylum and immigration policies, and, in coordination with other competent administrations, border management; monitoring and analysis of immigration flows, including sea crossings of irregular migrants/asylum seekers, in coordination with the Ministerial bodies responsible for coordinating maritime issues and relations with the European Union; political processes and multilateral cooperation initiatives in the immigration field; policies regarding applicants for international protection and relations with the UNHCR; development of collaboration with the IOM and management of contributions to the IOM budget; management of contributions to the ILO budget and relations with the ILO International Training Centre; management and monitoring of funds from the Directorate General for Migration Cooperation with Third Countries; issues relating to foreign citizens in Italy, analysis of foreign communities in Italy and immigration flows; protection of unaccompanied foreign minors in Italy; participation in interministerial planning for the entry of foreigners into Italy; aspects related to the implementation of international protection measures in Italy; international adoptions and therapeutic stays for minors. |
| Name of the Head of the Office | Cons. Amb. Patrick Mura |
| Position | Head of the Office |
| Telephone number | 06.3691 5227 |
| E-mail address | dgit-04@esteri.it |
| Certified e-mail address | dgit.04@cert.esteri.it |
| Name of the Office | Office V: Italy’s Education and Training System in the World |
| Competence and Tasks | State schools around the world, including budget review and funding; Italian private schools around the world; other Italian schools abroad; Italian sections of foreign, international, and European schools; final exams for the first and second education cycle; international agreements, arrangements and understandings on school matters; determination of the number of school staff serving abroad; management and remuneration of school staff abroad and lecturers; movements, business trips, and missions of school staff abroad; local contract staff of State schools; legal issues and litigation; issuance of certifications in agreement with the Ministry of Education and Merit; training and continuing education of school staff serving abroad; administration of Ministry of Education and Merit staff seconded to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MAECI); relations with trade unions representing school staff serving abroad; supplementary bargaining and funding of projects to improve educational supply; contributions to non-State schools and foreign educational institutions and organizations. dissemination of cultural initiatives through the Italian Education System worldwide; curricular internships at Italian schools abroad, in collaboration with the Ministry of Education, Universities and Research (MIUR) and the CRUI Foundation; European School System; courses promoted in local schools (pursuant to Article 10 of Legislative Decree No. 64/2017) by both Ministerial teachers and the promoting bodies (pursuant to Article 11 of Legislative Decree No. 64/2017); contributions to the course promoting bodies. |
| Name of the Head of the Office | Cons. Amb. Filippo Romano |
| Position | Head of the Office |
| Telephone number | 06 3691 4113 |
| E-mail address | dgit05@esteri.it |
| Certified e-mail address | dgit05@cert.esteri.it |
| Name of the Office | Office VI: Roots Tourism and Return Immigration |
| Competence and Tasks | Activities for Italians abroad regarding roots tourism; multi-year cultural initiatives and related promotion; management of relations with other national administrations and bodies specialized in promoting roots tourism; relations with local authorities, institutions and associations of Italians abroad, trade associations in the tourist sector, and Italian Chambers of Commerce in Italy and abroad, aimed at collaborating in the fields of roots tourism and return immigration, in coordination with the Directorate General for Growth and Export Promotion; organization, through the diplomatic and consular network, of events and initiatives aimed at promoting roots tourism and encouraging return immigration; communication activities, in consultation with the competent Communications Unit. |
| Name of the Head of the Office | Cons. Amb.Giovanni Maria De Vita |
| Position | Head of the Office |
| Telephone number | 06.3691 4099 |
| E-mail address | dgit06@esteri.it |
| Certified e-mail address | dgit06@cert.esteri.it |
| Name of the Office | Visa Unit |
| Competence and Tasks | Italian Central Authority for the Implementation of the Schengen Agreements; enforcement of Italian and European Union legislation regarding the issuance of entry visas for Italy and the Schengen Area; visa policies within the EU; visa policies for the promotion of the Italian System; regulatory proposals in this area, in coordination with other interested Administrations; international agreements and assistance to the diplomatic and consular network regarding visas; outsourcing of services supporting the management of visa applications; disputes regarding visa denials; management of visa-related printed documents; travel documents for foreigners; innovation and digitalization for visa applications; Foreign Ministry’s participation in humanitarian reception mechanisms. |
| Name of the Head of the Unit | Cons. Amb. Marotta Davide |
| Position | Head of the Unit |
| Telephone number | 06.3691 8640 |
| E-mail address | dgit.visti@esteri.it |
| Certified e-mail address | dgit.unita.visti@cert.esteri.it |
| Name of the Office | Unit for the Protection of Italians Abroad and International Judicial Cooperation |
| Competence and Tasks | Coordination of consular activities related to the assistance, security and safety of Italians abroad and the protection of unrepresented EU citizens; assistance to detainees; medical repatriations; repatriations of deceased persons; consular repatriations; disputed minors and international child abduction; international judicial cooperation (extraditions, letters rogatory, transfer of Italian detainees), notification and transmission of extrajudicial documents; consular assistance for sporting events. |
| Name of the Head of the Unit | Cons. Amb. Marco Petacco |
| Position | Head of the Unit |
| Telephone number | 06.36912907 |
| E-mail address | dgit.tutela@esteri.it |
| Certified e-mail address | dgit.unita.tutela@cert.esteri.it |