Visti

(Reference Office: D.G.I.T. – Visa Unit)

EU Legislation

• Regulation (EU) 2018/1806 of 14 November 2018, which repealed and replaced Regulation (EC) 539/2001, listing the third countries whose nationals must be in possession of visas when crossing the external borders and those whose nationals are exempt from said requirement.
• Schengen acquis referred to in Article 1, paragraph 2 of Council Decision 1999/435/EC of 20 May 1999.
• Regulation (EC) No. 810/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 (as subsequently amended and supplemented) establishing a Community Code on Visas (Visa Code).
• Regulation (EU) 2016/399 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2016 (as amended and supplemented) establishing a Union Code on the rules governing the movement of persons across borders (Schengen Borders Code).
• Regulation (EC) No. 539/2001 (as subsequently amended and supplemented) listing the third countries whose nationals must be in possession of visas when crossing the external borders and those whose nationals are exempt from that requirement.
• Council Decision of 8 June 2004 establishing the Visa Information System (VIS).
• Regulation (EC) No. 767/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 July 2008 (as subsequently amended and supplemented) concerning the Visa Information System (VIS) and the exchange of data between Member States on short-stay visas (VIS Regulation).
• Regulation (EU) No. 610/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 amending Regulation (EC) No. 562/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a Community Code on the rules governing the movement of persons across borders (Schengen Borders Code), the Convention implementing the Schengen Agreement, Council Regulations (EC) No. 1683/95 and (EC) No. 539/2001 and Regulations (EC) No. 767/2008 and (EC) No. 810/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council.

National Legislation

• Italian Legislative Decree No. 286 of 25 July 1998, as subsequently amended and supplemented. Consolidated text of the Provisions concerning the subject of immigration and regulations on the condition of foreigners.
• Decree of the President of the Republic No. 394 of 31 August 1999, as subsequently amended and supplemented. Regulation containing rules for the implementation of the consolidated text of the provisions concerning the subject of immigration and rules on the condition of foreigners, pursuant to Article 1, paragraph 6, of Italian Legislative Decree no. 286 of 25 July 1998.
• Directive of the Italian Ministry of the Interior of 1 March 2000. Definition of means of subsistence for the entry and residence of foreigners within the territory of the State.
• Italian Legislative Decree No. 30 of 6 February 2007, as subsequently amended and supplemented. Implementation of Directive 2004/38/EC on the right of citizens of the Union and their family members to move and reside freely within the territory of the Member States.
• Italian Interministerial Decree No. 850 of 11 May 2011on entry visas.
• Italian Interministerial Decree of 21 July 2017on the entry and residence of foreign investors.