Border formalities and Visa requirements
Border formalities
- Passengers are responsible for complying with border formalities.
- The Company is not responsible in the event that the passenger is not allowed to embark at the point of origin or to disembark at the port of destination due to lack of the necessary documents including Visas or non-observance of formalities by the passenger.
- Please note that driver’s license is not a correct identification document for international travelling and will not be accepted.
- In such instances the passenger shall compensate The Company for any eventual damages and expenses including the issuance of a return ticket, if this is applicable.
Visa requirements
What are your requirements to travel
Nationalities requiring Visa to enter Italy
| A | E | L | S |
| AFGHANISTAN | EQUATORIAL GUINEA | LIBYA | SAUDI ARABIA |
| ALBANIA ① | ERITREA | M | SENEGAL |
| ALGERIA | ESWATINI | MADAGASCAR | SERBIA ① |
| ANGOLA | ETHIOPIA | MALAWI | SIERRA LEONE |
| ARMENIA | F | MALDIVES | SOMALIA |
| AZERBAIJAN | FIJI | MALI | SOUTH AFRICA |
| B | G | MAURITANIA | SRI LANKA |
| BAHRAIN | GABON | MOLDOVA ① | ST. TOME AND PRINCIPE |
| BANGLADESH | GAMBIA | MONGOLIA | SUDAN |
| BELARUS | GEORGIA | MONTENEGRO ① | SURINAME |
| BELIZE | GHANA | MOROCCO | SYRIA |
| BENIN | GUINEA | MOZAMBIQUE | T |
| BHUTAN | GUINEA BISSAU | MYANMAR | TAIWAN ③ |
| BOLIVIA | GUYANA | N | TAJIKISTAN |
| BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA ① | H | NAMIBIA | TANZANIA |
| BOTSWANA | HAITI | NAURU | THAILAND |
| BURKINA FASO | I | NEPAL | TOGO |
| BURUNDI | INDIA | NIGER | TUNIS |
| C | INDONESIA | NIGERIA | TURKEY |
| CAMBODIA | IRAN | NORTH KOREA | TURKMENISTAN |
| CAMEROON | IRAQ | NORTH MACEDONIA ① | U |
| CAPE VERDE | J | O | UGANDA |
| CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC | JAMAICA | OMAN | UKRAINE ① |
| CHAD | JORDAN | P | UZBEKISTAN |
| CHINA ②CHINA ② | K | PAKISTAN | V |
| COMOROS | KAZAKHSTAN | PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY | VIETNAM |
| CONGO | KENYA | PAPUA NEW GUINEA | Y |
| COTE D’IVOR | KOSOVO | PHILIPPINES | YEMEN |
| CUBA | KUWAIT | Q | Z |
| D | KYRGYZSTAN | QATAR | ZAMBIA |
| DJIBOUTI | L | R | ZIMBABWE |
| DOMINICAN REPUBLIC | LAOS | RUSSIA | |
| E | LEBANON | RWANDA | |
| ECUADOR | LESOTHO | ||
| EGYPT | LIBERIA |
Schengen Countries: Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden & Switzerland
A valid visa is required to enter in SCHENGEN ZONE. A passenger requiring a Visa for Italy may have following options to enter without a visa.
A. “PERMESSO DI SOGGIORNO”: The passenger may have a copy of a valid permesso di soggiorno and is allowed to enter Italy without a Schengen visa. Should the permesso be expired, they need to have a copy of the expired document and a receipt of “Poste Italiane”.
B. PERMANENT RESIDENCE: Should the passenger have a permanent residence in any Schengen country this will automatically omit the requirement to have a Schengen Visa.
C. VISA TYPE D: Passengers having Visa type D for any Schengen country are allowed to enter in Italy without Visa.
(1) Passenger with BIOMETRICAL PASSPORT issued in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, North Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Serbia and Ukraine are allowed to enter in Italy without Visa (biometrical passport is passport with microchip inside).
IMPORTANT: Please note that passengers with biometric passport issued by “KOORDINACIONA UPREVA” require a visa to enter in Italy.
IMPORTANT: Passengers in possession of a Serbian passport issued in“BEOGRAD- SERBIA” but with residence in Kosovo need Visa to enter Italy even if passport is biometric.
(2) Passengers with passport issued in the Special administrative regions of the people’s republic of China, Hong Kong and Macao do not require a Visa for Italy.
(3) Passengers with passport issued in Taiwan which includes the number of identity card on the passport do not need a visa to enter Italy.
