Citizens Guides for Foreign Residents of Italy

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Citizens Guides for Foreign Residents of Italy

All foreign Embassies exist to represent their nation to their host country nationals, providing information and services on trade, tourism and culture in the home state.

All Embassies have a Consular Section that exists to provide information and services to its own nationals visiting or living in the host country.

Citizens of the USA, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and New Zealand living in Italy are generally well catered to by their Consulate General and consular sections of the Embassies. There is a wealth of up-to-date and officially published information from the links below.

British Citizens

The British Embassy in Italy website has a comprehensive guide on subjects related to Moving to Italy. 

The British Embassy in Rome and regional Consular Offices provide a range of services and information for Britons in Italy including detailed information on the following: passports and the registration of intended residence, registration of births, marriages and deaths, judicial assistance information, information for travellers and more. There are British Consulates in Milan, Florence, Naples and Venice.

• For a full list of services: Click here
• To see the consular districts in Italy and their contacts: Click here 

The British Consulate General in Florence has jurisdiction over its nationals in Tuscany. It deals with requests for visas, passports, commercial information and general consular enquiries. It also provides a range of services to help UK companies develop their business in Italy.

• British Consulate
  At: Via Lungarno Corsini 2, 50123 Florence (FI)
  Tel: 055 284 133
  Tel: 06 4220 2603 (after-hours emergency number)
  Open: Monday to Friday 09:30-12:30 and 14:30-16:30
  e-mail 
• The building has access and facilities for the disabled: Click here 
• For a map to the Florence office: Click here 

Britons in Italy

The British Government website has a section for Britons living abroad. The information is not specific to Italy but provides useful facts relevant to moving, relocating with a family or retiring abroad. It includes information on tax and pensions, education, employment, insurance, as well as having information on everything to be considered when returning to the UK after a period of time overseas.

US Citizens

The Embassy of the United States website has details relevant to an American citizen living in Italy in its section General Information for US Citizens.

• Embassy of the United States
  At: Via Vittorio Veneto 119/A, 00187 Rome
  Tel: 0646 741
  Fax: 064 882 672
  Open: Monday to Friday 08:30-12:30
  e-mail
  Website

The Consulates General in Florence's Citizens Service provides services to American citizens in Tuscany, including: information on passport details and the registration of intended residence; registration of births, marriages and deaths; information on driving; traveling in and visiting Italy; security tips; employment issues for employer and employee; and information concerning American organizations in Italy. It also provides consular services to American businesses in Italy.

• American Consulate General
  At: Lungarno Verpucci 38, 50123 Florence (FI)
  Tel: 055 266 951 (includes emergencies)
  Fax: 055 215 550
  Open: Monday to Friday 08:30-12:30
  e-mail (US citizen services)
  e-mail (visa services)
  Website

Note: certain services are available by appointment only. Full details on the website.

• To see the full list of American consuls in Italy, along with their addresses and opening hours: Click here 

The website of the Italian Embassy in Washington, has details for US citizens traveling to Italy and an A-Z of information about the country.

• For the Embassy of Italy in the United States website: Click here

Canadian Citizens

The website of the Canadian Embassy in Rome has some very useful information for Canadian citizens planning a move to, or living in, Italy. The information includes notes, check lists and tips on all aspects of the move, from planning the departure, the time spent in Italy and the return.

• Canadian Embassy
  At: Via Giovanni Battista De Rossi 27, 00161 Rome
  Tel: 06 445981 / 06 85 444 2911
  Fax: 06 4459 8750
  e-mail 
  Website

In early 2007 the services provided by the Milan Consular Office moved to Rome. The Consulate General in Rome has both Trade and Consular Sections. The Trade Section aims to promote Italian-Canadian business relationships and offers advice to Canadian companies in Italy. The Consular section helps Canadian citizens with emergency passport applications and citizenship issues. It also provides and validates documentation.

• Canadian Consular Services (political, academic, cultural & trade sections)
  At: Via Salaria, 243, 00199 Rome
• Canadian Consular Services (immigration/visa and Consular Canadian citizen services)
  At: Via Zara 30, 00198 Rome
  Tel: 06 854 441
  Tel: 06 854 442911 (for Consular Canadian citizen services )
  Tel: 854 443 937 (immigration and visa services)
  Website 

Australian Citizens

The Australian Embassy in Rome provides a number of services for Australians including: consular services, help with taxation issues, birth, marriage and death certificates, help obtaining police clearance forms from Australia and advice on travelling and doing business in Australia. 

• Australian Embassy
  At: Via Antonio Bosio, 5, 00161 Rome (RM)
  Tel: 06 852721
  Fax: 06 85272300
  Open: Monday to Friday from 08:30-17:00
  e-mail 
  Website

The Australian Consulate General is located in Milan.

• Australian Consulate General
  At: Via Borgogna 2, 20122 Milan (MI)
  Tel: 02 777 041
  Fax: 02 777 04242
  Open: Monday to Friday from 08:30-17:00
  e-mail
  Website 

The Southern Cross Group

The Southern Cross Group is a global organisation that exists to, "promote mobility in the global community" and communicates with Australian expatriates throughout the world. Their work includes lobbying for changes in laws that improve or simplify the life of Australians abroad.

The website has detailed information on the legal and practical aspects of: citizenship, voting, visas, health insurance, taxation and more.

• The Southern Cross Group website: Click here 
• The Southern Cross Group in Italy website: Click here

New Zealand Citizens

The New Zealand Embassy in Rome provides consular services to Americans in the region: information on passport details and the registration of intended residence; registration of births, marriages and deaths; information for travellers and more.

• New Zealand Embassy
  At: Via Zara 28, 00198 Rome
  Tel: 06 4417171
  Tel: 335 203 769 (after hours)
  Fax: 06 4402984
  Open: Monday to Friday 08:30-12:45 and 13:45-17:00 (closed between 12:30 and 13:45 during July and August and on Fridays)
  e-mail
  Website

The New Zealand Consulate General is situated in Milan.

• New Zealand Consulate General
  At: Via Guido d'Arezzo 6, 20145 Milan
  Tel: 02 499 0201
  Fax: 02 480 12577
  e-mail