Documents - Documenti

Before leaving for a trip (whether it is in another Italian region, in a European country or on the other side of the world) it is advisable to make sure that you have the correct travel documents.

In Italy

The following documents are considered valid for being identified by the police, as long as they have not expired

• Passport (including diplomatic and service passports)
• Identity card (including diplomatic identity card)
• Residency permit
• Driving license
• Boat license
• Firearms license
• Pension book
• Any paper, magnetic or electronic document that meets the following requirements
  • Contains the owner's photo
  • Contains the personal details of the owner
  • It is issued by the public administration

The rumor that the new driving licenses are not an identity document is unfounded (some say why the photo is black and white).

In Italy it is mandatory to have and have a valid identity document with you. The violation of this rule, in principle, is a sufficient condition to be taken to the police station and identified (mug shots, fingerprints, etc.). When you arrive at the hotel you must provide an identity document at the reception for reporting to the police authorities.

It hardly needs to be said that when you drive a vehicle you need to be licensed to drive it as well as a valid ID. In most cases these coincide: with the introduction of the AM license (which replaces the "license") for mopeds, all licenses (including the nautical license) are necessary and sufficient both as qualifications to drive the respective vehicles and as identity documents.

In Switzerland

Swiss citizens are not required to identify themselves with the police authorities on Swiss territory. In some cases, however, it may be necessary to identify yourself (for example to open a bank account). The accepted documents are:

• Swiss passport
• Swiss identity card

Driving a vehicle, a driver's license is necessary and sufficient. Obviously, the obligation to identify yourself remains at border controls.

In European countries

Citizens of the area can move freely between the states of the European Union or EFTA: an identity card is sufficient, as long as it is valid for expatriation and has not expired. In principle, the identity card is always valid for expatriation, unless the holder expressly asks to indicate that it is not or is subject to precautionary measures; It is always advisable to point out to the official that you want a valid identity card for expatriation.

When traveling between countries in the Schenghen area there will be no border controls (it is in any case mandatory to be able to prove one's nationality, on which the right to move freely across borders and, above all, without a visa depends) but keep in mind that EU countries and EFTA outside the Schenghen area (Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Ireland is Romania they have maintained controls and that border personnel are better disposed towards those traveling with a passport, because the possibility of reading it electronically speeds up the procedures. Pay attention to the fact that very often the foreign border authorities do not accept expired and renewed Italian identity cards with the stamp and could deny you entry into the country and, if stopped inside, they could fine you, if not even expel you. The passport remains the document intended par excellence for travel abroad and for this reason it complies with very strict international standards that ensure its acceptance all over the world. The electronic identity card partially solves the problem, because it contains, like the passport, a machine-readable area and more sophisticated security features; being recently introduced, however, it is not yet known what welcome the foreign authorities will reserve.

Note that the Italian driving license not it is a valid document for expatriation, and therefore, as far as it is valid for driving vehicles throughout the European Union (and, accompanied by the relevant international documents, all over the world), it must be accompanied by another identity document ( passport or identity card valid for expatriation). Fines (rarely heavier penalties) are often imposed on those who try to leave Italy with only a driving license.

In the world

To learn more, see: List of visas for EU citizens.

The general rule for international travel is that you will need a passport and a visa issued by the country of destination, both of which are valid at least when you cross the border (but in many cases the requirements are much more stringent, see below). Some countries grant Italian citizens exemption from applying for a visa, so it may be sufficient to show up at the border with a passport or it may be necessary to request prior travel authorization, which is much easier to obtain than a visa. Still, some countries of strong attraction for tourists allow Italians to enter and stay for tourism purposes even only with an identity card (once again only if valid for expatriation).

Passport

Example of an Italian passport with the biometric symbol

The passport is first of all an identity document, issued by the police headquarters of the place of residence to Italian citizens who want to go abroad. Formally, it represents a request to the authorities of the foreign country by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs to allow the traveler to cross the border and stay on the foreign territory. All passports of European Union countries have a number of characteristics in common (burgundy red cover, wording "European Union" on the cover, wording in the national language and at least in English, plus a legend that translates all the wordings into the 24 official languages Union). Italian passports issued starting from October 2006 are called "electronic" or "biometric", that is, they include in the cover an RFID electronic chip ("radio frequency identification", that is legible without direct contact with the metal surface of the chip) which contains a high definition version of the photograph, all the data contained in the main page of the passport (the one that also contains the photo) and the holder's fingerprints. Everything is encrypted so that the data saved on the chip can only be read by entering some of the information contained in the passport itself (i.e., it ensures that only those who can physically read the main page can also read the electronic chip, theoretically avoiding that malicious people can steal information remotely) and that the information originally entered has not been modified (i.e., it prevents the digital photo in a stolen passport from being altered to match the thief's appearance). The main page of the passport also contains a band that shows some of the personal data in an optically readable format, which allows, together with the biometric chip, to speed up the crossing of borders: traveling by air with a biometric passport (now the majority), to For example, adult European citizens can cross the Schenghen area border (in and out) using automatic turnstiles. A biometric passport is required to use the Visa Waiver Program for the United States and therefore be able to apply for ESTA.

Starting from 2014, it is no longer necessary to pay the annual concession fee (previously, every 12 months from the issuance of the passport, a duty stamp of € 40.29 had to be affixed and canceled with a date stamp).

For some years now, all Italian citizens, even infants, have to travel with their own individual passport: the old passports with photos and data of the children are valid only for the parent (i.e. the holder). Passports issued to minors have reduced deadlines (3 years if the holder is under 3 years old, 5 if the holder is over 3 years old but is a minor) and special procedures for issuing them. More detailed information is provided by site of the State Police and from that of the Italian embassy in your country of residence.

Some important recommendations

• Always check that your passport has not expired or is about to expire: many countries require a residual validity of a few months to grant a seen or the crossing of the border. Among the countries with the strictest rules is the China: To obtain a visa, in addition to meeting the other requirements, the passport must be valid for six months calculated from the date of the expected exit from China (therefore the passport must expire at least six months after the day for which the return flight)
• Some countries may deny you entry if you have visas or stamps from particular states on your passport. The typical example is the stamp of Israel, which will prevent you from entering most Arab countries (vice versa, the border stamp affixed by an Arab country is often a reason for delays in entering Israel). For this purpose, it is possible to request a second passport at the police station, in order to use one to enter and leave Israel and the other for neighboring Arab countries.
• Make sure you have enough free pages in your passport to have all the necessary stamps and stickers affixed: visas from many countries often take up an entire page, and you need at least one more free page for entry and exit stamps , this for every country you visit
• Keep your passport so that it does not bend, holes, heat or get wet: you risk damaging the electronic chip contained in the cover, and this could prevent (or slow down) the passage of the next border. No need to be too anxious - it is still designed to be used on the go, so it will normally survive to ten years of validity
• When you are abroad and wandering around the city, it may be wise to leave your passport in the hotel safe and have a photocopy and other document on you to certify your identity: even if they have no legal value, they will be more than enough in case of random checks (in case you will be accompanied to the hotel to retrieve the original document). Obviously, if you are traveling within the country you will need to have the originals with you

For up-to-date information on the application process for an ordinary Italian passport, please consult the guide of the State Police on the passport, while for other travel information relating to the documents required for the trip it is always good to refer to the updated and complete one Viaggiare Sicuri portal of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Seen

To learn more, see: Visa.

Visa requirements for those traveling with an Italian passport:

      Freedom of movement

      Travel without a visa or electronic authorization

      Visa on arrival

      Electronic visa

      Visa pre-approved, collect on arrival

      Ordinary visa to be requested in a diplomatic or consular representation

The seen it is an authorization to cross the border and remain on the national territory that the foreign state grants to foreign citizens. It must be requested at the embassy or consulate of the country you want to visit and it is issued by them: typically you must request it from the state in which you reside (therefore a resident in Italy who wants to go in India will have to apply to the Indian Embassy a Rome or at the Consulate General of India a Milan). The visa has some important features

• It has a predefined duration: you are required to indicate, upon request, the duration of your stay.
  • For many states you have enough freedom in planning your entry into the state: the only limit is the "validity of the visa". This term indicates the date by which you must cross the border at entry (often 3 months from the date of issue of the visa): from that date on, typically, the duration of stay is calculated (which in many cases is fixed at a maximum of n months) within which you must have already left the territory of the State. This duration is often asserted with great rigor by border agents, primarily because it is an easy way to raise money in the form of fines, but also because the violation of visa terms is often linked to illegal trafficking or immigration. This violation exposes you to a fine, expulsion and a ban on re-entering the country for a few months or years (which also means that once the formal ban has expired, you will still have many difficulties in obtaining a visa for that country)
• It can be granted for a certain number of entries or for an unlimited number. A single-entry visa is canceled when you cross the border, reporting the date: from that moment on, if you leave the country for any reason you will have to apply for a new visa (or an extension thereof, depending on the mechanism used in the country in question). A multiple-entry visa allows you to cross the border on entry a certain number of times: you will need a visa of this type during a business trip or a particularly complex tourist itinerary (so, when applying, make sure to clarify your needs). Visas that allow unlimited entry are typically granted for medium to long-term stays, as in the case of work visas.
  • Some states issue visas with unlimited entries, even for tourism purposes. Multiple entry visas have a structure that varies from state to state, even more so than single entry visas. They often have a maximum stay of n months between one entry and another, which resets at each new entry: to prevent this mechanism from being exploited to remain in the State indefinitely (making a short trip to another country every n months), some visas provide for an overall expiry date of the visa (for example, they can also allow unlimited entries and stays of up to 90 days for each entry, but within a maximum frame of 180 days between the first entry and the definitive exit from the territory of the State). It is advisable to take detailed information at the visa issuing office and on the Viaggiare Sicuri portal of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• It is granted for a very specific purpose to which certain "categories" of visa correspond: tourism, study, business, etc. Often, especially in countries with strong media control, there are special visa categories for journalists. Diplomatic passport holders in some cases have a dedicated visa category. Tourist visas normally prohibit working, in any capacity (for free or for a fee)
  • Some countries require that travelers in transit (i.e. those who stop at an airport in that state while traveling to another country) also have a visa. They are granted a transit visa that does not allow them to leave the airport Usually the airline informs you of the obligation to obtain this type of visa, but as usual the best sources of information are the embassy of the country in issue with Italy and the Viaggiare Sicuri portal of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Conversely, most countries around the world have a visa waiver for those who only stop over at their airports. See section Visa-free travel. However, if you make a "long" stopover that includes an overnight stay in a hotel, different rules apply and in many cases a tourist visa is required.

Tourist visa of the People's Republic of China

Some warnings

• Keep in mind that what legitimizes your stay in the foreign country is the passport with a visa: if you lose your passport you will also need to obtain all the visas you need again, even for the country you are in at the moment (usually by going to to the local Ministry of Foreign Affairs). Similarly, if for any reason you have two passports (dual nationality, second passport of the same nationality required for example to travel between Israel and an Arab country) you will always have to use the passport on which the visa for the country in which you are located has been affixed; in the case of a second passport obtained due to political tensions between two states you visit, it will be sufficient to exchange the border post leaving the first country with the border post of entry into the other country. Visas, in fact, are always linked to the passport number and in any case in most cases they are stickers affixed on the passport itself, so identifying yourself with the authorities using the second passport, without a visa, can expose you to unpleasant consequences
• In some cases, typically when the state you want to visit has complicated diplomatic relations, it may be necessary to apply for a visa at the embassy or consulate of another country; for European citizens this happens very rarely, mostly when you are already abroad in State A and you have to apply for a visa to visit another State (B) that does not maintain diplomatic relations with A: in this case A and B they will maintain diplomatic relations through the patronage of a third state (C), at whose embassy you will have to apply for a visa.
  • It can also happen when a state, while maintaining diplomatic relations with another, has no consular structure in it: an example are Italy is Kyrgyzstan, which despite having diplomatic relations do not have the respective consular structures within the States, this means that an Italian citizen who wants to visit Kyrgyzstan will have to apply for a visa, for travel longer than 60 days, at the consulate in Geneva and will receive diplomatic assistance from the Italian embassies in Kazakhstan or from the French, German and British ones on site (the first for diplomatic agreements, the others as all EU citizens can receive diplomatic assistance from the structures of other EU states if that of the state of which they are citizens is not present).
• Recently, the tendency to outsource the process of collecting visa applications to external management: embassies and consulates (China and India among the other countries that use them) use special companies, which have an office open to the public at to present the documentation, make payments and collect the passport with a visa at the end of the process. The granting of a visa is a decision that is still up to a consular officer, but this system allows embassies and consulates to have fewer employees and lower costs
• Those who (also) hold the citizenship of the country of destination typically do not need to apply for a visa, because one of the rights almost universally connected to the status of citizen is the so-called right of abode, the right to freely enter one's country. In some countries this becomes an obligation: travelers with Chinese citizenship (even if naturalized in other countries) must use your Chinese passport to enter and exit the China, and so are the citizens Americans.
• In many countries, the final authorization to enter the country belongs to customs and border agents, who will verify your identity, the authenticity of your passport and visa and verify that you are not introducing regulated substances (drugs, plant or bacterial crops, parasites that can damage agriculture, etc.)

For the visa application it is necessary to remember that

• Some countries have very laborious and frustrating application processes: for a Russian visa you need to be invited by a resident of Russia and it is necessary to provide a list of all the states visited in the last ten years. Find out carefully what kind of documentation to submit and get it in advance
  • In most cases, a tourist visa will only be granted if you attach a return flight ticket compatible with the dates you have indicated in the application and the hotel booking. It may seem counterintuitive, but you'll have to book flights and hotels even before you know it self you will be admitted to the state. However, tourist visas tend to be granted with some ease
  • Expect questions about your criminal record, your affiliation with particular political or religious movements
  • Especially for visas of categories other than "tourism", a letter of invitation from an institution or a private citizen in the country of destination may be required, which in principle are in part guarantors of compliance with the terms of your visa (i.e. that as a student you will attend a course at a recognized institution, for example).
• The approval of the visa application can take from a few days to several months, depending on the nationality of the applicant and the type of visa requested (work visas - different from those for business trips - and for permanent residence require the longest time). For many countries, express services are available which reduce the time considerably, but if the consular officer examining your request has any doubts, he will call you for an interview and this will lengthen the time a lot.
• False or deliberately generic statements are usually reason enough to refuse your visa and all your subsequent applications for that country for a few years to come
• At the time of application, you must deliver your passport to the consular office where you make the request (or at the counter of the agency to which the embassy has delegated the management of the process); It is therefore evident that if you are planning other trips for which you need a passport, you will have to plan the timing of the visa application adequately so that when you are leaving for other destinations your passport is not "hostage" to the consular office ( in fact, in no case will you be allowed to withdraw it before the visa issuing procedure has been completed). It is possible to request a second passport at the police headquarters or in the Italian embassy, ​​so that you can travel more freely with one while the other is held for the issuance of the visa. The duration of the second passport may be limited in time at the discretion of the issuing office (typically, if they do, they will at least give you time to return from planned trips, including the one you are applying for a visa for)

I travel without seen

Entry stamp to the United States affixed to the passport of those entering the ESTA visa-free travel program

The Italian passport allows you to travel to 175 states and territories without having to go to the embassy to apply for a visa (the Italian passport is the third most "powerful" in the world from this point of view, behind Germany and Sweden). This includes real visa waivers (including all European Union and EFTA states, which have already been mentioned), states where a visa can be obtained on arrival and states that allow for authorization. travel e-mail, much easier to apply for a visa. These documents are usually granted under the following conditions

• The exemption from the "ordinary" visa is only valid for some categories, typically for tourism but in some cases also for business.
• Like those in possession of a normal tourist visa, those who benefit from the exemption are prohibited from working, both for free and for salary
• The exemption sometimes has time limits: one of the most common durations for tourists is 90 days, but it is quite common to see 30 days as well. As with multiple-entry visas, it is possible to "cheat", leaving and returning after a few days to extend your stay, but be careful because the border guards know this trick and in the most striking cases they refused entry. In addition, there are also formal limits to this practice, similar to those imposed for multiple entry visas. Similar rules usually apply to electronic authorizations, whereby you are allowed to re-enter the State several times (often an unlimited number) within a general authorization expiration, often longer than a normal multiple-entry tourist visa. (or a visa waiver): the US ESTA is valid for two years, the eVisitor 12 months, but being linked to the passport number they expire together with it if this happens before these terms.
• You must have an immaculate criminal record in the state you want to visit. If not, it is typically necessary to apply for a visa at the embassy
• The passport must have a residual validity of a few months (often six)
• In the event that you make a stopover in one country on your way to another and never leave the airport where you stop, most governments provide for visa exemption (while some, like Russia, want you to apply for a special transit visa). However, for any flight that enters US airspace, so even if you simply fly over Alaska to go from Russia to Canada but never land in the US, ESTA is required. Conversely, China offers a visa waiver for 72 hours if you land in Beijing, Shanghai and some other major cities in transit to a third country: this permit entitles you to leave the airport and travel around the city, but without going beyond the borders

In the case of travel without a visa and a visa issued on arrival, most of the time it is necessary to travel with a passport, because stamps or stickers will be affixed (so it is also necessary to have a couple of blank pages for this purpose). Some countries, such as Morocco ed Egypt, allow you to travel with only the identity card valid for expatriation and will affix stamps and stickers on a separate sheet, which you will have to keep with the utmost care. The tourist visa issued on arrival is often subject to a fee, to be paid at the appropriate counters before crossing the border.

Electronic travel authorization systems (such as the US ESTA, the Australian eVisitor and others) take different forms, but in general it involves filling out a form on the internet indicating the data of the travelers and answering a few questions for each of them aimed at verifying if you comply with the requirements ("Have you ever been refused a visa for Australia?"), which will then be compared with the database of the immigration department to verify if you have answered sincerely and if there are other impediments to the issuing of the authorization. In general, the authorization arrives in a very short time, but it is advisable to send the request immediately after booking the flights and hotels, possibly a few months in advance, in order to be able to manage any unforeseen events. As with a normal visa, lying exposes you to sanctions such as exclusion for a few years from entering the country, while if you do not meet the requirements for visa-free travel you always have the possibility to regularly apply for a visa at the embassy. Once you have received the authorization, typically by email, you can board the plane (or ship).

Even in the case of travel without a visa, if you have two or more passports, it is important to always use the same one within the same state, and in particular the one on which the stamps and possibly the visa label have been affixed.

For updated information, it is advisable to consult the website of the embassy of the country of destination in your country of residence and the Viaggiare Sicuri portal of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In addition, on the English Wikipedia there is one list of visa requirements for Italian citizens, and you can consult the Timatic database maintained by IATA which allows you to view visa requirements based on destination, state of departure, transit states and nationality.

Double nationality

A fairly common phenomenon is that of children born to parents of two different nationalities whose countries recognize citizenship for ius sanguinis, or children of parents also of the same nationality but born in a country that recognizes citizenship for ius soli. In general, many states recognize dual (or multiple) nationality, in the sense that they do not prohibit their citizens from being citizens of another state as well.^[1] This allows you to have two passports (or more, in more complex cases) issued by different states. Benefits for travelers include

• Have the right (which a foreigner does not have) to cross the border of two or more states. This, if EU Member States are involved, gives unlimited access to the Schenghen area and facilitated immigration procedures at all EU border posts. Facilitated immigration procedures are offered by all states for their citizens, so multiple citizenship gives access to more of these benefits
• Having access, as an individual, to a greater number of visa waivers: it is possible to choose which passport to enter a certain state based on which nationality guarantees the most practicality (for example to enter Canada it may be convenient to use a US passport compared to to a European one because US citizens have preferential channels for crossing the border)
  • Related to this, it is possible to use the most "popular" nationality in the country of destination: this is usually accompanied by visa benefits, but with the same visa requirements, there may still be an order of preference given by the prestige recognized by a state to particular nationalities for historical, economic and political reasons
• Being free, in fact, from the problem of depositing the passport for the issuance of the visa: having a second passport you can plan your travel with greater freedom
• Being able to circumvent "political" restrictions, as in the example already cited of the problematic relations between Israel and the Arab countries. It is like applying for a second Italian passport at the police station, but in this case it will be an ordinary passport with full validity.
• In alcuni casi, potrete usufruire di assistenza diplomatica e consolare da parte di entrambi i Paesi di cui siete cittadini, ma ci sono importanti limitazioni e quindi è un caso piuttosto teorico

Tra gli svantaggi citiamo:

• Se siete cittadini degli Stati A e B e siete in viaggio nel Paese B, in molti casi non potrete ottenere assistenza diplomatica dal Paese A in caso di arresto
  • In particolare, i cittadini cinesi e statunitensi devono entrare in Cina e negli Stati Uniti rispettivamente col passaporto cinese e statunitense, indipendentemente da altre nazionalità detenute. In Cina è pressoché impossibile ottenere assistenza diplomatica dalle ambasciate occidentali se si ha un passaporto cinese.
• Se siete cittadini degli Stati A e B e siete in viaggio nel paese C, con visto rilasciato da C sul passaporto A, dovete comunque usare sempre il passaporto A
  • Poiché siete stati autorizzati ad entrare nello Stato estero solo per il passaporto A, l'assistenza diplomatica da parte del Paese B vi potrebbe essere negata dalle autorità del Paese C

Alcuni Stati impongono alcune restrizioni alla nazionalità multipla. In generale, più un Paese è culturalmente isolato e interessato da fenomeni di emigrazione più severe saranno le limitazioni sulla nazionalità: si prenda l'esempio della già citata Cina, che non riconosce la doppia cittadinanza sotto nessuna forma. I cittadini cinesi naturalizzati (che quindi, di fatto, hanno doppia cittadinanza e due passaporti) devono usare il proprio passaporto cinese quando si recano in Cina, e i loro figli non possono acquisire due cittadinanze per nascita: sono costretti a scegliere tra la cittadinanza cinese e quella dell'altro genitore (o, se nati in un Paese con ius soli come l'Australia o gli Stati Uniti, quella dello Stato in cui sono nati). L'Iran arriva a considerare come cittadini iraniani tutte le persone di discendenza iraniana da parte di padre, anche se hanno formalmente rinunciato alla propria cittadinanza iraniana o non l'hanno mai avuta: a queste persone (formalmente e di fatto di nazionalità straniera), entrate in Iran, verrà negata ogni assistenza diplomatica dalle autorità del loro Paese. Tra i Paesi occidentali spicca la Norvegia, che non ammette la doppia nazionalità per naturalizzazione, a meno che una persona non venga naturalizzata in Norvegia e abbia già la nazionalità di un Paese la cui legge non permette di rinunciare alla cittadinanza, oppure se la naturalizzazione in un altro Stato avvenga senza che il cittadino norvegese ne abbia fatto richiesta. La Svezia ammette la doppia cittadinanza, ma se la persona non ha mai vissuto in Svezia dovrà, una volta diventata maggiorenne, presentare una richiesta al dipartimento dell'immigrazione o in ambasciata dichiarando di voler mantenere la cittadinanza, salvo che ci siano inequivocabili indizi di forti legami con la Svezia. La Francia richiede in alcuni casi di presentare una richiesta e sostenere un colloquio per mantenere la cittadinanza francese acquisita per nascita assieme a un'altra. L'Italia la riconosce e ammette senza limitazioni.

In caso di emergenza

Può capitare che il passaporto venga perso, rubato o distrutto all'estero. In tal caso è necessario, nell'ordine:

1. Denunciare la scomparsa o il furto alle autorità di polizia dello Stato in cui ci si trova. A tal fine, è opportuno conservare separatamente il passaporto e altri documenti che possano provare la propria identità (carta d'identità, patente, eventuali tesserini con foto e generalità, come il tesserino dell'università), e avere in un luogo sicuro una fotocopia del passaporto, che includa anche la pagina su cui è stato apposto il visto, in modo da poter compiere tale denuncia più agevolmente. Se il passaporto è solo distrutto (per esempio, si è strappata la pagina con i dati personali, si è danneggiato irrimediabilmente il chip elettronico nella copertina o ci sono lacerazioni visibili) andate al punto 2
2. Recatevi all'ambasciata italiana nello Stato in cui vi trovate, o al consolato generale (verificando su internet che sia abilitato a gestire le richieste di nuovo passaporto) e spiegate la situazione. Dovete portare la denuncia di smarrimento o furto, o il passaporto deteriorato in base alla situazione. In base all'urgenza, verrà avviata la procedura di rilascio di un nuovo passaporto ordinario o vi verrà rilasciato un passaporto d'emergenza (più breve da emettere). Tenete presente che anche in questo caso la procedura sarà molto più rapida se presenterete in ambasciata il maggior numero possibile di documenti in grado di confermare la vostra identità (compresa una fotocopia del passaporto smarrito o rubato). È anche necessario portare con sé due fototessere
3. Una volta ottenuto il nuovo passaporto, contattate le autorità di polizia o il ministero degli esteri dello Stato in cui vi trovate per ottenere il rilascio di un nuovo visto. Se siete entrati nel Paese con un programma di viaggio senza visto o un'autorizzazione elettronica, quasi certamente vi sarà stato apposto un timbro sul vecchio passaporto, e quindi è questo timbro che dovrete far apporre anche sul nuovo passaporto (oltre, eventualmente, a far aggiornare i dati nella vostra autorizzazione elettronica al viaggio). Anche in questo caso, aiuta avere la fotocopia del visto precedente, e di solito è obbligatorio allegare alla richiesta di visto la denuncia di smarrimento o furto o mostrare il passaporto deteriorato
4. A questo punto, se il vostro viaggio prevede altre mete per cui avevate preventivamente richiesto il visto sul passaporto smarrito, rubato o distrutto, recatevi all'ambasciata degli Stati che dovete visitare e richiedete i visti necessari. Portate sempre con voi la denuncia di smarrimento, la fotocopia del passaporto precedente con i visti e/o il passaporto deteriorato. Se siete fortunati (ma tipicamente solo se il passaporto precedente è "solo" deteriorato o distrutto e il visto rilasciato da quel particolare Paese è ancora leggibile e intatto), vi verrà concesso l'endorsement, cioè la trascrizione sul nuovo passaporto dei dati del visto emesso sul vecchio passaporto: in questo caso dovrete entrare in quello Stato con entrambi i passaporti, quello deteriorato con dentro il visto e quello nuovo che vale come documento di viaggio, con la trascrizione dell'endorsement
   • Se per le prossime mete avevate ottenuto autorizzazioni elettroniche, il processo dovrebbe essere un po' più semplice. Dovreste essere in grado di modificare i dati del passaporto via internet o telefonando a un numero apposito. D'altra parte, è anche possibile che per prevenire usi illegali di questa possibilità vi venga chiesto di presentarvi di persona all'ambasciata del Paese che ha rilasciato l'autorizzazione.
5. È una buona idea fotocopiare senza indugio il nuovo passaporto ad ogni fase
6. Non dimenticate, se avevate registrato i dati di viaggio presso la compagnia aerea (cioè avete fornito le API, advanced passenger information), di aggiornare quelli relativi a passaporto e visti

Se nello Stato in cui vi trovate non esiste una rappresentanza diplomatica o consolare dell'Italia, in quanto cittadini europei avete diritto a ricevere assistenza dall'ambasciata o dal consolato di un qualunque altro Stato dell'Unione Europea nel Paese in cui vi trovate. Si veda anche la sezione Emergency Travel Document. Se avete anche la cittadinanza di un Paese non europeo, potrete ottenere limitata assistenza diplomatica da parte dell'ambasciata di tale Paese, ma se anche foste in grado di ottenere un passaporto tramite essa aspettatevi lungaggini burocratiche, ancor più accentuate se lo Stato in cui vi trovate non riconosce la doppia nazionalità (v. oltre)

Passaporto temporaneo

Se le circostanze non permettono all'ambasciata italiana di rilasciare un passaporto ordinario vi verrà emesso un passaporto temporaneo, un documento con validità massima di 12 mesi e privo di chip elettronico. Va fatto presente che la maggior parte delle esenzioni per i visti vale solo per chi viaggia con passaporto ordinario (e dotato di chip elettronico per i dati biometrici), quindi se vi verrà rilasciato un passaporto temporaneo dovrete chiedere il visto per tutte le destinazioni al di fuori dell'area UE/AELS.

Emergency Travel Document

Se ricorrete all'aiuto dell'ambasciata di un altro Paese europeo, vi può essere rilasciato solo un Emergency Travel Document (ETD), un documento di identità d'emergenza con validità estremamente limitata: è valido per un solo viaggio di ritorno in Italia o in un altro Paese europeo in cui avete la residenza permanente, e per il periodo di tempo strettamente necessario a effettuare tale viaggio. Il procedimento per richiederlo è lo stesso visto in precedenza per il rilascio del passaporto all'ambasciata italiana.

Veicoli

Per approfondire, vedi: Tematica:Viaggiare in macchina .

In Italia come in tutti i Paesi del mondo, è obbligatorio avere la patente per condurre le automobili. Per la guida di ciclomotori (motorini, Apecar, ecc) è talvolta richiesta un'abilitazione (patente AM in Europa), altre volte si possono noleggiare senza problemi. I veicoli, in linea di massima, devono sempre essere assicurati contro i danni e la responsabilità civile, e negli Stati in cui ciò non è richiesto è comunque opportuno dotarsi di una polizza (molte compagnie di noleggio auto la includono nel prezzo). I veicoli nella maggior parte dei Paesi devono essere dotati di libretto di circolazione, ma per esempio negli Stati Uniti la polizia di solito vuole solo vedere la patente. L'Italia ha delle convenzioni con alcuni Paesi esteri (tutta l'Unione Europea, Algeria e Turchia) in modo che le rispettive patenti siano riconosciute senza ulteriori obblighi.

Moltissimi Stati poi aderiscono alla Convenzione di Vienna o alla Convenzione di Ginevra per le patenti, per cui per guidare da straniero in tali Paesi è necessario ottenere un certificato che riconduca alle categorie della Convenzione l'abilitazione posseduta dal conducente. Tale certificato è detto "permesso internazionale di guida" e in Italia si richiede in motorizzazione: non sostituisce in nessun caso la patente, ma deve essere presentato assieme alla patente italiana in caso di controlli; inoltre, è del tutto privo di valore sul territorio italiano. È opportuno informarsi presso l'ambasciata italiana nel Paese di destinazione per sapere se e quale permesso è necessario richiedere: Australia, Stati Uniti, Thailandia e Giappone hanno aderito alla Convenzione di Ginevra e non a quella di Vienna.

Infine, in alcuni Stati che non aderiscono a nessuna delle Convenzioni appena citate (come la Repubblica Popolare Cinese) è consentito guidare veicoli solo se in possesso di una patente locale, opzione evidentemente non praticabile per i turisti. In questo caso dovrete servirvi di taxi, trasporti pubblici e noleggio con conducente. Del resto, nel caso della Cina è meglio così, dato che lanciarsi nel traffico di Pechino (o, peggio, nelle strade provinciali piene di buche e guidatori spericolati) senza esperienza può essere molto pericoloso.

Va ricordato che, mentre in Italia la patente è un documento d'identità, questo all'estero non vale e quindi sarà necessario avere a portata di mano il passaporto (o la carta d'identità valida per l'espatrio dove applicabile), o come minimo una fotocopia se state guidando in città e potete convincere gli agenti di polizia ad accompagnarvi in albergo per recuperare l'originale dalla cassaforte.

Animali

Per approfondire, vedi: Viaggiare con animali.

Portare animali da compagnia attraverso una frontiera richiede alcuni adempimenti e non è sempre la cosa più semplice da fare. Nella maggior parte dei casi l'animale dovrà essere in regola con le vaccinazioni e con altre profilassi antiparassitarie, certificate dalla Asl con tempistiche che variano a seconda del Paese di destinazione. Per i viaggi di cani, gatti e furetti all'interno dell'Unione Europea è necessario richiedere alla Asl il "passaporto per animali da compagnia", che certifica in maniera standardizzata all'interno dell'Unione che l'animale sia in regola con le vaccinazioni (l'unica obbligatoria in questo caso è quella antirabbica). Il giorno prima della partenza, è necessario far certificare dal veterinario, con la vidimazione del passaporto, che l'animale è in condizioni di viaggiare. Poiché molti Paesi hanno regole diverse, è sempre opportuno informarsi presso l'Asl e sul portale Viaggiare Sicuri.

Armi

Per portare e trasportare armi a livello europeo è necessaria la Carta Europea d'Arma da Fuoco, che si richiede in Questura. Esistono comunque limitazioni anche all'interno dell'Unione Europea, e al di fuori di essa la situazione varia grandemente da Paese a Paese; negli Stati Uniti addirittura da Stato a Stato, con lo Stato di New York che permette solo il trasporto di armi scariche in custodia ai non-residenti fino a Stati come l'Alabama e il Texas che permettono il porto "scoperto" di armi cariche - cioè è permesso girare per strada imbracciando un fucile carico. Non è detto però che le regole che valgono per i locali siano valide per i turisti, quindi è sempre opportuno informarsi con l'ambasciata italiana nel Paese di destinazione o sul portale Viaggiare Sicuri.

In Italia è obbligatorio il porto d'armi per portare armi al di fuori della propria abitazione; per il semplice trasporto è necessaria un'autorizzazione ad hoc, ma chi ha già il porto d'armi per scopi venatori o sportivi non ne ha bisogno, perché nell'attività di caccia e nel tiro sportivo è sottintesa la necessità di dotarsi periodicamente di armi nuove; invece si presume che chi ha il porto d'armi per difesa personale abbia bisogno solo di un'arma e quindi ulteriori acquisti devono essere autorizzati. Va ricordato che in Italia il porto d'armi vale come documento d'identità, mentre all'estero non è così.

Note

Vedi anche

• Elenco dei visti per i cittadini dell'UE
• Carnet de Passages

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