Consulates and Embassies in Italy

When you lose your passport, do not pass go, do not collect €100—head directly to your nearest consulate

First things first, let's clear up some confusion. Unless you are a career diplomat (or well connected to be invited to their parties), you will never have occasion to visit a U.S. Embassy in Italy.

That's because the embassies are for governmental negotiations. U.S. consulates—not embassies—are the entities responsible for helping citizens aboard. (Consulates' other main job is helping people in the country in which they are located visit their own country, so expect to see a lot of Italians lined up to fill out paperwork for visas to visit your homeland.)

Whenever you get in serious trouble abroad—like losing a passport—you head for the nearest U.S. Consulate—not the embassy. That said, the main consular office for most countries is often inside, or next to, the embassy—though not always.

How to find consulates (and embassies) in Italy

All foreign countries have their embassies in Rome. (A few even have a second embassy just to the Vatican, but that's just a curiosity.)

Many also have a second consular office in Milan (including Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, South Africa, the U.S., the U.K.).

A few—like the U.S. and the U.K.—have more consulates or consular agencies in other major Italian cities. (Canada, oddly, doesn't have on in Milan, but does in Naples and Padova.)

I've put a list of all the U.S. consulates in Italy on the right, because most of my readers are Yanks.

To my beloved Canadian neighbors, and my far-flung English-speaking cousins in Australia, the U.K., Ireland, Southern Africa, and elsewhere: I love you guys, but trying to maintain up-to-date lists of everyone's consulates in every Italian city would be crazy, Instead, I direct you to the most excellent list of resources below where you can find updated info on your home country's consulates in Italy:

Embassy World (www.embassyworld.com) - A nifty little Web site that links you to every embassy and consulate Web site out there, so an Aussie can find not only the Australian consulate in Rome, Italy, but also Italy's consulate in Canberra so he can ring up about visa requirements.

American consulates in Italy

US State Department (travel.state.gov) - This Web site is the best thing the government has ever done for travelers. You can download passport applications, research potential visa requirements, read consular fact sheets and travel warnings on the countries you wish to visit, and find out all about the services available to US citizens abroad. Great set of links to other governmental and non-governmental travel sites, too.

U.S. Embassies (usembassy.state.gov) - Direct links to individual US Embassy Web sites around the globe, such as the one in Rome: rome.usembassy.gov.

Australian consulates in Italy

Australian Government's Department of Foreign Affairs & Trade (www.smarttraveller.gov.au) - The direct link to the Australian embassy in Italy is www.italy.embassy.gov.au.

Canadian consulates in Italy

Canadian Government's Department of Foreign Affairs & International Trade (www.voyage.gc.ca). The direct link to the consular affairs department of the Canadian embassy in Rome is www.Italy.gc.ca.

Irish consulates in Italy

Ireland Department of Foreign Affairs (www.dfa.ie/home/index.aspx?id=275) - The direct link to the Irish embassy in Italy is www.embassyofireland.it.

New Zealander consulates in Italy

New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (www.safetravel.govt.nz) - The direct link to the New Zealand embassy in Italy is www.nzembassy.com/italy.

South African consulates in Italy

South African Department of International Relations and Cooperation (www.dfa.gov.za). The direct link to the South African embassy in Italy is www.sudafrica.it.

U.K. consulates in Italy

British Foreign & Commonwealth Office (www.fco.gov.uk) - The direct link to the British embassy in Italy is ukinitaly.fco.gov.uk.

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