10 Nov 2015

List of countries whose citizens are subject to the visa obligation

In view of the need to gradually harmonize the different national visa policies, the European authorities have adopted various measures including the Council Regulation 539 of 15.3.2001 containing the list of countries whose nationals are subject to the visa requirement.

Nationals bearing ordinary passports of the following countries/regional configurations are subject to visa obligations:

 

Afghanistan	Congo	Ivory Coast	Mozambique	Somalia
Algeria	Congo (Democratic Republic of)	Jamaica	Myanmar	South Africa
Angola	Cuba	Jordan	Namibia	Sri Lanka
Armenia	Djibouti	Kazakhstan	Nauru	Sudan
Azerbaijan	Dominican (Republic)	Kenya	Nepal	Suriname
Bahrain	Ecuador	Kiribati	Niger	Swaziland
Bangladesh	Egypt	Kosovo	Nigeria	Syria
Belarus	Equatorial Guinea	Kuwait	North Korea	Tajikistan
Belize	Eritrea	Kyrgyzstan	Oman	Tanzania
Benin	Ethiopia	Laos	Pakistan	Thailand
Bhutan	Fiji	Lebanon	Palau	Togo
Bolivia	Gabon	Lesotho	Palestinian National Authority	Tonga
Botswana	Gambia	Liberia	Papua-New Guinea	Tunisia
Burkina Faso	Georgia	Libya	Peru	Turkey
Burundi	Ghana	Madagascar	the Philippines	Turkmenistan
Cambodia	Guinea	Malawi	Qatar	Tuvalu
Cameroon	Guinea Bissau	Maldives	Russia	Uganda
Cape Verde	Guyana	Mali	Rwanda	Ukraine
Central Africa	Haiti	Marshall Islands	Solomon	Uzbekistan
Chad	India	Mauritania	Sao Tome and Principe	Vietnam
China	Indonesia	Micronesia	Saudi Arabia	Yemen
Colombia	Iran	Mongolia	Senegal	Zambia
Comoro Islands	Iraq	Morocco	Sierra Leone	Zimbabwe

List of countries whose citizens are subject to the airport transit visa

Besides that, the citizens of the following countries are required to obtain visas for transit through Italian airports (Airport Transit Visa – ATV) as per Art. 3, EC Reg. no. 810/2009:

Afghanistan	Ghana	Somalia
Bangladesh	Iran	Sri Lanka
Democratic Republic of Congo	Iraq	Syria
Eritrea	Nigeria
Ethiopia	Pakistan

Citizens of the countries listed above are exempt from the obligation to obtain an ATV if they satisfy one of the following conditions:

–  They already have a valid Uniform Visa (Type C) or a national visa for long-term sojourn (Type D) or a residency permit issued by a Member State;

–  They have a valid residency permit issued by an EU Member State that does not participate in the adoption of EC Regulation no. 810/2009 (e.g. United Kingdom) or from a Member State that does not yet fully apply the provisions of the Schengen Acquis (e.g. Romania), or the citizens of third countries with one of the residency permits (valid) mentioned in Annex V of EC Reg. 810/2009 issued by Andorra, Canada, Japan, San Marino or the United States of America guaranteeing the unconditional return of its holder;

–  They have a valid visa issued by an EU Member State that does not participate in the adoption of EC Regulation no. 810/2009 (e.g. United Kingdom) or from a Member State that does not yet fully apply the provisions of the Schengen Acquis (e.g. Romania), or are the citizens of third countries with one of the residency permits (valid) mentioned in Annex V of EC Reg. 810/2009 issued by Canada, Japan or the United States of America when entering the country that issued it or another third country or when, after using this visa, return from the country that issued it;

–  Are a family member of a European Union citizen

–  Are a holder of a diplomatic passport

–  Are a member of an airline crew and citizen of a country party to the Chicago Convention on international civil aviation.

For long-term sojourns (more than 90 days) for whatever purpose all aliens are required to obtain a visa, even if they are nationals of countries that do not require transit or brief-sojourn visas.

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