You want to invite a friend of yours, a non-EU foreigner, to enter Italy with a tourist visa or with an invitation, and you know they need a passport or another equivalent document, legally recognised by the Italian Government. Yes, but which ones are they? The Council of the European Union, on its website, has …

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If a non-EU citizen wants to come to Italy for tourism, they may stay for a maximum period of 90 days. To find out for certain whether you need a visa, you can access the Ministry’s database: Access to the information about the visa requirement for a foreign citizen to enter Italy is possible through …

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