{"id":11423,"date":"2022-12-21T18:58:48","date_gmt":"2022-12-21T17:58:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vistoperitalia.it\/?p=11423"},"modified":"2022-12-21T18:58:48","modified_gmt":"2022-12-21T17:58:48","slug":"documents-equivalent-to-passport-for-italy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vistoperitalia.it\/en\/documents-equivalent-to-passport-for-italy\/","title":{"rendered":"Which documents are equivalent to a passport for entering Italy?<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Council of the European Union, on its website, has a document with the European legislation that establishes the list of travel documents recognised by the Italian Government and by all the countries of the Schengen area: List of travel documents that entitle a foreigner to cross the external borders and that may be endorsed with a visa<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A valid travel document is an indispensable certificate for applying for a visa for all the countries of the Schengen area, and it must always attest the identity of the citizen who holds it and their nationality.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here is the list of travel documents legally<\/strong> recognised by the Italian Government to obtain an entry visa for Italy and for all  Schengen countries:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Passport. <\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Of course it is the best-known international document, the main and most common one, indispensable for applying for a visa for Italy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    How many types of passport exist?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    1. diplomatic, service (or official, special, or for public affairs) or ordinary;<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    2. individual (with the possible inclusion of minor children) or collective, issued to groups of not fewer than 5 and not more than 50 people, <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

      Other travel documents, equivalent to a passport<\/strong>, are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n