A passport
or a valid identity document is necessary to enter Italy. Permission
to stay for tourists is valid for three months; for longer periods
enquiries must be made at Italian consulates abroad.
Current regulations
require a consular visa for visitors coming from certain countries
in Eastern Europe (states of the former USSR, the Baltic republics,
Poland, the Czech republic, the Slovak republic, Hungary, Romania,
Yugoslavia, Bulgaria), from Albania and Turkey.
As far as the
major countries outside Europe are concerned, a visa is not required
for visitors from Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Japan and the United
States.
Minors travelling
with parents, and who do not have a personal identity document,
must be included in the passport of one of the parents.
Driving licenses
and other traffic documents valid in other countries are recognized
in Italy. A green card (or an equivalent international insurance
certificate) is required for citizens from non-EU countries.
Pets are allowed
to enter only if they are in good health and vaccinated against
rabies.
A permit issued
by an Italian consulate and endorsed by the frontier police, is
required to bring in a hunting weapon.
