Do you need a visa?

(Informazioni in italiano )

To check if you can travel to the U.S.A. without a visa as part of the Visa Waiver Program please see the Visa Information pages at the U.S. Diplomatic Mission to Italy website.

If You Must Apply for a Visa

• Information on how to apply for a non-immigrant visa.

Telephone Visa Information Service – If you are not able to travel to the U.S. under the Visa Waiver Program, you must apply for a visa and request a visa interview. Visa interviews are by appointment only. For general information and appointments, please call the Telephone Visa Information Service toll number at 899.34.34.32 (Euro 1.80/min.), open between 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, except U.S. and Italian holidays.

If you are calling from a cellphone, please note that only some providers allow this service to be accessible from your cellphone, and that the costs may vary. Please contact your service provider for more information.

Information on visa wait times for applications at the Consulate General in Milan is available at: travel.state.gov.

Electronic visa application forms can be found at: http://evisaforms.state.gov.

Callers outside of Italy can access the Visa Information Service at (+39) 02-30329656. Each call costs a flat service rate of EURO 15.00 plus the international phone rate that your telephone provider normally charges for calling a number in Italy. This service rate must be charged to either a Visa or MasterCard credit card. Debit or Bancomat cards cannot be used. The service is available to the public from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (Italy time, GMT+1), Monday through Friday, except U.S. and Italian holidays.

U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Visa Waiver Program Traveler Guide
(Adobe Acrobat .pdf brochure)

Additional Information on Visas and Passports

• VWP – Visa Waiver Program (U.S. Department of State webpage).

• What is an e-Passport? (148K Adobe Acrobat .pdf brochure)

An e-Passport contains an embedded, contactless integrated circuit chip that stores a passport holder’s biographic information and biometrics – digitized photographs and finger scans.

E-Passports are part of a multi-layered approach to reduce the widespread use of fraudulent passports without impeding the flow of legitimate trade and travel to the United States. With e-Passports, visitors traveling to the United States under the VWP – approximately 13 million people each year – can transmit their biographic and biometric information quickly, conveniently and securely to readers at U.S. ports of entry. Travelers applying for admission under the Visa Waiver Program are allowed to enter the United States for up to 90 days for business or pleasure without obtaining a non-immigrant visa.

Through the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), Visa Waiver Program countries spent the last few years working with the United States to test and perfect technical standards making e-Passports interoperable with U.S. readers. More... (148K Adobe Acrobat .pdf brochure)

• Form I-94 or I-94W (record of your departure): I did not turn in my I-94 or I-94W when I left the U.S. What should I do? Please refer to: help.cbp.gov. See also Mission Italy's Customs and Border Protection (CBP) webpage at: italy.usembassy.gov/dhs.

• Open Doors, Secure Borders. More visa information also at: www.unitedstatesvisas.gov.

• Maura Harty, Assistant Secretary of State for Consular Affairs, discusses U.S. visas (164K Adobe Acrobat .pdf brochure).

For Businesses in the United States and their Partners, Customers and Colleagues Around the World

• Worldwide Business Visa Center Now Online

The Department of State announces the latest step in our continuing effort to facilitate the issuance of visas for legitimate business travelers worldwide. The Business Visa Center, launched in July 2005 to assist businesses in the United States and their partners, customers, and colleagues around the world, is now accessible on the Internet through the Worldwide Business Visa Center pages.

— VISA INFORMATION —

You may be able to travel to the U.S.A. without a visa as part of the Visa Waiver Program. Please see the Visa Services webpage.

Non-Immigrant Visa Services
If you are not able to travel to the U.S. under the Visa Waiver Program, you must apply for a visa and request a visa interview. Visa interviews are by appointment only. For general information and appointments, please call the Telephone Visa Information Service toll number at
899.34.34.32 (Euro 1.80/min.).

Visa interview appointments can only be scheduled through the toll number above. Heavy call volumes may cause lines to drop. Should this happen, you will not be charged for the call. Please try calling at a later time.

— HOURS OF OPERATION —

In emergency cases, such as the death, serious injury or arrest of a U.S. citizen in the Milan Consular District, please immediately contact our duty officer at 02-290351.

Passport Services and
General Consular Information
Monday through Friday 8:30 – 12:00 noon.

The Consular Section also offers walk-in services (for U.S. citizens only), Monday through Friday 8:30 – 12:00 noon.

Notarial Services
Tuesday & Thursday 8:30 - 12:00.

Birth Registration
By appointment only.

For All Other Offices
By appointment only.

Please Note
The Consulate is closed during U.S. and Italian holidays.