{"id":294,"date":"2022-11-18T14:38:22","date_gmt":"2022-11-18T13:38:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ambottawa.esteri.it\/servizi-consolari-e-visti\/servizi-per-il-cittadino-straniero\/visti\/"},"modified":"2025-02-25T10:42:46","modified_gmt":"2025-02-25T09:42:46","slug":"visti","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ambottawa.esteri.it\/en\/servizi-consolari-e-visti\/servizi-per-il-cittadino-straniero\/visti\/","title":{"rendered":"Visas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Consular Office of the Embassy of Italy in Ottawa\u00a0<b>only<\/b>\u00a0accepts visa applications from users residing\u00a0<b>in the City of Ottawa, the Outaouais region and the counties of Carleton, Dundas, Glengarry, Grenville, Prescott, Russell and Stormont<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p>Residents located in the aforementioned consular district aiming to apply for a visa will need to\u00a0<b>schedule an appointment through the portal\u00a0<\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/prenotami.esteri.it\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>Prenot@mi<\/b><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>To find out if you need a visa to travel to Italy visit the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/vistoperitalia.esteri.it\/home\/it\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_xmsonormal\">To locate your territorially competent Consular Office visit our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ambottawa.esteri.it\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Homepage (Consular Network map)<\/a>\u00a0or click here\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/serviziconsolarionline.esteri.it\/ScoFE\/services\/consulate\/find-consulate.sco;jsessionid=D55B3E49ABB66F62D4817DD084A188F4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">FIND YOUR CONSULATE Online Consular Services (esteri.it)<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b><span lang=\"EN-US\">Travel Document for Refugees<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\">Holders of a<b>\u00a0Canadian Travel Document for refugees<\/b>\u00a0(Geneva Convention of July 28, 1951)\u00a0<b>DO NOT NEED A VISA TO ENTER ITALY\u00a0<\/b>for<b>\u00a0<\/b>short term stay\u00a0(e.g. for tourism or business purposes for\u00a0<b>up to 90 days<\/b>) or for transit.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span lang=\"EN-US\">Certificate of Identity<\/span><\/b><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\">Holders of a<b>\u00a0Canadian Certificate of Identity<\/b>\u00a0<b>DO NOT NEED A VISA TO ENTER ITALY\u00a0<\/b>for<b>\u00a0<\/b>short term stay\u00a0(e.g. for tourism or business purposes for\u00a0<b>up to 90 days<\/b>) or for transit<\/span><b><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><b><span lang=\"EN-US\">IF THEY ARE REFUGEES OR STATELESS people<\/span><\/b><span lang=\"EN-US\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span lang=\"EN-US\">PLEASE NOTE:<\/span><\/b><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0since the Certificate of Identity does not indicate the reason for its issuance, holders who obtained it\u00a0<b>must travel with documentation to prove their status as a stateless person or as a refugee in Canada<\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span lang=\"EN-US\">For example<\/span><\/b><span lang=\"EN-US\">: as\u00a0<b>proof of statelessness status<\/b>, Canada refers to the document at the bottom of the following page<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.canada.ca\/en\/immigration-refugees-citizenship\/corporate\/publications-manuals\/operational-bulletins-manuals\/permanent-residence\/humanitarian-compassionate-consideration\/processing\/stateless.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"x_null1\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">The humanitarian and compassionate assessment: Statelessness &#8211; Canada.ca<\/span><\/span><\/a>\u00a0<span lang=\"EN-US\">,\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">while for\u00a0<b>refugee status<\/b>, the &#8220;refugee protection claimant document&#8221;<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0(<\/span><span lang=\"IT\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.irb-cisr.gc.ca\/en\/applying-refugee-protection\/Pages\/index.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">https:\/\/www.irb-cisr.gc.ca\/en\/applying-refugee-protection\/Pages\/index.aspx<\/span><\/a><\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">) can be used as proof of the holder\u2019s refugee status in Canada.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span lang=\"EN-US\">Note: It is up to the applicant to check with other relevant Schengen Countries if the above documents are accepted, even for transit purposes.<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Consular Office of the Embassy of Italy in Ottawa\u00a0only\u00a0accepts visa applications from users residing\u00a0in the City of Ottawa, the Outaouais region and the counties of Carleton, Dundas, Glengarry, Grenville, Prescott, Russell and Stormont. 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