Travel advice for Rome
Questions to Ask Yourself Before You Travel
• Citizens of EC countries can cross into Italy for as long as they wish. Citizens of other countries must have a passport for Italy and Rome travel. Do you have yours?
• If you purchased traveler's checks, have you recorded the check numbers and stored the documentation separately from the checks?
• Did you pack your camera and an extra set of camera batteries, and purchase enough film? If you packed film in your checked baggage, did you invest in protective pouches to shield film from airport X-rays?
• Do you have a safe, accessible place to store money?
• Did you bring your ID cards that could entitle you to discounts, such as AAA and AARP cards or student IDs?
• Do you have an extra pair of glasses or contact lenses?
• Do you have your credit card PINs?
• If you have an E-ticket, do you have documentation?
• Did you leave a copy of your itinerary with someone at home?
• Did you check to see if any Rome travel advisories have been issued by the U.S. State Department (http://travel.state.gov/travel_warnings.html) regarding Rome travel?
• Do you have the address and phone number of your country's embassy with you?
Suggestions
It is advisable to keep a photocopy of your passport or ID card with you and leave the original ones in the hotel or in a security box for the rest of your stay. These copies can be useful if you lose your bag or you are robbed. In that case you can show the copies to the police at the time of report.
Anything to declare?
Travellers from UE Countries. The European Union Area makes up a common space where people and goods are free to come and go. Travellers coming from one of these Countries to Italy can easily bring goods, bought in normal stores, coming in or going out, without any limit or formal measures. Although products with taxes on manufacturing and consuming can circulate within certain limits.
Travellers from extra EU Countries.
Importing money is free up to € 10,329.13, for surplus import you will need to fill in a form at Customs which you will be given back at the time of authentication. This form has to be shown at the time you exit the country of Italy . Exporting values at bearer is free up to € 10,329.13. Over € 10,329.13 you can export within the limits of the amount resulting from the papers issued at Customs at the time of importing. As for no-bearer values exporting is allowed by filling in a specific form at Customs.
Going out of Italy there is no limit of value. Therefore there can be limit measures arranged by the Country where the tourist is coming from. It is possible to get the VAT rebate (Added Value Tax) for goods bought in Italy: you have to ask the seller for the invoice and send it back as you have got it checked at Customs while you are leaving the Country. We remind you that the merchandise has to always be shown at Customs. Concerning the import of consumer goods, travellers who carry the goods with their personal baggage can benefit an exemption from customs taxes (on these goods) on two conditions: the import has to be for personal purpose not for trading and their value must not exceed € 175.00, this limit is reduced to € 90.00 for children under 15. Some kinds of goods (alcohol , tobacco, and so on..), are exempt from tax within limited quantities. For those kinds of goods such as alcohol, tobacco, perfumes, and so on.., the exemption is granted to one kind only. The value of those kinds listed before is not be considered in the total value of 1,565 ECU of the objects to be exempted.
Penalties
Over the permitted limits the goods have to be declared at Customs. On the quantity exceeding the exemption you will have to pay customs taxes. Travellers who carry with them inside their baggage consumer goods or objects of a value exceeding the one allowed with the exemption without declaring it at Customs, apart from paying customs taxes will be considered committing a smuggling crime and will be punished with a fine worth from twice up to ten times the value of taxes. In case the goods are to be confiscated, they can be bought again paying, besides the fine and the customs taxes, a price equal to their value at the moment of buying them.
For further Italy and Rome travel information you can contact the Direction District of Customs in Rome at 0650241 or the Customs Offices inside the airport.
REQUIRED FOR U.S. CITIZENS: PASSPORT (signed and valid for 6 months)
TOURIST VISA REQUIREMENTS: Visas are not required
BUSINESS VISA REQUIREMENTS: Visas are not required
HEALTH REQUIREMENTS: Vaccinations are not required unless travel is from or through and infected area
NOTES: If stay is planned for over 3 months, please contact EVS
Important Notice: Requirements and fees are per U.S. citizen only. The country requirements for passports and visas and related information are established by sovereign nations and are subject to change without notice. While EVS strives to provide current and complete information, EVS cannot and does not guarantee that the information supplied is the most current and complete.
• Citizens of EC countries can cross into Italy for as long as they wish. Citizens of other countries must have a passport for Italy and Rome travel. Do you have yours?
• If you purchased traveler's checks, have you recorded the check numbers and stored the documentation separately from the checks?
• Did you pack your camera and an extra set of camera batteries, and purchase enough film? If you packed film in your checked baggage, did you invest in protective pouches to shield film from airport X-rays?
• Do you have a safe, accessible place to store money?
• Did you bring your ID cards that could entitle you to discounts, such as AAA and AARP cards or student IDs?
• Do you have an extra pair of glasses or contact lenses?
• Do you have your credit card PINs?
• If you have an E-ticket, do you have documentation?
• Did you leave a copy of your itinerary with someone at home?
• Did you check to see if any Rome travel advisories have been issued by the U.S. State Department (http://travel.state.gov/travel_warnings.html) regarding Rome travel?
• Do you have the address and phone number of your country's embassy with you?
Suggestions
It is advisable to keep a photocopy of your passport or ID card with you and leave the original ones in the hotel or in a security box for the rest of your stay. These copies can be useful if you lose your bag or you are robbed. In that case you can show the copies to the police at the time of report.
Anything to declare?
Travellers from UE Countries. The European Union Area makes up a common space where people and goods are free to come and go. Travellers coming from one of these Countries to Italy can easily bring goods, bought in normal stores, coming in or going out, without any limit or formal measures. Although products with taxes on manufacturing and consuming can circulate within certain limits.
- Tobacco » Cigarettes: 800 pieces » Cigars: 400 pieces » Smoking tobacco: 1 Kg.
- Alcohol » Alcohol over 22%: 10 litres » Alcohol under 22%: 20 litres » Common wine: 90 litres » Champagne wine: 60 litres » Beer: 110 litres
Travellers from extra EU Countries.
Importing money is free up to € 10,329.13, for surplus import you will need to fill in a form at Customs which you will be given back at the time of authentication. This form has to be shown at the time you exit the country of Italy . Exporting values at bearer is free up to € 10,329.13. Over € 10,329.13 you can export within the limits of the amount resulting from the papers issued at Customs at the time of importing. As for no-bearer values exporting is allowed by filling in a specific form at Customs.
Going out of Italy there is no limit of value. Therefore there can be limit measures arranged by the Country where the tourist is coming from. It is possible to get the VAT rebate (Added Value Tax) for goods bought in Italy: you have to ask the seller for the invoice and send it back as you have got it checked at Customs while you are leaving the Country. We remind you that the merchandise has to always be shown at Customs. Concerning the import of consumer goods, travellers who carry the goods with their personal baggage can benefit an exemption from customs taxes (on these goods) on two conditions: the import has to be for personal purpose not for trading and their value must not exceed € 175.00, this limit is reduced to € 90.00 for children under 15. Some kinds of goods (alcohol , tobacco, and so on..), are exempt from tax within limited quantities. For those kinds of goods such as alcohol, tobacco, perfumes, and so on.., the exemption is granted to one kind only. The value of those kinds listed before is not be considered in the total value of 1,565 ECU of the objects to be exempted.
Penalties
Over the permitted limits the goods have to be declared at Customs. On the quantity exceeding the exemption you will have to pay customs taxes. Travellers who carry with them inside their baggage consumer goods or objects of a value exceeding the one allowed with the exemption without declaring it at Customs, apart from paying customs taxes will be considered committing a smuggling crime and will be punished with a fine worth from twice up to ten times the value of taxes. In case the goods are to be confiscated, they can be bought again paying, besides the fine and the customs taxes, a price equal to their value at the moment of buying them.
For further Italy and Rome travel information you can contact the Direction District of Customs in Rome at 0650241 or the Customs Offices inside the airport.
- Leonardo da Vinci Fiumicino » Phone No. 0665954342
- G.B. Pastine Ciampino » Phone No. 0679494544
- Web site : www.agenziadogane.it/italiano/dcsd/informazioniviaggiatori-it.htm
REQUIRED FOR U.S. CITIZENS: PASSPORT (signed and valid for 6 months)
TOURIST VISA REQUIREMENTS: Visas are not required
BUSINESS VISA REQUIREMENTS: Visas are not required
HEALTH REQUIREMENTS: Vaccinations are not required unless travel is from or through and infected area
NOTES: If stay is planned for over 3 months, please contact EVS
Important Notice: Requirements and fees are per U.S. citizen only. The country requirements for passports and visas and related information are established by sovereign nations and are subject to change without notice. While EVS strives to provide current and complete information, EVS cannot and does not guarantee that the information supplied is the most current and complete.
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