Italian Consulate in Adelaide

Australian citizens can visit Italy without a visa for up to 90 days.

2025 figures: 338 short-stay Schengen visa applications were lodged at Italy’s consulate in Adelaide, and 328 visas were issued. 10 applications were refused, a refusal rate of 3.0%. That is barely different from 2024 (3.7%). Applications rose by 40% compared with 2024 (242).

Over 2023–2025 the rate ranged from 1.3% (2023) to 3.7% (2024).

Italy issues Schengen visas at 6 locations in Australia; this office handled 9% of their 3,809 applications in 2025. Refusal rates elsewhere: Sydney 0.8%, Melbourne 2.4%, Perth 0.5% and Canberra 0.3%, which makes Adelaide the highest of the group. Each office serves the applicants who live in its own consular district, so the rates also reflect who applies where, not only how strictly files are assessed.

Across all Schengen consulates in Australia, 3.0% of applications were refused in 2025; Italy’s rate worldwide was 10.8%. Italy received the 2nd largest number of applications of the 22 Schengen states represented here.

9.8% of the visas issued here were multiple-entry visas, valid for several trips. The statistics count applications, not people, and include every nationality that applies here, not only citizens of Australia.

The Italian embassy is in Canberra. Besides the Italian consulate in Adelaide, Italy has 11 other missions in Australia. Consulates: Sydney, Melbourne, Perth, Wollongong and Brisbane. Honorary consulates: Darwin, Hobart, Griffith and Cairns. Australia in turn has 3 missions in Italy, its embassy being in Rome.

About the Italian consulate in Adelaide

It appears in official lists as Consulate of Italy in Adelaide. The head of mission on record is Ernesto Pianelli. Career consulates of this kind usually renew passports and take visa applications for their region.

Address and contact

Address: Unit 3/215 Port Road, Hindmarsh SA 5007, Adelaide. The record for the Italian consulate in Adelaide includes a phone number, an e-mail address and an official website. Its exact position is not recorded, so the map marks the town; use the street address.

Italian citizens travelling to Australia

Before flying to Australia, Italian citizens must obtain an ETA online; stays of up to 90 days are allowed.

When the Italian consulate in Adelaide is closed

The next closures of the Italian consulate in Adelaide for public holidays in Australia are Christmas Day on Friday 25 December 2026 and St. Stephen's Day (Boxing Day) on Monday 28 December 2026; it may also close for Immaculate Conception (Immacolata Concezione) on Tuesday 8 December 2026.

Before visiting the Italian consulate in Adelaide

Current procedures for the Italian consulate in Adelaide, including any appointment system, are on its official website, linked on this page.