Italian Consulate General in Melbourne

Australian citizens do not need a visa for Italy: stays of up to 90 days are visa-free.

2025 figures: 817 short-stay Schengen visa applications were lodged at Italy’s consulate general in Melbourne, and 797 visas were issued. 20 applications were refused, a refusal rate of 2.4%. That is barely different from 2024 (1.2%). Applications rose by 10% compared with 2024 (745).

Over 2023–2025 the rate ranged from 0.9% (2023) to 2.4% (2025).

Italy issues Schengen visas at 6 locations in Australia; this office handled 21% of their 3,809 applications in 2025. Refusal rates elsewhere: Sydney 0.8%, Perth 0.5%, Adelaide 3.0% and Canberra 0.3%. 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.

Almost every visa issued here allows multiple entries. The statistics count applications, not people, and include every nationality that applies here, not only citizens of Australia.

For matters it cannot handle, the Italian embassy in Canberra (464 km) is responsible. The Italian consulate general in Melbourne is one of 12 missions of Italy in Australia. Consulates: Sydney, Perth, Adelaide, 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 general in Melbourne

It appears in official lists as Consulate General of Italy in Melbourne. The head of mission on record is Chiara Mauri. A consulate does consular work for a region: passports, certificates and help for nationals in difficulty.

Address and contact

Address: St Kilda Road 509, 3004 Melbourne. The record for the Italian consulate general in Melbourne includes a phone number, an e-mail address, a fax number and an official website.

Italian citizens travelling to Australia

Italian citizens do not need a visa for Australia, but they need an electronic travel authorisation (ETA) before departure; it covers stays of up to 90 days.

When the Italian consulate general in Melbourne is closed

Expect the Italian consulate general in Melbourne to be shut on Christmas Day on Friday 25 December 2026 and St. Stephen's Day (Boxing Day) on Monday 28 December 2026, and often on Immaculate Conception (Immacolata Concezione) on Tuesday 8 December 2026, a holiday in Italy.

Before visiting the Italian consulate general in Melbourne

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

Near the Italian consulate general in Melbourne

Within 1 km of the Italian consulate general in Melbourne there are 4 other foreign missions.