Italian Consulate General in Sydney

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

In 2025, Italy’s consulate general in Sydney received 1,639 applications for short-stay Schengen visas and issued 1,626. 13 applications were refused, a refusal rate of 0.8%. In 2024 the rate was much the same, 0.5%. Applications rose by 25% compared with 2024 (1,314).

Over 2023–2025 the rate ranged from 0.3% (2023) to 0.8% (2025).

Italy issues Schengen visas at 6 locations in Australia; this office handled 43% of their 3,809 applications in 2025. Refusal rates elsewhere: Melbourne 2.4%, 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.

Multiple-entry visas made up 53.9% of those issued. 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 (250 km) is responsible. Besides the Italian consulate general in Sydney, Italy has 11 other missions in Australia. Consulates: Melbourne, Perth, Adelaide, Sydney, 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 Sydney

It appears in official lists as Consulate General of Italy in Sydney. The head of mission on record is Gianluca Rubagotti. Its work is consular: passports and documents for its own citizens and, often, visas for visitors.

Address and contact

Address: Market Street 44, Sydney. The record for the Italian consulate general in Sydney includes a phone number, an e-mail address and an official website.

Italian citizens travelling to Australia

Italian citizens need an electronic travel authorisation (ETA) for Australia, obtained online before travel, for stays of up to 90 days.

When the Italian consulate general in Sydney is closed

The next closures of the Italian consulate general in Sydney 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 general in Sydney

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

Near the Italian consulate general in Sydney

Within 1 km of the Italian consulate general in Sydney there are 34 other foreign missions.