Italian Embassy in San Salvador

Italy admits Salvadoran citizens without a visa for stays of up to 90 days.

2025 figures: 6 short-stay Schengen visa applications were lodged at Italy’s embassy in San Salvador, and 5 visas were issued. Applications fell by 25% compared with 2024 (8).

Across all Schengen consulates in El Salvador, 6.5% of applications were refused in 2025; Italy’s rate worldwide was 10.8%. Italy received the 2nd largest number of applications of the 3 Schengen states represented here.

The statistics count applications, not people, and include every nationality that applies here, not only citizens of El Salvador.

The Italian embassy in San Salvador is the only mission of Italy in El Salvador on record. El Salvador in turn has 4 missions in Italy, its embassy being in Rome.

About the Italian embassy in San Salvador

It appears in official lists as Embassy of Italy in San Salvador. The head of mission on record is Rozo Sordini Paolo Emanuele.

Address and contact

Address: Calle La Reforma, San Salvador. The record for the Italian embassy in San Salvador includes a phone number, an e-mail address and an official website.

Italian citizens travelling to El Salvador

No visa is needed by Italian citizens for El Salvador, for stays of up to 180 days.

When the Italian embassy in San Salvador is closed

The Italian embassy in San Salvador closes on El Salvador’s public holidays, the next being National Pupusa Festival (Festival Nacional De La Pupusa) on Monday 9 November 2026 and National Pupusa Festival (Festival Nacional De La Pupusa) on Tuesday 10 November 2026, and usually on holidays of Italy such as Immaculate Conception (Immacolata Concezione) on Tuesday 8 December 2026.

Before visiting the Italian embassy in San Salvador

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

Near the Italian embassy in San Salvador

The Italian embassy in San Salvador has 3 other foreign missions within 1 km.