Italian Consulate General in Benghazi

Libyan citizens need a visa for Italy, obtained before travel. Whether the Italian consulate general in Benghazi takes applications itself or through a visa centre is set out on its official website.

In 2025, Italy’s consulate general in Benghazi received 5,093 applications for short-stay Schengen visas and issued 4,591. 502 applications were refused, a refusal rate of 9.8%. In 2024 it had been 12.4%: the rate fell by 2.6 points. Applications rose by 31% compared with 2024 (3,888).

Over 2023–2025 the rate ranged from 9.8% (2025) to 13.0% (2023).

Italy issues Schengen visas at 2 locations in Libya; this office handled 20% of their 24,855 applications in 2025. Refusal rates elsewhere: Tripoli 13.1%, which makes Benghazi the lowest 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 Libya, 15.6% of applications were refused in 2025; Italy’s rate worldwide was 10.8%. Italy received the largest number of applications of the 4 Schengen states represented here.

Multiple-entry visas made up 58.2% of those issued. The statistics count applications, not people, and include every nationality that applies here, not only citizens of Libya.

For matters it cannot handle, the Italian embassy in Tripoli (650 km) is responsible. Besides the Italian consulate general in Benghazi, Italy has 2 other missions in Libya. Honorary consulates: Tobruk. Libya in turn has 3 missions in Italy, its embassy being in Rome.

About the Italian consulate general in Benghazi

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

Address and contact

The record for the Italian consulate general in Benghazi includes a phone number, an e-mail address and an official website.

Italian citizens travelling to Libya

Italian citizens need a visa for Libya, which they can apply for online as an e-Visa.

When the Italian consulate general in Benghazi is closed

The Italian consulate general in Benghazi closes on Libya’s public holidays, the next being Independence Day on Thursday 24 December 2026 and Revolution Day on Wednesday 17 February 2027, and usually on holidays of Italy such as Immaculate Conception (Immacolata Concezione) on Tuesday 8 December 2026.

Before visiting the Italian consulate general in Benghazi

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

Near the Italian consulate general in Benghazi

Within 1 km of the Italian consulate general in Benghazi there is one other foreign mission.