Italian Embassy in Rabat

Moroccan citizens must obtain a visa before travelling to Italy. Whether the Italian embassy in Rabat takes applications itself or through a visa centre is set out on its official website.

In 2025, Italy’s embassy in Rabat received 1,832 applications for short-stay Schengen visas and issued 1,670. 162 applications were refused, a refusal rate of 8.8%. In 2024 it had been 13.2%: the rate fell by 4.4 points. Applications fell by 35% compared with 2024 (2,801).

Over 2023–2025 the rate ranged from 8.8% (2025) to 17.2% (2023).

Italy issues Schengen visas at 2 locations in Morocco; this office handled 23% of their 7,995 applications in 2025. Refusal rates elsewhere: Casablanca 37.4%, which makes Rabat 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 Morocco, 19.2% of applications were refused in 2025; Italy’s rate worldwide was 10.8%. Italy received the 6th largest number of applications of the 19 Schengen states represented here.

Multiple-entry visas made up 57.1% of those issued. The statistics count applications, not people, and include every nationality that applies here, not only citizens of Morocco.

The Italian embassy in Rabat is one of 5 missions of Italy in Morocco. Consulates: Casablanca. Honorary consulates: Marrakesh, Fes and Agadir. Morocco in turn has 6 missions in Italy, its embassy being in Rome.

About the Italian embassy in Rabat

It appears in official lists as Embassy of Italy in Rabat. It is headed by Salzano Pasquale, according to the records.

Address and contact

Address: 2, Zankat Idriss Al Ahzar, Rabat. The record for the Italian embassy in Rabat 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 Morocco

Italian citizens can visit Morocco without a visa for up to 90 days.

When the Italian embassy in Rabat is closed

The next closures of the Italian embassy in Rabat for public holidays in Morocco are Independence Day (Eid Al Istiqulal) on Wednesday 18 November 2026 and New Year's Day (Ras l' âm) on Friday 1 January 2027; it may also close for Immaculate Conception (Immacolata Concezione) on Tuesday 8 December 2026.

Before visiting the Italian embassy in Rabat

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