Italian Consulate General in Jeddah

Consulate General Italy Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Address: 6536 Prince Faisal Bin Fahd, Ash Shati, Jeddah 23613, Gedda
Phone: +966126421451
+966126421452
Email: consolato.gedda@esteri.it
Website: consgedda.esteri.it

No opening hours on record. Most missions receive visitors by appointment only.

The exact position is not on record yet: the map shows the town.

Head of mission: Bocchi Marco

Sources: Foreign ministry of Italy: list of missions abroad · Record last updated on 25 October 2026

At 6536 Prince Faisal Bin Fahd, Ash Shati, Jeddah 23613, Gedda, the Italian consulate general in Jeddah serves Italian citizens and visitors; Italy’s embassy is in Riyadh. Italy requires Saudi citizens to hold a visa issued in advance.

Opening hours

No opening hours on record. Most missions receive visitors by appointment only.

Upcoming closures

Public holidays in Italy

8Dec

Immaculate Conception

Tuesday
25Dec

Christmas Day

Friday

Italy visa for Saudi citizens

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Italy requires Saudi citizens to hold a visa issued in advance. Whether the Italian consulate general in Jeddah takes applications itself or through a visa centre is set out on its official website.

Visa statistics

Year	Applications	Visas issued	Refused	Refusal rate	Multiple-entry share
2023	21,739	20,876	863	4.0%	99.8%
2024	22,412	21,580	776	3.5%	99.9%
2025	20,676	20,107	569	2.8%	98.1%

Italy’s visa offices in Saudi Arabia, 2025

Visa office	Applications	Refusal rate
Riyadh	62,513	2.3%
Jeddah (this office)	20,676	2.8%

2025 figures: 20,676 short-stay Schengen visa applications were lodged at Italy’s consulate general in Jeddah, and 20,107 visas were issued. 569 applications were refused, a refusal rate of 2.8%. That is barely different from 2024 (3.5%). Applications fell by 8% compared with 2024 (22,412).

Over 2023–2025 the rate ranged from 2.8% (2025) to 4.0% (2023).

Italy issues Schengen visas at 2 locations in Saudi Arabia; this office handled 25% of their 83,189 applications in 2025. Refusal rates elsewhere: Riyadh 2.3%, which makes Jeddah the highest 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 Saudi Arabia, 5.2% of applications were refused in 2025; Italy’s rate worldwide was 10.8%. Italy received the 2nd largest number of applications of the 20 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 Saudi Arabia.

Source: European Commission, Directorate-General for Migration and Home Affairs, visa statistics for consulates 2023–2025 (© European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0). Short-stay (type C) visas. How these figures are made

Italy’s other missions in Saudi Arabia

Embassy of Italy in Riyadh
Embassy · Riyadh

3639 Amr Aldamri St, Riyadh

The Italian embassy is in Riyadh. Besides the Italian consulate general in Jeddah, Italy has 1 other mission in Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia in turn has an embassy in Rome.

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About the Italian consulate general in Jeddah

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

Address and contact

Address: 6536 Prince Faisal Bin Fahd, Ash Shati, Jeddah 23613, Gedda. The record for the Italian consulate general in Jeddah 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.