The Honorary Consulate of Italy does not issues visa but acts in support of the General Consulate of Italy in Los Angeles, CA, by allowing Arizona residents to submit their application to the Visa Department of the General Consulate of Italy in Los Angeles, CA after they visit this office for the purpose of authenticating the applicant’s signature on the application form and verifying that the pictures submitted with the visa application corresponds to the signer. As Honorary Consulate, we do not discuss the merits of your application nor we can provide guidance or legal advice. We do not mail the application on your behalf: you will do it again after you visit our office and the only type of method allowed is USPS Priority Express [the envelopes are white and blue]. You avoid a trip to LA; the Consulate in LA can process more applications and everybody wins (as long as you are diligent in preparing your application).

Please consult the website of the Consulate General of Italy in Los Angeles, CA and more specifically of its Visa Department for requirements and forms. If you do not know whether you need a visa to enter Italy and/or the Shengen area, please consult this web site:https://vistoperitalia.esteri.it/home/en

We kindly invite you to read them in detail and follow them point-by-point. Please do not contact us requesting a legal consultation on whether you should apply for a visa, which type, or for specific guidance or on how to prepare a visa application because that type of service is beyond the scope of services carried out by this Italian Honorary Consulate. If you need that type of service, please know that the Consulate General of Italy in Los Angeles has a list all the attorneys known to the Consulate who provide professional legal services also available through this link: https://conslosangeles.esteri.it/it/servizi-consolari-e-visti/servizi-per-il-cittadino-italiano/altri-servizi/albo-consolare/legali-di-riferimento-lawyers-reference-list/

The only type of visas that this Honorary Consulate is authorized to accept are:

1) Student Visa (residents of Arizona only);

2) Shengen Visa for applicants who have received a similar Shengen visa in the past 3 years for residents of Arizona. Note: even if this prior condition is met, it is nonetheless always possible that the Visa Department may require your personal presence before its offices in Los Angeles.).

The procedure is as follows: Make an appointment through our website [appointment page]. At your appointment, please be sure to bring your typewritten visa application form complete in all its part (except for your signature, because you will sign it before the Honorary Consul) along with the following:

  1. Proof of residence in Arizona (i.e. a valid AZ driver’s license);
  2. The document called “Guidelines for visa applicants”, to be signed and taken a picture of of it before the Honorary Consul [PDF];
  3. Disclaimer signed and dated [PDF];
  4. Consular policies explanatory document, to be signed before the Honorary Consul;
  5. Valid passport in original;
  6. Appropriate consular fee (be careful because they change every 3 months) which you can pay by money order payable to the “Consulate General of Italy – Los Angeles” (the consular fees table is available on this website). Make sure to indicate your full name and the type of visa requested on it;
  7. All needed supporting documents as listed by the Consulate General of Italy in Los Angeles ;
  8. Two exact copies of your entire application (one considered as “original” and one considered as a “copy” both to be mailed to the Visa Department);
  9. 2 USPS Priority Express envelopes (blue color): 1 addressed to the Consulate General of Italy in Los Angeles (see address below, 1 pre-stamped and self-addressed for the return of your US passport back to you [translation: from you to you];
  10. Authorization to mail you back your US passport with your visa [PDF].

Once you will sign your application before the Italian Honorary Consul in Arizona, it is your duty to mail your own application as soon as possible to the Consulate General of Italy in Los Angeles at this address:

Consulate General of Italy
Visa Department
12424 Wilshire Blvd., Suite # 1400
Los Angeles, CA 90025

Processing time may vary depending on how busy the Visa Office within the General Consulate of Italy in Los Angeles is. This Honorary Consulate declines any responsibility concerning the processing time and, since we are not the authority processing visa, please be aware that we do not return calls or email requesting updated on your individual applications.

Above all, we thank you for choosing Italy as your destination and wish you a pleasant stay in Italy!