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Free movement — just bring your passport or national ID card

Luxembourgish citizens can enter Italy with a valid passport or national ID card; no visa, ETIAS or EES registration applies.

Your circumstances

Passport:
🇱🇺 Luxembourgish
Lives in:
Not specified (general rule)
Going to:
🇮🇹 Italy
Purpose:
Holiday

EU / EEA / Swiss free movement

Luxembourgish citizens can enter Italy with a valid passport or national ID card; no visa, ETIAS or EES registration applies.

  • Carry a valid passport or national identity card.
  • EES and ETIAS do not apply to EU, EEA and Swiss citizens.
  • For stays longer than 3 months, register with the local authorities if required.

Official source: eur-lex.europa.eu · home-affairs.ec.europa.eu · travel-europe.europa.eu · Last checked 4 Oct 2026

Business, work or just passing through?

The rules above are for a holiday: tourism and visiting family and friends. Business visits, paid work and transit are covered separately below.

Business visits to Italy

Not verified yet (not yet covered). We haven't verified the business rules for Luxembourgish passport holders, and we don't publish rules we haven't checked against an official source. A rule that is awaiting verification or not yet covered is not a negative visa decision: it only means we haven't confirmed it on an official source yet. Until then, see vistoperitalia.esteri.it.

Working in Italy

Free movement

EU free movement: no work permit needed

As an EU citizen (or Swiss national under the EU–Switzerland agreement) you can generally work here without a work permit. Registration rules for longer stays still apply.

Source: Your Europe (European Union) – Work permits (europa.eu).

What the source says

"As an EU national you generally don't need a work permit to work anywhere in the EU ." … "Under the EU-Switzerland agreement on the free movement of persons, Swiss nationals are free to live and work in the EU." … "Although these countries are not members of the EU, their nationals can work in the EU on the same footing as EU nationals, since they belong to the European Economic Area." (https://employment-social-affairs.ec.europa.eu/policies-and-activities/moving-working-europe/working-another-eu-country/non-eu-nationals_en)

Other work routes in Italy (not needed if the right above applies to you)

These are the main routes and what they require. Whether you qualify depends on your circumstances; the official page decides.

Employment within the annual quotas (nulla osta – "decreto flussi")

For: Non-EU nationals living abroad hired by an employer in Italy for fixed-term, permanent or seasonal work

  • Employer requests the work authorisation (nulla osta) online from the Sportello Unico per l'Immigrazione of the province where the work is done
  • Hire must fit within the annual quotas: for 2026, 76,200 non-seasonal and 88,000 seasonal employment entries
  • Applications are sent on fixed "click days" after pre-filling on the Interior Ministry portal

Source: Ministero dell'Interno – Sportello unico per l'immigrazione; Integrazionemigranti.gov.it – Flussi 2026 (libertaciviliimmigrazione.dlci.interno.gov.it).

What the source says

"il rilascio di nulla osta all’assunzione per lavoro subordinato, determinato o indeterminato e stagionale di cittadini stranieri non comunitari residenti all'estero, nell'ambito delle quote previste dal 'decreto-flussi'" … "Il datore di lavoro, attraverso la procedura telematica disponibile sul sito del Ministero dell’Interno, chiede il nulla osta allo Sportello Unico della provincia nella quale si deve svolgere l'attività lavorativa." … "Per l’anno 2026 sono stati autorizzati 76.200 ingressi per lavoro subordinato non stagionale , 650 ingressi per lavoro autonomo e 88.000 ingressi per lavoro subordinato stagionale ." (https://integrazionemigranti.gov.it/it-it/Dettaglio-approfondimento/id/64/Flussi-2026) … "La precompilazione dei moduli è indispensabile per poter inviare le domande nei giorni dei click days." (https://integrazionemigranti.gov.it/it-it/Dettaglio-approfondimento/id/64/Flussi-2026)

EU Blue Card

For: Highly qualified non-EU employees

  • Work contract or binding job offer for highly qualified employment of at least 6 months
  • Salary at or above the national EU Blue Card threshold (see the official page)
  • Higher professional qualifications (or national requirements for regulated professions)
  • Italy applies a labour market test (employer must first look for local/EU workers).
Processing
Up to 90 days (maximum in national law)

Source: European Commission – EU Immigration Portal: EU Blue Card in Italy (page dated 1 April 2025) (home-affairs.ec.europa.eu).

What the source says

"have a valid work contract or binding job offer for highly qualified employment" … "meet the minimum salary threshold in the Member State concerned" … "present documents proving that the relevant higher professional qualifications are met" … "with a duration of at least 6 months" … "Italy applies a labour market test." … "maximum processing time for issuing an EU Blue Card in Italy is 90 days."

Checked 16 Oct 2026. Overview: Ministero dell'Interno – Ingresso stranieri in Italia. Requirements, fees and thresholds change; confirm on the official page before applying.

Transit through Italy

Option 1
Visa-freeAirport transit (changing flights in Italy)

Airside transit: no airport transit visa needed; leaving the transit area needs normal Schengen entry

Unless your nationality is on the EU common airport-transit-visa list or Italy's national list (those passports have their own rule here), you don't need an airport transit visa to change planes in the international transit area of an airport in Italy. If you have to pass through border control (e.g. to collect bags, change airport or terminal outside the transit area, or your onward flight is to another Schengen country), you are entering the Schengen area and the normal entry rules for your passport apply - see the holiday section.

Conditions

  • Stay in the airport's international transit area (do not pass border control).
  • Flights to or from another Schengen country count as entering the Schengen area: normal entry rules for your passport apply.
  • Hold the documents required for your final destination; your airline may check them.
Government fee
Fee not officially published
Processing
Not verified yet
Validity
Not verified yet
Max stay
Not verified yet
Steps, documents & where to apply

How to apply

Steps not verified yet — follow the official source below.

Documents checklist

Document list not verified yet — check the official source.

✓ Checked on the live official page

Official wording

“Italian MFA (esteri.it): 'The nationals of the following countries are subject to the requirement of an Airport Transit Visa (ATV) for Italy: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Democratic Republic of Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Iran, Iraq, Nigeria, Pakistan, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Senegal, Syria, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan.' (Article 3 of EC Regulation No. 810/2009)”

Before you go to Italy

Cash you can bring in and take out

Bringing cash in
Declare cash of EUR 10,000 or more (or equivalent) when arriving from outside the EU.
Taking cash out
Declare cash of EUR 10,000 or more (or equivalent) when leaving to a country outside the EU.

Official source: taxation-customs.ec.europa.eu · Last checked 4 Oct 2026 · Details

Common tourist traps

  1. Distraction pickpocketing

    How it works: Thieves use distraction to take bags and wallets in city centres and at major sights.

    How to avoid it: Keep sight of your things and do not carry all valuables together; leave spares in the hotel safe.

  2. Fake car trouble

    How it works: Someone asks for help or directions or points out a "fault" with your car to get you to stop, then steals from it; parked cars are broken into everywhere.

    How to avoid it: Do not leave luggage in the car, even in the boot, and be wary of people trying to stop you.

  3. Drink spiking

    How it works: Drinks are spiked and victims robbed or assaulted; Italian measures are also stronger.

    How to avoid it: Do not take drinks from strangers or leave yours alone.

All 6 traps for Italy →

Emergency numbers in Italy

Other traps paraphrased from official travel advice: gov.uk · FCDO page updated 2 Oct 2026 · Last checked 4 Oct 2026.