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Holy See (Vatican City State)

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Entry rule

Visa, stay set by the visa

Before you travel: you need a visa from an embassy or consulate.

How long you may stay is set by your visa.

Entry rule for 12 September 2026 Source checked 29 August 2026
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Entry and stay only. What this covers

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Official wording

Nationals of third countries listed in Annex I shall be required to be in possession of a visa when crossing the external borders of the Member States.

Aevamo’s reading

Legge N. CXXXI is the instrument that creates the Vatican access regime: art. 9(1) requires non-citizen non-residents to hold a Governatorato permit to enter the parts of Vatican territory where free access is not permitted, and thereby grants free access to the remaining parts. The EU visa regulation is the transit regime through which the enclave is reached, not the regime of the Vatican itself.

Article 3(1) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1806 requires nationals listed in Annex I - the nationalities of most of these issuers - to hold a visa when crossing the Schengen external border; since the Vatican is an enclave reachable only through Italian (Schengen) territory, a traveller holding one of these travel documents must obtain that visa before reaching the Vatican.

Source details

Source checked
29 August 2026
Data snapshot
10 September 2026
Publisher
REGULATION (EU) 2018/1806 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 14 November 2018 listing the third countries whose nationals must be in possession of visas when crossing the external borders and those whose nationals are exempt from that requirement
Reference ID
eu-visa-reg-consolidated
How the documents behind this regime are dated

Decree N. DCCX: 19 dicembre 2024, in force immediately (art. 10). EU regulation: original 14 November 2018, consolidated 13 October 2024 (with Vanuatu moved to Annex I by Regulation (EU) 2025/11). EUR-Lex visa-waiver record: DATE OF ENTRY INTO FORCE table as served.

What this answer covers Limits & assumptions

Work and residence rights are separate from this check. This is the entry rule and the length of stay the instrument grants. It is not a decision about you: the officer at the border decides admission, and we do not evaluate the purpose of your trip, your passport's remaining validity, an onward ticket, funds, insurance or health requirements.

Informational planning, not legal or immigration advice. The source is linked so you can check our reading.