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New Zealand Embassy in Rome

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Overview

The New Zealand Embassy on Via Clitunno carries the widest accreditation of any New Zealand mission in Italy: from one Trieste-quarter address, Wellington covers Italy plus nine more states — Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Cyprus, Greece, North Macedonia, San Marino, Serbia, and Montenegro. Most of south-eastern Europe answers to this one embassy, currently led by Chargé d'affaires Joanna Heslop. The reach works through a web of consulates — Milan for northern Italy, plus posts in Zagreb, Nicosia, and Greece — and through MFAT's Wellington backbone, whose after-hours line serves New Zealanders across the whole ten-state patch.

Visa Services

Italian citizens travel to New Zealand on an NZeTA — the electronic travel authority requested online or by app before flying, paired with the IVL levy — not a visa and never an embassy errand. Visa cases proper (work, study, residence) run through Immigration New Zealand's online systems for residents of Italy and all nine accredited states alike.

Consular Services

New Zealanders across the ten-state patch use the Rome consular section for passports, notarial services, and assistance — Monday to Friday, 09:00-12:30 and 13:30-16:30, on +39 06 853 7501 or NZEmbassy.Rome@mfat.govt.nz. Consulates in Milan, Zagreb, Nicosia, and Greece provide first-line help; after hours, Wellington answers on +64 99 20 20 20.

Service Area

Italy plus Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Cyprus, Greece, North Macedonia, San Marino, Serbia, and Montenegro — MFAT's own 'Accredited to' list, the broadest single-mission mandate on these pages. Consulates operate in Milan, Zagreb, Nicosia, and Greece.

Appointment Information

The embassy at Via Clitunno 44 works Monday to Friday, 09:00-12:30 and 13:30-16:30 — phone +39 06 853 7501, fax +39 06 440 2984, mailbox NZEmbassy.Rome@mfat.govt.nz. After hours, New Zealanders anywhere in the ten-state patch call MFAT's emergency line in Wellington: +64 99 20 20 20.

Special Notes

The old rome@nzembassy.it address still circulates in older directories — the working mailbox is NZEmbassy.Rome@mfat.govt.nz on the ministry's own domain. For residents of the nine accredited states, the practical first stop is often a consulate (Zagreb, Nicosia, or the Greek post) rather than Rome itself.

Frequently asked questions

Do Italians need a visa for New Zealand?

Not a visa — an NZeTA, the electronic travel authority requested online or through the official app before flying, together with the visitor levy. It covers stays up to three months; work, study, and residence run through Immigration New Zealand's online systems.

Which countries does the New Zealand embassy in Rome cover?

Ten in all: Italy plus Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Cyprus, Greece, North Macedonia, San Marino, Serbia, and Montenegro — MFAT's own accreditation list, and the widest single-mission mandate on these pages. Consulates in Milan, Zagreb, Nicosia, and Greece extend the reach.

How does a New Zealander in the Balkans get consular help?

Through Rome — the embassy at Via Clitunno 44 serves the whole ten-state patch (+39 06 853 7501, NZEmbassy.Rome@mfat.govt.nz) — with the Zagreb consulate as the nearer first stop in Croatia and Wellington's after-hours line +64 99 20 20 20 covering emergencies everywhere.

Which email actually reaches the New Zealand embassy in Rome?

NZEmbassy.Rome@mfat.govt.nz — on the foreign ministry's own domain. The rome@nzembassy.it address from older directories belongs to a legacy domain and should not be relied on.

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