{"id":3547,"date":"2024-06-05T23:36:13","date_gmt":"2024-06-05T15:36:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/conshongkong.esteri.it\/news\/dal_consolato\/2024\/06\/introducing-etias-european-travel-information-and-authorisation-system-to-travellers-from-hong-kong-and-macao-visa-policy-to-italy-remains-unchanged\/"},"modified":"2024-06-21T15:37:58","modified_gmt":"2024-06-21T07:37:58","slug":"introducing-etias-european-travel-information-and-authorisation-system-to-travellers-from-hong-kong-and-macao-visa-policy-to-italy-remains-unchanged","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/conshongkong.esteri.it\/en\/news\/dal_consolato\/2024\/06\/introducing-etias-european-travel-information-and-authorisation-system-to-travellers-from-hong-kong-and-macao-visa-policy-to-italy-remains-unchanged\/","title":{"rendered":"Introducing ETIAS (European Travel Information and Authorisation System) to Travellers from Hong Kong and Macao [Visa policy to Italy remains unchanged]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Starting from mid-2025, visitors to Europe from 60 visa-exempt territories, including Hong Kong and Macao, will be required to obtain a travel authorization called <strong>ETIAS<\/strong> <strong>(European Travel Information and Authorisation System)<\/strong> to enter 30 European countries, including Italy, for stays under 90 days in any 180-day period. Visitors can leave and return to these Countries at any time, as long as this time limit is observed.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Travelers can apply online for ETIAS permit via the <strong>official<\/strong> website <a href=\"https:\/\/travel-europe.europa.eu\/etias_en\">https:\/\/travel-europe.europa.eu\/etias_en<\/a> or the ETIAS mobile application. Once the procedure is completed and approved, applicants will receive ETIAS authorisation number via e-mail.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The travel application and related authorization will be linked to the applicant\u2019s passport and will be <strong>valid for up to 3 years<\/strong> (depending on when the passport expires). If the applicant gets a new passport, a new ETIAS authorization is needed. Passports should be valid for at least 3 months after the intended departure from any ETIAS Country.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Applications will need to be uploaded at least <strong>96 hours before flying<\/strong> to Europe and will cost <strong>7 Euros <\/strong>(approximately 58 HKD\/MOP).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">For people under 18 and over 70 years of age it will be free of charge.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The ETIAS system does not introduce any changes in the visa policy to enter Italy for Hong Kong and Macao passport holders. Hong Kong and Macao passport holders <strong>do not need visa<\/strong> if they travel to Italy for tourism, study and business for stays under 90 days.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Starting from mid-2025, visitors to Europe from 60 visa-exempt territories, including Hong Kong and Macao, will be required to obtain a travel authorization called ETIAS (European Travel Information and Authorisation System) to enter 30 European countries, including Italy, for stays under 90 days in any 180-day period. Visitors can leave and return to these Countries [&hellip;]","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3547","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/conshongkong.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3547","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/conshongkong.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/conshongkong.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/conshongkong.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/conshongkong.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3547"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/conshongkong.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3547\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3591,"href":"https:\/\/conshongkong.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3547\/revisions\/3591"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/conshongkong.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3547"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/conshongkong.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3547"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}