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The Office

The Embassy of Italy in Sri Lanka is located at Jawatta Road 55, Colombo 5 (Sri Lanka).

Embassy offices observe the following public opening hours:

The Visa Section is open to the public only for the family members category of EU citizens from Monday to Friday from 09:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
The Consular Section is open to the public: Monday through Thursday from 09:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

 

Local Time
Srilankan local time differs from Italian local time of +3.30 hours during DST (daylight saving time) and +4.30 during standard time.

 

Holidays

For the year 2024 the Embassy Offices will be closed on the following days, in observance of certain Italian and Sri Lankan public holidays:

1 January, Monday, New Year’s Day
15 January, Monday, Tamil Thai Pongal Day
25 January, Thursday, Duruthu Full Moon Poya Day
04 February, Sunday, Sri Lanka National Day
01 April, Monday, Angel Monday
13 April, Saturday, Sinhala and Tamil New Year’s Day
1 May, Wednesday, Labour Day
24 May, Friday, Vesak Full Moon Poya Day
2 June, Sunday, Italian Republic Day
25 December, Wednesday, Christmas
26 December, Thursday, St. Stephen’s Day

 

Access to the consular office

In order to improve the service, we are glad to announce that starting from 21/10/2022 a new online system for booking appointments for consular services is available at this link https://prenotami.esteri.it/. Access to consular offices is now therefore possible – except for the request of issuance of Emergency travel documents (ETD), which will remain on a walk-in basis – only by appointment. In case of emergency or urgency, for Italian citizens it is always possible to show up at the Embassy without appointment (Monday to Thursday 9.30-12.30 am).

Once logged in the system, it will be possible to select the category of service requested (passport renewal, civil status and registry, notary deeds, pensions) and the desired date and time. For all categories of services not explicitly mentioned in the drop-down menu (except for legalizations, which will continue to be handled by Forsiter), please select the item “all other consular services”.

Please pay special attention to the booked appointment category. In the event of an error during the booking process, it will be necessary to cancel the appointment and make a new booking. New online appointment slots will be opened on a weekly or monthly basis. If no appointment slots are available at a given time, we recommend that you wait a few days and then try again.
For all issues related to visas, please consult the dedicated website page.

IMPORTANT: Please note that for legalization services it will continue to be necessary to book an appointment at the outsourcer Forsiter and NOT at the Embassy.