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Invitation letter for a Schengen tourist visa (Italy)

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Italy
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An Italian letter, in Italian, by which someone living in Italy invites a foreign relative or friend and asks the Italian embassy or consulate for a short-stay visa: details of the host and the guest, relationship, dates, address of the accommodation, costs the host covers, and an undertaking to report the hosting within 48 hours. Many consulates publish their own free model, to be preferred where it is required. Sign it and send it to the guest, who files it with the visa application.

  • Made for use in Italy
  • Last updated October 14, 2026

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When to use this document

  • You want your mother from abroad to visit you in Italy and she needs a visa.
  • A friend from outside the EU wants to visit and the consulate wants an invitation from you.
  • Your fiancée is coming for a few weeks and you must show where she will stay.
  • You are looking for a template invitation letter for a tourist visa.

What you fill in

The details the document asks for.

  • Sender
  • Sender's address
  • Sender's codice fiscale (Italian tax code)
  • Italian embassy or consulate (city)
  • Embassy or consulate address
  • City
  • Date
  • Purpose of the visit
  • Person invited
  • Invited person's date of birth
  • Invited person's nationality
  • Invited person's passport number
  • Invited person's home address
  • Relationship to the invited person (e.g. relative, friend)
  • Arrival date
  • Departure date
  • Address of the accommodation in Italy
  • Costs you take on
  • Your place and date of birth
  • Your citizenship
  • Your identity document or residence permit (type and number)

Common questions

Is an invitation letter enough to get a visa for Italy?
No: the embassy or consulate decides, and the guest also files travel medical insurance (at least 30,000 €, valid throughout the Schengen area), a return ticket and proof of means. Many posts publish their own free model invitation or hosting declaration: if the post requires it, use that one. Requirements differ from one post to another: check the page of the competent consulate.
What goes with the invitation letter, and in what language?
A copy of the host’s identity document and, if the host is not an EU citizen, of their residence permit. Posts accept the letter in Italian or English, and many ask that it be no older than six months. If the consulate requires the host to guarantee the costs, the declaration of guarantee is made on the post’s own form, sometimes with a bank guarantee: this letter does not replace it.
What must the host do when the guest arrives in Italy?
Report the hosting in writing to the local public security authority (the Questura or police station, or the municipality where there is no police office) within 48 hours, even if the guest is a relative or stays only a few days (art. 7 of Italian legislative decree 286/1998). Failing to report it risks a fine from 500 € to 3,500 €. DocMuse also has the document for this report.

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