Marrying and Sponsoring an Italian Citizen

• Located in Southern Europe, it is a peninsula extending into the Mediterranean Sea
• The weather is typically Mediterranean , Alpine weather in the North, hot and dry in the South
• Hazards in Italy include landslides, mud-flows, avalanches, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, flooding  in Venice

 

Marriage to an Italian Citizen

Every country has its own laws that apply to its citizens marrying a person from a different country. Getting married to an Italian citizen with the goal of eventually bringing them to Canada to live is a process with many steps.

If you want to bring your Italian spouse or partner to live in Canada, you must then file a sponsorship application for them to become a permanent resident. If they would like to visit you in Canada while their application is in process, they must also apply for an Electronic Travel Authorization (eTA). For more information, please see our family sponsorship page and our eTA article.

 

Italian Marriage Basic Requirements

To enter Italy:

• You need proof of where to reside during the stay in Italy
• You must have a passport
• You need to provide proof of a source of income to sustain your stay
• You need medical insurance
• You need a letter stating reason for visit, marriage
• You need a police report showing no record of conviction
• You will receive an official stamp on the passport at the airport declaring presence in Italy

In order to marry a citizen of Italy, you must demonstrate to the Italian government that you are eligible to do so. This includes:

• Proof of country of birth
• Proof of single status
• Proof of age requirement

 

Family Members

If your Italian spouse has dependent children, this does not affect the Italian Marriage document application.

If you have dependent children, they have no effect on the application to marry an Italian citizen.

 

List of Italian Consulates in Canada

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Calling Italy from Canada

The country code for Italy is 39.

Dial 011 – 39 – area code – local number.

Area Codes for major centres in Italy (landlines only)

Alessandria	0131	Genoa	010	Prato	0574
Ancona	071	Giugliano	081	Ravenna	0544
Andria	0883	La Spezia	0187	Rimini	0541
Arezzo	0575	Latina	0773	Reggio Calabria	0965
Bari	080	Lecce	0832	Reggio Emilia	0522
Barletta	0883	Livorno	0586	Rome	06
Bergamo	035	Messina	090	Salerno	089
Bologna	051	Milan	02	Sassari	079
Bolzano	0471	Modena	059	Siracusa	0931
Brescia	030	Monza	039	Taranto	099
Cagliari	070	Napoli	081	Terni	0744
Catania	095	Novara	0321	Torino	011
Catanzaro	0961	Padova	049	Trento	0461
Cesena	0547	Palermo	091	Trieste	040
Ferrara	0532	Parma	0521	Udine	0432
Florence	055	Perugia	075	Venice	041
Foggia	0881	Pesaro	0721	Verona	045
Forli	0543	Pescara	085	Vicenza	0444

Cells

Cellular numbers have three-digit prefixes beginning with “3”.

 

Calling Canada from Italy

Dial 00 – 1 – area code – local number

Area Codes of Canada

Province	Code	Province	Code
Alberta	403 / 587 (southern Alberta) 587 / 780 (central and northern Alberta)	Nunavut	867
BC	236 / 250 / 778 (majority of BC) 236 / 604 / 778 (Metro Vancouver)	Ontario	226 / 519 (southwestern Ontario) 249 / 705 (northeastern Ontario) 289 / 365 / 905 (Greater Toronto Area) 343 / 613 (eastern Ontario) 416 / 647 (Toronto) 807 (northwestern Ontario)
Manitoba	204 / 431	PEI	782 / 902
New  Brunswick	506	Quebec	418 / 581 (eastern Quebec) 438 / 514 (Montreal) 450 / 579 (Greater Montreal) 819 / 873 (remainder of Quebec)
Newfoundland and Labrador	709	Saskatchewan	306 / 639
Northwest Territories	867	Yukon	867
Nova Scotia	782 / 902

 

Time Difference

Italy is on Central European Time (GMT+1). Italy observes Daylight Saving Time but Europe and North American observe slightly different start and end dates to DST, so there are a few weeks each year – in March and October – when there the time difference is 1 hour less. In Saskatchewan during the summer, the time difference is one hour greater because Saskatchewan does not participate in DST.

Canadian Time Zone	# of Hours Italy is Ahead
Pacific (BC, Yukon)	9 hours
Mountain (Alberta, western Nunvaut, Lloydminster, Saskatchewan)	8 hours
Central (Manitoba, Northwest Territories, central Nunavut, northwestern Ontario, Saskatchewan*)	7 hours
Eastern (most of Ontario, most of Quebec)	6 hours
Atlantic (Labrador, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, PEI, eastern Quebec)	5 hours
Newfoundland	4.5 hours

 

Emergency Contact Information for Canadians in Italy

Embassy of Canada in Rome Via Zara 30 Rome 00198 Italy Telephone: 39 06-85444-2911 Fax: 39 06-85444-2912 E-mail: [email protected] Website: italy.gc.ca	View Larger Map
Consulate of Canada in Udine 4 Via Elio Morpurgo 33100 Udine Italy Telephone: 39 0432-229709 Fax: No Fax Email: [email protected] Website: italy.gc.ca Consular District: Friuli Venezia Giuli	View Larger Map
Consulate of Canada in Milan 3 Piazza Cavour, 6th floor 0121 Milan Italy Telephone: 39 02 6269-4238 Fax: 39 2901-3600 E-mail: [email protected] Website: italy.gc.ca	View Larger Map

 

Canadian Government’s Travel Alerts for Italy

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Sponsoring Your Italian Spouse to Canada

The sponsorship process can be time-consuming and difficult. To learn more about it, click the button below:

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