No visa needed

Do citizens of Tuvalu need a visa for Italy?

Citizens of Tuvalu don’t need a visa for Italy and can stay up to 90 days. You need a valid passport; border officers may ask for a return ticket and accommodation. For a longer stay you need a visa or an extension.

For citizens of Tuvalu: the passport opens 83 countries visa-free; Funafuti — Rome: ≈ 16,080 km, about 20.5 hours of flying.

Checked by visa analyst Albert Brown, 13 years of experience · September 26, 2026

At a glance

No visa needed

Stay: 90 days

Can I travel to Italy without a visa on a Tuvalu passport?

Yes, citizens of Tuvalu don’t need a visa for Italy for up to 90 days. A valid passport is enough.

Italy visa rules at a glance

With a Tuvalu passport you can visit 83 countries visa-free, 27 with a visa on arrival and 48 with an e-visa; 40 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Tuvalu passport ranks 74th of 199.
Tuvalu passport: visa-free access to 83 countries; Italy passport: 122.
Citizens of Tuvalu and Italy can travel together visa-free to 79 countries, for example: Fiji, Kiribati, Vanuatu, Micronesia, Philippines, Taiwan, South Korea, Singapore, Malaysia, Guatemala, El Salvador, Belize, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica.
Citizens of Italy, in turn, don’t need a visa for Tuvalu. Tuvalu visa for citizens of Italy

Travelling to Italy: good to know

Funafuti — Rome: about 16,080 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 20.5 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: −10 hours.
Local time: Funafuti 12:00 — Rome 02:00.
Local currency: Euro.
Languages: Italian.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ €0.88.
Italy is the 159th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Tuvalu.