Passports and ETDs
Passports
You can renew your passport if you are registered in the Anagrafe degli Italiani Residenti all’Estero (AIRE) in the consular district of Dar es Salaam and your last passport was issued by the Consular Office in Dar es Salaam.
If your last passport was issued by another organization (check page 4 of the passport), before issuing your issue your travel document, the Embassy will have to request specific authorization and proxy for the issue of the passport from the Italian Questura or the Embassy or Consulate of the place where it was issued. It is requested therefore to send in advance by e-mail to cons.dar@esteri.it a scan of the completed application form, of the passport (only page 2 with personal data and page 4 with personal data and page 4 with the specification of the issuing authority), the Tanzanian residence visa, in order to apply for the necessary Nulla Osta.
Before starting the passport application procedure, make sure that your address and marital status are up to date at the Embassy. All the documents required for the issuance of a new passport (birth certificates, marriage certificates, any divorce decrees and name and/or surname change orders) must already have been acquired by the Embassy. For information on updating your civil status, please consult this page.
If you are not resident in Tanzania or are not registered with AIRE and need to return to Italy urgently, the Embassy can issue you with an Emergency Travel Document. See the section on Emergency Travel Document (ETD) below.
The procedure for issuing a passport is described in detail on the
following pages:
Attention! Italian minors
under 14 years of age in order to travel must have a passport as an individual identification document and be accompanied by at least one parent or guardian. If they have to travel alone or entrusted to a person other than their parents or to an organization or transport company, they must request a ‘Declaration of accompaniment’ from the Embassy. Read here https://ambdaressalaam.esteri.it/it/servizi-consolari-e-visti/servizi-per-il-cittadino-italiano/dichiarazione-di-accompagnamento/ the procedure for obtaining the accompanying declaration.
ETD (Emergency Travel Document)
If you are not a Tanzanian resident and you have lost your passport or it has been stolen, first check whether your passport has been handed in to the Embassy. You can contact us by email at cons.dar@esteri.it, or by calling +255809 222115935/6 stating your full personal details, municipality of residence in Italy and if possible, your passport details, your stolen or lost passport details (passport number, date of issue and passport number, date of issue and issuing authority).
If you have checked with the Embassy that your passport has not been found by the Tanzanian authorities and handed over to the Embassy, you can request an appointment for the issue of an ETD (Emergency Travel Document), a travel document valid for re-entry into Italy or the EU Member State where you reside, by sending an email to cons.dar@esteri.it specifying your Municipality of residence.
When you come to the Embassy, bring with you the report of passport theft made at the local Police Authority Police;
2 recent, frontal, identical, colour photographs, on a white background (3.5×4.5 cm);
airplane ticket for your return to Italy (or to the EU Member State of residence);
copy of the lost/stolen document if available;
where possible, other documents proving your identity;
cash for payment in Tsh (check here the consular rate).
Passport for adults
Procedure
for passport application
If you are registered with AIRE, your marital status
is up to date and your last passport was issued by this
Consular Office, you can book an appointment at https://prenotami.esteri.it/.
If your last passport was issued by another authority (check page 4 of the passport), before issuing your passport the Embassy will have to request specific authorizations and authorization to issue the passport from the Italian Questura or the Embassy or Consulate of the place where it was issued. It is therefore requested to send in advance by e-mail to cons.dar@esteri.it a scan of the completed application form, the passport (only page 2 with personal data and page 4 with the specification of the issuing authority) and the Tanzanian residence visa, in order to request the necessary clearance.
On the day of the appointment you must present yourself at the Embassy with the following documentation:
The application form for the issuance of the new passport duly completed;
A photograph in the format commonly available at the passport machines, with a white background, conforming to ICAO international standards (see example.
Not will not be accepted photos taken with a smartphone or photos that do not corresponding to the applicant’s current appearance.
expiring or expired passport;
the corresponding passport if you have other citizenships;
the cash sum in Tanzania Shillings corresponding to 309,000.00Tsh (see consular rates).
In case of loss/stolen passport, you will need a copy of the lost/stolen report made to the local authorities. You can file a report of loss report at any Tanzanian police station, and you will receive a declaration of theft/loss. Keep the document you receive in a safe place to show it when you go to the Embassy when applying for your new passport.
If you are NOT a Tanzanian resident or are NOT registered with AIRE, the Consular Office may issue an ETD (Emergency Travel Document) to allow re-entry into Italy or the EU Member State of residence.
For further information you can call the
number: 022 2115935/6 or send an email to cons.dar@esteri.it
Useful information
If your passport is expiring or has already expired, you can ask the Embassy to issue a new passport. You can do this no earlier than six months after the date of expiry of the passport you are in your possession.
If your passport book is damaged, illegible, or no longer has blank pages, you may contact the Embassy to check how to proceed in order to obtain a new passport before the natural expiry date of the one you hold.
If you are planning to travel to a country that requires your passport to have a residual validity of at least six months for entry, it is advisable, in order to avoid unpleasant surprises at the airport on departures or arrivals, to make arrangements in advance and apply for a new passport.
In general, once you have obtained your new passport, you will not have to notify the Tanzanian authorities. However, as a precautionary measure only, we recommend that you take with you on your first
travel outside Tanzanian territory, also your old, cancelled passport with your Tanzanian entry stamp and residence permit.
Regarding your stay in Tanzania we would like to remind you that the Embassy has no competence in the matter of renewing residence permits issued by the Tanzanian government and that it is your responsibility to be in order with the procedures for the renewal of your residence permit.
If you have acquired Italian citizenship in Italy or at another diplomatic/consular representation and you wish to apply for your first passport, it is necessary that you also present us with a document proving the conferment of citizenship (certificate of citizenship/corresponding copy of the swearing-in protocol).