Check with the office. The official pages for this service leave out some details, or are older than a year. Use this page as a starting point and confirm fees and documents before you apply.
A short-validity document for Italian citizens whose passport has been lost or stolen and who must travel urgently. It only allows travel back to Italy or to the country of residence.
Where to apply in Australia
Consulate General of Italy in Sydney (Level 19, 44 Market Street, Sydney NSW), for residents of NSW only (Queanbeyan and Cooma fall under the Embassy in Canberra). Honorary consulates cannot issue it; they only forward applications.
Other Italian posts in Australia (Embassy in Canberra, Consulate-General Melbourne, Consulates in Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth) run their own pages for their own districts; those were not read in this research, so details here describe the Sydney procedure and may differ elsewhere.
Contact details for every office are on the page of the embassy and consulates of Italy.
How to apply
Report the loss or theft to the police | fill in the consulate's passport loss/theft notification form | go to the consulate in person (the Sydney page states no appointment is needed) with photos and your ticket | pay by eftpos or cash
Documents you need
- Identity document or photocopy of the lost passport
- Loss/theft report form
- Two identical front-facing colour photos 3.5 x 4.0 cm taken within six months
- Confirmed booking or ticket for the journey
- Fee
Fees and processing time
- Official fee: not listed on the Sydney page; the tariff says travel documents are issued free except for the cost of the printed form
Processing time: Next working day unless a genuine emergency; not issued on weekends.
Good to know
Two Sydney pages describe the service; one says fee is on the Consular Fees page, the tariff (dated per Law 199/2025) treats travel documents as free apart from the form cost. Exact amount not confirmed.
Official sources
- conssydney.esteri.it/en/servizi-consolari-e-visti/servizi-per-il-ci…
- conssydney.esteri.it/en/?p=3538
- esteri.it/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/tariffa_consolare.pdf
Check before you apply
This page summarises information published by Italy's official channels, last checked on 24 octubre 2026. Fees and requirements can change at short notice, so confirm with the office that will handle your case.
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More services of Italy in Australia
- AIRE registration (Italians resident abroad)
- Birth registration of minor children and citizenship declaration
- Conformity stamp on copies and translations; apostille guidance
- Consular certificates (citizenship, family status, civil status)
- Electronic identity card (CIE)
- Italian citizenship by descent (adults)
- Italian citizenship by marriage or civil partnership
- Italian passport (adults and minors)
- National (long-stay) visa for Italy
- Notarial acts and powers of attorney
- Reacquisition of Italian citizenship
- Registration of a death (Italian citizen died in Australia)
- Registration of marriage, divorce and other civil status changes
- Renunciation of Italian citizenship
- Repatriation of human remains or ashes to Italy
- Schengen (short-stay) visa for Italy
- Voting from abroad (Italian elections and referendums)