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What you need to know

1. 01

   Regime

   Entry rule not confirmed — verify officially

2. 02

   Notes

   The U.S. State Department says Vatican City is a city-state fully within Rome, Italy, with an open border agreement with Italy, so there is no passport control at its border with Rome. The Holy See says the formalities to enter Vatican City are set out in Law N. III of 7 June 1929 on citizenship and residence and in Regulation N. XXXVI of 27 September 1932 for entrance to Vatican City. Vatican City State's Law N. CXXXI of 22 February 2011 on citizenship, residence and access replaces the 1929 law in full. It says that, apart from the part of Vatican territory where access is free, people who are not citizens or residents must obtain a permit issued by the Governorate to enter, and that the permit may be refused for just reasons. No Vatican City or Holy See source we could read states which nationalities need a visa to enter Vatican City.

3. 03

   Passport validity

   The U.S. State Department says there is no passport control at Vatican City's border with Rome. Under the Schengen Borders Code, a third-country national's travel document must be valid for at least three months after the intended date of departure from the territory of the Member States and must have been issued within the previous 10 years.

4. 04

   Proof of funds

   Under the Schengen Borders Code, third-country nationals entering the Schengen Area must have sufficient means of subsistence, both for the duration of the intended stay and for the return to their country of origin or transit to a third country into which they are certain to be admitted, or be in a position to acquire such means lawfully.

5. 05

   Travel insurance

   Under the EU Visa Code, applicants for a Schengen visa must prove that they hold adequate and valid travel medical insurance, with a minimum coverage of EUR 30,000. No official source we could read states an insurance requirement for visa-exempt visitors.