Visa Requirements

Schengen Area

Italy is a member of the European Union and part of the Schengen Area – a block of 27 European countries that comprise the largest border-free area on the planet. Therefore, visitors from other Schengen countries can enter Italy without a VISA. Around 60 countries outside the EU, including the UK, USA, Canada, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, New Zealand and Australia, are also granted VISA-free travel to Italy and other Schengen countries for a maximum of 90 days within any 180 day period. Your passport must be valid for at least three months after your intended departure date, and you may be required to show documentation justifying the reason for your stay and your date of departure. To see if your country is covered, use the questionnaire on the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs website. For further information, please check the European Commission website.

Outside the Schengen Area

Travellers from all other countries require a Schengen VISA to enter Italy (and the wider Schengen area). Such countries include India, Pakistan, China, Egypt, Thailand, the Philippines and Rwanda. If required, VISAs should be applied for at the nearest Italian consulate in your country of origin. Documents needed include a recent passport-size photograph and a passport with an expiry date of at least three months longer than that of the visa requested. The website for your nearest Italian consulate will have details on how to book an appointment and make the application. For the latest information please visit the Ministry of Foreign Affairs website.

Visa Support Letters

The Association for Computing Machinery does not issue formal invitation letters for visas to attend ACM sponsored conferences.
However, ACM is able to provide visa support letters to attendees as well as authors with accepted papers, posters, or members of the conference committee.

To request a visa support letter, please follow the instructions below.

Guideline for Visa Application Form Information

For visa support letters, please complete the following request online: https://supportletters.acm.org/.
Please allow up to 10 business days to receive a letter.
All requests are handled in the order they are received.
The information below should be included with the request:

• Your name as it appears on your passport
• Your current postal mailing address
• The name of the conference you are registering for. Only accepted authors may request a visa support letter prior to registering for the conference.
• Your registration confirmation number
• If you have any papers accepted for the conference, please provide the title and indicate whether you are the “sole author” or a “co-author”
• Authors may indicate their paper title. If no paper, speakers can provide the title of their presentation
• If you are a recipient of ACM, SIG, or Conference funded travel grant, please include this information in your request.

ACM does not provide letters for transport of vendor or presenter equipment. ACM suggests shipping the materials insured to the conference facility.