Entering by boat: Italy
What to do to enter Italy by sea: the procedures, the papers to present and the ports where you can clear in.
Check with the authorities before you leave (last checked on 28 October 2026).
The steps
- Coming from a non-Schengen country, choose a border-post port.
- Q flag; report to border police with passports and crew list.
- See customs if you have goods to declare.
Papers to have on board
- Passports for the whole crew
- Visas, if your nationality requires them
- Crew list
- Boat papers (registration certificate)
Good to know
- Arriving from a non-Schengen country (Tunisia, Albania, Montenegro…), enter through one of the 113 official sea border posts for passport checks.
- EES (fingerprints and photo of non-EU travellers) fully running since 10 April 2026.
- ETIAS expected end of 2026, date not confirmed.
- Detailed yacht procedure not checked on an official Italian source: ask the marina or the Capitaneria.
Ports of entry
The ports where you can clear in, and the services available there.
- AlassioImmigrationHarbour office
- AnconaImmigrationHarbour office
- Anzio - NettunoImmigrationHarbour office
- BacoliImmigrationHarbour office
- BariImmigrationHarbour office
- BarlettaImmigrationHarbour office
- BrindisiImmigrationHarbour office
- CaorleImmigrationHarbour office
- Castellammare di StabiaImmigrationHarbour office
- ChioggiaImmigrationHarbour office
- CivitavecchiaImmigrationHarbour office
- CrotoneImmigrationHarbour office
- Duino AurisinaImmigrationHarbour office
- Finale LigureImmigrationHarbour office
- FiumicinoImmigrationHarbour office
- FormiaImmigrationHarbour office
- GaetaImmigrationHarbour office
- GallipoliImmigrationHarbour office
- GenovaImmigrationHarbour office
- Gioia TauroImmigrationHarbour office
- GiulianovaImmigrationHarbour office
- GradoImmigrationHarbour office
- La SpeziaImmigrationHarbour office
- LericiImmigrationHarbour office
- LevantoImmigrationHarbour office
- Lignano SabbiadoroImmigrationHarbour office
- LivornoImmigrationHarbour office
- LoanoImmigrationHarbour office
- ManfredoniaImmigrationHarbour office
- Marina di CarraraImmigrationHarbour office
- MolfettaImmigrationHarbour office
- MonopoliImmigrationHarbour office
- MuggiaImmigrationHarbour office
- NapoliImmigrationHarbour office
- Oneglia (Imperia)ImmigrationHarbour office
- OrtonaImmigrationHarbour office
- OstiaImmigrationHarbour office
- OtrantoImmigrationHarbour office
- PesaroImmigrationHarbour office
- PescaraImmigrationHarbour office
- PiombinoImmigrationHarbour office
- Porto NogaroImmigrationHarbour office
- Porto VenereImmigrationHarbour office
- PortofinoImmigrationHarbour office
- PozzuoliImmigrationHarbour office
- RapalloImmigrationHarbour office
- RavennaImmigrationHarbour office
- Reggio di CalabriaImmigrationHarbour office
- RiminiImmigrationHarbour office
- Ronchi dei Legionari – MonfalconeImmigrationHarbour office
- SalernoImmigrationHarbour office
- San Benedetto del TrontoImmigrationHarbour office
- SanremoImmigrationHarbour office
- Santa Margherita LigureImmigrationHarbour office
- Santa Maria di LeucaImmigrationHarbour office
- SavonaImmigrationHarbour office
- SorrentoImmigrationHarbour office
- TarantoImmigrationHarbour office
- TermoliImmigrationHarbour office
- TerracinaImmigrationHarbour office
- Torre AnnunziataImmigrationHarbour office
- TraniImmigrationHarbour office
- TriesteImmigrationHarbour office
- VarazzeImmigrationHarbour office
- VastoImmigrationHarbour office
- VeneziaImmigrationHarbour office
- VentimigliaImmigrationHarbour office
- ViareggioImmigrationHarbour office
- Vibo Valentia MarinaImmigrationHarbour office
Elba
La Maddalena
Lampedusa
Pantelleria
Sardegna
- AlgheroImmigrationHarbour office
- CagliariImmigrationHarbour office
- OlbiaImmigrationHarbour office
- OristanoImmigrationHarbour office
- PalauImmigrationHarbour office
- Porto CervoImmigrationHarbour office
- Porto TorresImmigrationHarbour office
- Santa Teresa di GalluraImmigrationHarbour office
- TortolìImmigrationHarbour office
Sicilia
- AugustaImmigrationHarbour office
- Castellammare del GolfoImmigrationHarbour office
- CataniaImmigrationHarbour office
- GelaImmigrationHarbour office
- LicataImmigrationHarbour office
- MarsalaImmigrationHarbour office
- Mazara del ValloImmigrationHarbour office
- MessinaImmigrationHarbour office
- MilazzoImmigrationHarbour office
- PalermoImmigrationHarbour office
- Porto EmpedocleImmigrationHarbour office
- PozzalloImmigrationHarbour office
- RipostoImmigrationHarbour office
- SiracusaImmigrationHarbour office
- TaorminaImmigrationHarbour office
- Termini ImereseImmigrationHarbour office
- TrapaniImmigrationHarbour office
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- udiregelverk.no/contentassets/dfbab8a5bbc7469e9502b46067658598/sphbg_annex04_2026.07.03.pdf
- noonsite.com/news/europe-eu-confirms-october-12-start-date-for-new-entry-exit-system/
This information is gathered from public sources and sailors’ experience. It does not replace the country’s authorities, whose word is final: check before you leave.