Can I travel to Italy on UK-issued refugee document? [duplicate]

I want to visit Italy at the end of September as a tourist. I have a refugee travel document, issued by the UK. In older refugee passports there was an additional page mentioning countries where we could go without having a separate visa in consequence of the European Agreement on the Abolition of Visas for Refugees (1959) but on my passport it's not there. Someone told me people are facing problems with it so I would like confirmation:

Do I need to get a Schengen visa? If yes, where can I go in Europe without getting a visa?

Best Answer

Funny enough, I'm looking for the same but for Spain. While doing my searches I found that Italy changed their rules in March 17 to require visa for UK travel documents.

I have received the list from the Schengen customer inquiry as below:

Thank you for your email.

If your travel document is blue and has two golden stripes on it, you do not require a visa to travel to Denmark, Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland, Germany, Greece, Norway, Malta and Portugal.

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Can I travel to Italy with Refugee Travel Document?

However, this does not mean that you can visit every country as you wish, there are only a handful of countries where you can go visa-free (or at all) with refugee travel documents....Refugee Travel Document Visa Free Countries.ArmeniaIcelandPolandCyprusItalyRomaniaCzech RepublicLiechtensteinSlovakiaDenmarkLuxembourgSpainFinlandMaltaSweden4 more rows

Can I travel to Italy from UK with travel document?

Will I need a visa to travel to Italy from the U.K.? If you are a U.K. citizen, you will not need a visa to travel to Italy if you plan on staying for fewer than 90 days, even though Britain left the European Union in 2020, with transitional arrangements expiring at the end of the year.

Which countries I can travel with UK Refugee Travel Document after Brexit?

Countries that do not require visas for visitors with the Refugee Travel Document (blue) issued under the 1951 UN Convention:

Armenia.
Austria.
Croatia.
Finland.
Georgia.
Germany.
Hungary.
Ireland.

Can refugees travel documents?

A Refugee Travel Document can be used as a passport to travel to other countries (but not to the person's country of origin). However, it is not the same as having a Canadian passport. Some countries which allow Canadians to enter visa-free require a visa from a person travelling with a Refugee Travel Document.

WORKING IN IRELAND🇮🇪 WITH ITALIAN🇮🇹 REFUGEE PERMIT |CREDIT TO RICHIE FOR SHARING HIS EXPERIENCE|

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