Returning to Italy from abroad - COVID19

At the moment, those who have a justified reason for returning to Italy from abroad can do so with public or private transportation.

The justified reason may be one or more of the following:

• Health needs
• Work requirements
• Reasons of absolute necessity

Before leaving:

Prepare the following documents ( 1.,2.,3. are mandatory) to be provided when boarding (or crossing the borders at the checkpoints): 

1. Self-declaration form (hereafter in English), which must be provided when boarding (flights, trains, sea transportation) or to the Officers at Italian Borders if moving by private car; please fill it with the utmost care.
2. EUI Card (in Italy is considered a sufficient evidence of the working requirements, since 4 May);
3. Proof of living in Italy: rental contract or residence certification (if available): this is an important evidence that Officers may use to verify your justified reason;
4. Copy of the MAECI Verbal Note regarding International Organisations;
5. MAECI Identity Card (if you have one);
6. EUI certificate that you are an EUI member (to be requested to the Academic Service for Researchers and Fellows and to HR for EUI Staff members)

Upon Arrival

From Wednesday the 3rd of June it will be possible to travel back to Italy from EU member states without the need to then go into the 14 days mandatory quarantine. The quarantine will remain mandatory for countries outside the European Union.
Up until that date, anyone traveling to Italy from abroad will have to go into quarantine for 14 days.

As soon as you enter the Italian territory, you shall reach your place of residence in the shortest possible delay and only by private means of transport (i.e.: you are not allowed to take any train/flight/ship connection from you first point of arrival in Italy: only taxi, rental car or private car are permitted). 

Please note that upon arrival you are obliged to inform:

• Italian Health Authorities at (for Florence area) telephone number 0555454777.
• EUI, Safety and Security Office

The information requested is the same provided in the self-declaration at point e): where you will spend your MANDATORY 14 DAYS QUARANTINE in self-isolation.

Of course, self-isolation starts on the same day of your arrival.

In scheduling your return to the EUI, please take into consideration these 14 days in which you will not be able to come to the EUI Campus.

Additional Note

For those moving with the family, we do not register cases of difficulties during the travel.

For those moving with partners not registered (by law), the travel may be more difficult as it is complicated for boarding officers and Borders Officers to verify the justifications provided, especially if there is no supporting documentation. In these cases, the risk of being rejected when boarding or at borders is concrete.

Please note that the provided information are valid until 17 May (according to the new Decree art.10, link available below).

We are not aware of a radical change of these measures in the next future and it is reasonable to intend that some limitation may be reduced, if the pandemic situation will allow for it.

More information is available on the official dedicated page on the website of Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (page available in multiple languages)

Italian Nationals returning to Italy and Foreigners in Italy

Other useful information is present in the new Decree, which is published on the EUI website https://www.gazzettaufficiale.it/eli/id/2020/04/27/20A02352/sg 

Specifically, Article 4 refers to “Ingresso in Italia”.

For specific support, please submit your enquiries to HR (EUI Staff members) or to the Academic Service (Researchers and Fellows).