The Consular Office
Opening hours:
The Consular Office is open from Sunday to Thursday from 9.30am to 6.00pm and it's open to the public from Sunday to Thursday from 3.00pm to 6.00pm.
The Visa Office is open to the public, only by appointment, on Sunday, Monday and Wednesday from 10.00am to 12.00am.
To arrange an appointment, write an email at the address: consolare.kabul@esteri.it, or call 0093 (0) 798606061 or 0093 (0) 798606062 .
Services:
The Consular Office provides services in three areas: consular services, the Visa Section and assistance to nationals.
The Consular section provides Italian citizens with services related to the public registry and the issuing of official certifications, renewal/issuing of passports, and all operations related to the elections.
The Visa section issues visas valid for Schengen States and for Italy only (please see the page dedicated to the VISA procedures). It is noted that the the Visa applicants are kindly asked to submit the requested documents in original, plus a copy. This applies also for the passport.
Assistance to nationals consists of the activities of registration, localization, support and information offered to all Italian citizens in Afghanistan. The objective of increasing the level of protection of civilian nationals is pursued also through the spreading of security warnings and the registration of GPS home/office coordinates.
An emergency telephone line is available 24h/24.
Any national travelling to Afghanistan is strongly recommended to contact the Embassy of Italy in order to register himself (also through the registration form available on line) and receive the security warnings.
The email address for the assistance to nationals is: connazionali.kabul@esteri.it . The emergency line is 0093 (0) 700288942.
For more information, please go to the link of the Consular Services of the institutional website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Click here. Please note that this section is available only in Italian language.
Military Attache'
Col. Giuseppe Faraglia
Great Massoud Road, Kabul
Tel. +39 (0) 6 46 91 36 67/8
Fax. +93 (0) 20 210 381
Office of the Head of the Civilian Component of the Provincial Reconstruction Team in Herat
Head of the Office: --------
Address: Ansari Street, Bagh-e Azadi Street, Herat
The PRT are teams of civilian and military personnel working in Afghanistan’s provinces to provide security for aid workers and help reconstruction work within the NATO/ISAF mission.
Their role is to assist the local authorities in the reconstruction and maintenance of security in the area.
The PRT in Herat is led by Italy. It includes a Military Component (Task Force Lince) and a Civilian Component.
The Civilian Component consists of a diplomatic officer and a team of the Directorate General for Development Cooperation of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
More information on the PRT, its objectives and tasks can be found on the official ISAF website (www.nato.int/isaf/).