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Our Offices

Our address:
Consulate of Italy
The Chancery, 2nd floor
58 Spring Gardens
Manchester M2 1EW

Rules for attending the Consulate

For the safety and security of the consular applicants, our staff and the building, access to the Consulate is allowed only to the applicants with a confirmed appointment (if minor, accompanied by the parents), and one other person maximum in case specific assistance is required (for disabilities, translation, etc.).

Any other relative, friend or companion is not allowed. For security reasons, it is not possible to linger inside our around the building. Unauthorized persons and those without an appointment have therefore to leave the building.

Applicants are recommended to bring and show the email confirming their appointments with our offices. Without this email confirmation, access could not be granted.

In any case, applicants will be subjected to checks. Closed or sealed packages or parcels will be opened, and umbrellas must be placed in the appropriate containers near the entrance. In any case, the following items are not permitted:

  • weapons of any kind;
  • razor blades, box cutters, knives, scissors, martial arts equipment, swords and sabres;
  • teasers;
  • large suitcases;
  • chemicals, gases, pepper sprays, tear gas, acids and animal repellents;
  • objects with a sharp point or edge;
  • hand and working tools;
  • containers;
  • fireworks or any pyrotechnic articles;
  • perfumes, deodorants and shaving foams;
  • sprays of any kinds, flammable and non-flammable;
  • food of any kinds;
  • sport equipment;
  • laser pointers;
  • helmets;
  • photographic tripods;
  • animals of any specie and size, even if on a leash or in a carrier;
  • bicycles of any kind, scooters, segways and/or unicycles;
  • any other item considered by the security personnel a risk to the safety of the premises and users.
2025 Closing Days
  • January 1  – NEW YEAR’S DAY
  • April 18 – GOOD FRIDAY
  • April 21 – EASTER MONDAY
  • April 25 – ANNIVERSARY OF ITALY’S LIBERATION
  • May 1 – LABOUR DAY
  • May 26 – SPRING BANK HOLIDAY
  • June 2 – ITALY’S NATIONAL DAY
  • August 25 – SUMMER BANK HOLIDAY
  • November 1 – ALL SAINTS’ DAY
  • December 25 – CHRISTMAS DAY
  • December 26 – BOXING DAY

Before contacting the Consulate, carefully read the information about our services. Contact our departments only if you cannot answer your query with the information shown on the website.
Please contact the correct department, or your e-mail will not be processed.

Telephone available only on Monday and Friday 14:30-15:30.

DEPARTMENT

SERVICES E-MAIL

PHONE

AIRE –  AIRE (Register of Italians residing abroad)
– De facto cohabitations
– Proof of life certificate
manchester.anagrafe@esteri.it 0161 243 5953
CIVIL REGISTRY Change of name and surname
– Certificates
– Tax code (Codice Fiscale) for an Italian citizen
–  Tax code (Codice Fiscale) for a foreign citizen
– Marriage banns and certificates
– Registration of birth, marriage, civil partnership, divorce, death
manchester.civile@esteri.it
CITIZENSHIP By marriage and by descent, reacquisition, relinquishment, certificates
– Citizenship certificates
manchester.cittadinanza@esteri.it
PASSPORTS Passports
ETDs
manchester.pass@esteri.it 0161 243 5954
CIE Electronic Identity Card manchester.cie@esteri.it
WELFARE Assistance in relation to compatriots who are detained, missing or in distress
Decrees of tutelary judge
– Introduction in Italy of mortal remains, pets and drugs
– Child abduction
manchester.sociale@esteri.it 0161 243 5939 / 5941
EDUCATION AND HEALTH – Dichiarazioni di Valore in Loco
Acknowledgement of health service abroad
Recognition of Teaching Service in British Curricular Schools
School transfers
manchester.edu@esteri.it
NOTARY – Serving of Court deeds
Parent’s authorizations for travelling minors
Maritime navigation
– Certified copies of photographs and documents
– Acceptance of parenthood
Adoptions
manchester.notarile@esteri.it
SECRETARIAT – General information
– Cooperation proposals from associations and entities operating within the Consular district
– Invitations and meeting requests
manchester.segreteria@esteri.it 0161 243 5956
ADMINISTRATION Administrative and accounting issues manchester.amm@esteri.it