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I'm travelling to Italy next month for a wedding. I am lucky enough to have two passports. My Italian passport has expired and although I've been trying to get an appointment to renew my passport for months and months now, I still haven't been able to get one, and I definitely won't be able to have it renewed before my trip.

Will I still be able to enter Italy using my other passport?

EDIT: I know I am supposed to enter Italy on my Italian passport. My question is will they let me enter on my other passport, despite being an Italian citizen? I will also have my expired Italian passport with me when travelling.

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    Does this answer your question? I have two passports/nationalities. How do I use them when I travel?
    – phoog
    Commented Mar 14 at 23:57
  • When did the passport expire? With Italy I would not use a different passport: low change to be caught, but very bad consequences if you were caught (short term consequences, but you may not be able to move so to get to the wedding). OTOH you can enter in Italy with an expired passport (5 or 10 years is permitted for selected countries, without questions).
    – Giacomo Catenazzi
    Commented Mar 15 at 10:43
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    Where are you coming from? If you need to take a flight then you might have trouble getting on with an expired passport. You could consider going initially to a nearby Schengen country with your other passport. You probably won't be checked when crossing to Italy and, even if you are, you are unlikely to be rejected.
    – badjohn
    Commented Mar 15 at 14:42
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    Do you have an Italian ID card? If so that will get you into any Schengen country
    – Willeke ♦
    Commented Mar 15 at 16:01
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    @GiacomoCatenazzi what bad consequences would there be if someone were "caught" in these circumstances? Seza_g, "I know I am supposed to enter Italy on my Italian passport": what makes you think this? It seems that most EU countries don't have a rule about this. The only EU country that I know to have a specific rule about it is Poland.
    – phoog
    Commented Mar 16 at 14:29

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There is nothing in Legge 5/92 that would require an Italian document to enter Italy as an Italian citizen.

Until ETIAS gets rolled out, you are free to enter the Schengen Area with your other passport, you can't overstay even if you enter on your Australian Passport.

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That's fine.

I've entered Schengen (including Germany) both on my German and US passport with no problems.

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