{"schemaVersion":1,"source":"live","checkedAt":"2026-10-08T03:06:05.901Z","passport":{"code":"LT","name":"Lithuania","slug":"lithuania"},"destination":{"code":"VA","name":"Vatican City"},"status":"visa_free","evidenceLevel":"exact","supportsCurrentStatus":true,"reviewedAt":"2026-08-21","allowedStays":[],"policies":[{"id":"vatican-eu-passports-visa-free-access-via-italy","title":"EU ordinary passports: visa-free visitor access via Italy","summary":"For a short public visit, these travellers need no entry visa for the controlling Italian/Schengen access leg; this route finding does not say that a Vatican instrument imports Italian rules.","status":"visa_free","conditions":["Vatican City is an enclave with an open border adjoining Italy. This records the necessary Italian/Schengen route, not Vatican membership of Schengen or an adoption of Italian law by Vatican City.","A Union citizen needs a valid identity card or passport for Italian entry; no Italian entry visa or equivalent formality applies.","The Lateran Treaty normally leaves St Peter's Square open to the public and reserves public-access regulation to the Holy See. No ordinary public-visitor maximum duration is established by the directly reviewed Vatican sources.","No separate Vatican eVisa, ETA or visa-on-arrival route was established by the reviewed sources. ETIAS is not operating for the Italy/Schengen access leg on the research date."],"sourceIds":["italy-mfa-vancouver-microstate-travel-guidance","eu-free-movement-entry-directive","vatican-lateran-treaty","eu-etias-current-operation-status"]}],"conditional":[],"sources":[{"id":"italy-mfa-vancouver-microstate-travel-guidance","title":"Visas: General Information","url":"https://consvancouver.esteri.it/it/servizi-consolari-e-visti/servizi-per-il-cittadino-straniero/visti/","publisher":"Consulate General of Italy in Vancouver, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation","jurisdiction":"Italy / Schengen external border","kind":"government-guidance","language":"English","reviewedAt":"2026-08-21"},{"id":"eu-free-movement-entry-directive","title":"Directive 2004/38/EC: right of entry for Union citizens","url":"https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A32004L0038R%2801%29","publisher":"European Union, EUR-Lex","jurisdiction":"European Union","kind":"law","language":"English","reviewedAt":"2026-08-21"},{"id":"vatican-lateran-treaty","title":"Treaty between the Holy See and Italy (Lateran Treaty)","url":"https://www.vaticanstate.va/phocadownload/laws-decrees/LateranTreaty.pdf","publisher":"Vatican City State / Holy See","jurisdiction":"Vatican City and Italy","kind":"law","language":"English","reviewedAt":"2026-08-21"},{"id":"eu-etias-current-operation-status","title":"European Travel Information and Authorisation System: current status","url":"https://home-affairs.ec.europa.eu/policies/schengen/smart-borders_en","publisher":"European Commission, Directorate-General for Migration and Home Affairs","jurisdiction":"European Union / Schengen external borders","kind":"government-guidance","language":"English","reviewedAt":"2026-08-21"}]}