{"schemaVersion":1,"source":"live","checkedAt":"2026-10-08T03:06:05.901Z","passport":{"code":"NO","name":"Norway","slug":"norway"},"destination":{"code":"VA","name":"Vatican City"},"status":"visa_free","evidenceLevel":"exact","supportsCurrentStatus":true,"reviewedAt":"2026-08-21","allowedStays":[],"policies":[{"id":"vatican-eea-swiss-passports-visa-free-access-via-italy","title":"EEA and Swiss ordinary passports: visa-free visitor access via Italy","summary":"For a short public visit, these EEA and Swiss travellers use the visa-free Italian/Schengen access leg; this is a route finding, not a claim that Vatican City imports Schengen law.","status":"visa_free","conditions":["The current Schengen Borders Code directly recognises persons exercising free movement under Union law and distinguishes the EU, EEA and CH border lane. This policy records the necessary Italy/Schengen route only.","Vatican City is not a Schengen member. The Lateran Treaty preserves Holy See control of Vatican public access and does not itself enact Italian nationality-visa rules.","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. Residence, family-member, diplomatic, service and special-document rules are outside this ordinary-passport baseline."],"sourceIds":["italy-mfa-vancouver-microstate-travel-guidance","eu-schengen-borders-code-current-free-movement","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-schengen-borders-code-current-free-movement","title":"Regulation (EU) 2016/399 (Schengen Borders Code), consolidated 12 October 2025","url":"https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/ALL/?uri=CELEX%3A02016R0399-20251012","publisher":"European Union, EUR-Lex","jurisdiction":"European Union / Schengen external borders","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"}]}