ST. LOUIS (Missouri) - Honorary Vice Consulate
Honorary Vice Consul - Joseph COLAGIOVANNI
One Metropolitan Square, 211 North Broadway, Suite 3000
St. Louis, MO 63102
Tel: 314-259-5931
Fax: 314-259-5985 
e-mail: joseph.colagiovanni@snrdenton.com

CONSULAR CORRESPONDENTS

MILWAUKEE (Wisconsin)
Consular Correspondent - Carmela MASECCHIA
Tuesday and Thursday from 09.00 am to 11.30 am
Monday and Friday      from 02.00 pm to 05.00 pm
e-mail: italconsmke@wi.rr.com
Tel: 414-469-8192
NOTICE: Please contact Mrs. Masecchia via email rather than phone unless you urgently need to communicate with her.

MINNEAPOLIS-ST. PAUL (Minnesota)
Consular Correspondent - Marco PAVOLONI
Monday, Tuesday and Thursday    from 09.30 am to 12.00 pm
e-mail: italconsmn@yahoo.com
Tel: 651-699-8442
NOTICE: Please contact Mr. Pavoloni via email rather than phone unless you urgently need to communicate with him.

Honorary Consuls

Italy has a network of Honorary Consuls in a variety of locations around the world. This network assists in extending Italy's consular coverage globally in areas which are not within close proximity to our regular overseas missions.

Honorary Consuls are not Italian Government employees and are therefore only authorised to perform limited consular functions.  They are not usually collectors of public money.

The role of Honorary Consuls

The role of an Honorary Consul is to provide assistance and protection to Italian citizens in consultation with a supervising Italian mission.

Part of an Honorary Consul's role is to maintain contact with the Italian community in their area of responsibility. They also assist with passport and immigration/visa matters, in the field of cultural promotion as well as fostering trade and investment.

Consular Correspondents

The Consular Correspondents are appointed by the Consul General and serve as honorary servants with information and assistance duties in areas where a considerable italian-american community is present.

Frequently asked questions

"Why do I need to go to Chicago to get a Tourist Visa to Italy?". "Why can’t I get my passport renewed at the local Honorary Vice Consulate?".

Many fellow citizens do indeed ponder the true role of consular agencies and honorary consuls. The distribution of tasks between the Consulate General in Chicago and Honorary Vice Consulates is not always well understood and some express regret that considering the great distance that separates them from Chicago, Honorary Vice Consuls still have very limited roles. It therefore became essential to shed light on the actual role of Honorary Vice Consulates and the services they are in a position to offer to the Italian community, to American citizens and to legal residents of the USA.

First and foremost, it is important to remember that, as their name description indicates, Honorary Vice Consuls are not engaged in a public servant career: they carry out their functions on a voluntary basis in addition to their professional activities. Consequently, the Italian authorities cannot expect Honorary Consuls to conduct activities that would require them to assume personal responsibility.

This is precisely why in their capacity, Honorary Vice Consuls are only able to act on behalf of the Consul General of Italy in Chicago in the case of a limited number of administrative documents:

• reception and transmission of visas applications to the Consulate General of Italy in Chicago. They can notarise the signature of the applicant on the application form EXCLUSIVELY FOR STUDENT VISA (they are not entitled to handle other than Student Visas). No fee is required;
• reception and transmission of Vital Records acts to the Consulate General of Italy in Chicago;
• legalisation or certification of signatures of local authorities or individuals of Italian nationality;
• certification of true copies of originals;
• certification of translations carried out by an accredited translator.

For anything else, Honorary Vice Consuls act as representatives of the Consul General. They carry out their functions of protection and assistance for the benefit of the Italian nationals, both residents and visitors. To that effect, they may have to liaise with local authorities (for such matters as incarceration, hospitalisation, death, physical or moral distress, theft, etc).

Our Honorary Vice Consuls are well acquainted with their home state and those of our fellow citizens who visit their respective cities may find it valuable to consult them to obtain advice and recommendations.

In case of doubt, do not hesitate to call on your Honorary Vice Consulate who will be able to assist you with any administrative procedures and if necessary, advise you to approach the Consulate General in Chicago directly.