Serbia Consulate General Trieste

Before your visit

Address for visitors: Strada del Friuli, 54, 34136 Trieste.

• Opening hours: not published in the Italian consular list – check the consulate’s website or call before you go.
• Bring: your passport or ID card, plus originals and copies of the documents for your application.

About the Serbian consulate general

Serbia runs this consulate general for its citizens in this part of Italy. The office is headed by Consul General Nemanja Sekicki (Italian exequatur granted in December 2025). The Italian list names 3 consular officials for this post. With this office, Serbia has 2 career consular posts across Italy. The consulate general is responsible for Trentino-South Tyrol, Veneto, Friuli-Venice Giulia. Trieste is in Friuli-Venezia Giulia. The embassy in Rome is roughly 430 km away.

Consular services

Typical services include:

• Serbian passports and emergency travel documents
• Certification of documents and signatures
• Citizenship and civil register matters
• Visas for travellers who need one for Serbia
• Help for citizens in difficulty

Documents checklist

The most frequent applications and the documents the Serbian authorities ask for:

Serbian passport (application at a mission abroad)

• Book an appointment where required (eConsulate) and apply in person; the passport is also collected in person or by someone you authorise in writing when applying
• Identity document – biometric passport, ID card or other public document
• Certificate of Serbian citizenship (for a first biometric passport or if personal data have changed); the birth certificate is usually obtained by the mission
• Your previous passport – or a police report if it was lost or stolen
• Proof of legal residence in Italy (requested by many missions)
• Passports are produced in Serbia; the legal processing time for applications abroad is 60 days

Sources: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Serbia – travel documents (checked October 2026). Requirements and fees can change and individual posts may ask for more – confirm the current list with the consulate before your visit.

Do I need an appointment?

Many services require an appointment; check the official website or call first.

Closing days

Like most offices in Italy, the consulate general closes on public holidays; Serbian celebrations on 15 February (national day) usually mean a closure too. Offices in the city also close on 3 November for the feast of Saint Justus. If your visit falls close to a holiday, confirm by phone or e-mail.

Emergency assistance

Urgent consular cases: phone +39 0404 10125040410126040410127. Help is available for lost passports, arrests and serious accidents, but not for legal fees or travel costs. In Italy, the general emergency number is 112.

Where else is Serbia represented in Italy?

Serbia in Italy

• Rome – Embassy of Serbia
• Milan – Consulate General
• Trieste – Consulate General (this page)
• Bari – Honorary Consulate