Permit Price
£200
Getting Your Firearms Permit for Italy
Last Updated:
March 5, 2026
Processing Time
Variable; confirm timelines with Italian Consulate London
Authority
Italian Consulate London / Local Questura
Difficulty
Moderate
Best Hunting Months
Boar Oct–Jan, chamois Aug–Nov, woodcock Oct–Jan
Tristan Dummer
Founder
Italy offers a distinctive hunting culture — from wild boar cinghiale drives in Tuscany and Umbria, to driven pheasant and partridge, to chamois and red deer stalking in the Dolomites. Unlike most European destinations, Italy has no single national framework for temporary firearms import by foreign hunters: the process runs through the Italian Consulate and local police, with hunting regulated at regional level. No UK export paperwork is required for temporarily travelling with your own firearms.
Step 1: Confirm Your Hunt and Obtain an Invitation Letter
Confirm your hunt dates, location, and accommodation with your Italian outfitter. A letter of invitation confirming the region and dates of your hunt is required for your permit application.
Step 2: Contact the Italian Consulate London
Contact the Italian Consulate in London well in advance of travel to confirm current requirements for temporarily bringing hunting firearms into Italy. The Consulate can issue a declaration confirming your right to possess the firearms in your country of origin, which may substitute for or supplement a standard Italian hunting licence. Requirements can vary by region — direct confirmation with the Consulate is advisable.
Step 3: Hunting Licence, Insurance and Fees
To hunt in Italy, you must hold: a hunting licence valid on Italian territory (or the Consulate declaration described above), a valid insurance policy covering hunting activities in Italy, and proof of payment of national and regional licence fees where applicable. Your outfitter will advise which fees apply to your specific hunt and region. The Federazione Italiana della Caccia (FIDC) is the national hunting federation.
Step 4: Notify the Local Questura
It is strongly advisable to notify the local Questura (police station) in the area of your intended stay before commencing hunting. This is standard practice for foreign hunters in Italy and your outfitter will typically facilitate this.
Step 5: Regional Rules Apply
Hunting regulations in Italy are highly regionalised. Seasons, bag limits, permitted species, and shooting times are set at regional level. Your outfitter must have all relevant regional permissions in place before your arrival.
We can manage your application for you
We handle the forms in collaboration with the authorities to make sure everything is in your hands or on your phone before you fly.
Frequently Asked Questions
Some hunting and sporting competition shoots ask outfitters and hosts to organise their guests temporary firearms permits. Your outfitter will be able to do this on your behalf through the Ambulo platform or you can do it yourself.
For outfitters and hosts organising permits for their guests, please contact tristan@ambulo.co to streamline this process.
To amend your application and your permit, before you travel, you need to contact us at least 14 days before your departure date. If you need to make amends to your permit, please email tristan@ambulo.co
Generally, you do not need to buy an additional permit for your stopover. However, some countries may require you to buy an additional permit. This is generally on a country by country basis. For example, if you are travelling to Poland, but flying to Germany and driving across, you may have to buy a permit for Germany, depending on the location.
Permit costs vary depending on the country you are travelling to. Once our permits go live you will be able to see a full pricing break down. We have priced this to be roughly the same price as hiring a rifle or shotgun at your final destination. Nothing beats taking your own equipment across!
At the moment, extending the length of your permit duration is not possible. We advise that you ask your host to either add a buffer time frame to the end of your trip in case you would like to stay longer. You can of course come back earlier if needs be but the duration and date of validity for your permit is linked to your arrival and departure dates you set out in your application.
For business and partnerships, please contact tristan@ambulo.co
At the moment, Ambulo only provides permits for the destination you are hunting within. If you are driving to your destination and crossing countries, you will have to follow each countries firearm rules and restrictions. This generally means you will need a permit for each country, if you are driving through Europe, for example.
We do not offer refunds at the moment, but is something we are working on. The reason we do not offer refunds is based on the agreements set by consulates, embassies and police forces of the destination countries.
You can either scan your Firearms License, Passport and letter of invitation through a traditional printer scanner, or use an application like Turbo Scan.
If you are using an app that converts photos into a scanned file, ensure all areas of the pages you scan are clear and legible and are saved as a PDF. For people with a UK firearms license, where your certificate contains multiple pages, ensure all pages are photographed and collated into one PDF.