trouble with passport

[wakiki]

hi i am currently on an italian passport, and it expires in feb 08. i am in london at the moment, but i want to travel to tunisia in africa in two weeks time for a week holiday, will i be able to travel outside the eu with less than 4 months on my italian passport and will they let me back into london with less than 4 months. must i travel into tunisia on my south african passport? I tried to go to the italian embassy but they say i must be registered with AIRE a residency application but they said i cant do it cos i dont have proof ive been living here longer than 6months, must i go back to SA to renew it? please help ASAP. Kiera

[dzug]

I've found conflicting information on this.

No visa is required for Italian passports. For South African ones a visa is needed but is obtainable on arrival.

So far so good.

But one source says that passports must be valid for the length of your stay, and another says 3 months. Yet another 6 months. If the latter is right you are stuck anyway.

Getting back into Britain is no problem - your Italian passport just needs to be valid on the day you arrive.

Try:
Embassy of the Republic of Tunisia
29 Prince's Gate
London
SW7 1QG
Tel: [phone]

I haven't been able to locate a proper website for them. The one that comes up on google is a commercial site of dubious origins.