Italy is a country with an amazing history, rich cultural heritage, unique traditions. Antiquities are found at almost every step. At the same time, it is a developed modern state with an excellent geographical position. It is the combination of all factors that attracts travelers from all over the world. We will figure out how to get to this state, where to apply, and what documents for a visa to Italy must be collected.
Types of Visa Entry Permits
The decision to visit Italy can be made for various reasons, but the composition of the documentary package will depend on the specific purpose. This is primarily due to the fact that any state more loyally perceives travelers with tourist purposes than those who try to stay longer than they should on a tourist visa.
Back in 1990, Italy joined the Schengen Agreement, which later became part of the same name. This circumstance also leaves its mark on all procedures associated with entry into the country.
Conventionally, all entry documents have an official division:
- A - the so-called transit option. It is useful to a person who wants to simply transfer from flight to flight at one of the country's airports. For example, in the pursuit of cheap flights, a traveler acquires several connecting flights. For landing and staying in the transit zone of the airport in Italy, he will have to collect documents for obtaining a visa of this type.
- B. Another option for a transit visa, but with more features. A person can not only enter the country, but also cross its territory by proceeding to one of the neighboring states. At the same time, there is a restriction of stay on such a document - 5 days and no more. Ideal for travelers traveling by car.
- C is an option issued for a single or multiple entry up to three months.
- D. Actually does not belong to the Schengen category, but is national. It involves a stay in the country for more than three months.
Visas can be issued for one visit, a certain number of visits, or as a multi-document. The latter option allows you to freely enter the territory of the country within the period for which it is issued.
Where to apply for a visa?
When applying for an entry permit, you can go in two ways:
- contact an intermediary company and take off all your worries by paying for services;
- to collect and apply for a visa to Italy yourself.
With the first case, everything is simple, the traveler just needs to provide the intermediary with several of his personal documents and pay for the services. Then, at the appointed time, he will pick up a passport with a visa. It will be somewhat more complicated only if a person has not undergone a biometric procedure before. But even here, he will receive full information at the place of its implementation, will be recorded at a certain time of the visit, and possibly even accompanied on the spot.
You can independently apply for a visa to Italy at the consulate at the embassy or through the visa center. In the first case, you should contact the consulate general or one of the representative offices:
- to Moscow at Denezhny Lane, 5;
- in Krasnodar, 81 Krasnaya Street;
- in Kaliningrad on the street Chernyakhovsky, 6;
- in Sochi along Marshal Vasilevsky street;
- in Lipetsk - the village of Matyrsky, SEZ "Lipetsk";
- in Yekaterinburg on Lenin street, 20A;
- in Chelyabinsk on the street Kirova, 159;
- in Samara, 71A Stepan Razin Street;
- in the Volgograd region - the city of Volzhsky, Alexandrova street, 51.
At the same time, in order to submit documents to the embassy for a visa to Italy, you should first register through the online service on the official Internet resource.
It’s much easier to do everything through one of the visa centers. There are branches of this organization in 28 cities of Russia, which greatly simplifies the submission of documents for a visa to Italy. You can also make an appointment online, as well as track the fate of your documents later. In addition, it is easier to get advice on the nuances of obtaining certain types of entry documents, which we will study further.
Tourist visa
For tourist trips a visa is issued S. The submission of documents for applying for a visa to Italy can be made in the following composition:
- a document certifying accommodation during the trip (confirmed hotel reservation, contract of sale of real estate);
- round-trip air ticket or its reservation;
- medical insurance with specialization in the zone;
- passport and internal passport, their copies;
- completed application form and photos;
- financial guarantees for the stay.
The package should include receipts on the payment of the consular fee. Actual information on its size can be found on the official resource of the visa center or consulate.
This package has a standard look. It is essential for obtaining entry permits. For any other reasons, only paragraphs are added to it. What documents are needed for a visa to Italy for other purposes, we will consider further.
In transit in Europe
A transit visa provides the same procedure as a tourist visa. It will be necessary to add to the main package of documents:
- an appropriate invitation or hotel reservation if the ultimate goal is San Marino;
- invitation of a ship or cruise agency, “ship role” and contract documentation, if the petitioner is a sailor;
- a detailed route with the application of booking tickets to third countries, if you just need to cross the territory.
If the journey takes place by car, the package of documents is greatly expanded, since the car must have permission to follow.
Invitation Travel
An invitation from a citizen of the country must be added to the package of documents. It should contain a period for which the guest can count, as well as his place of residence.
If the host side takes all the financial side of the worries upon itself, provides food and shelter, then the traveler will not have to provide financial guarantees and hotel reservations. But in this case a letter of guarantee is required.
I want to be treated in Italy. How to leave?
A medical visa for treatment can be issued in type C or D. Clinic documentation should be added to the package of documents. This may be an invitation, which indicates the need for treatment, the specific type of assistance provided, the timing of operations or procedures, the full cost of the services. For private establishments, licensing and accreditation documentation must be attached.
The prospective patient will have to confirm at least 30 percent payment or provide a document proving participation in the humanitarian program. In addition, it will be necessary to provide evidence for the diagnosis established by the "home" medical institution.
“Learn, study, and study again” ... in Italy
A student visa is one of the varieties of a C / D document.
When applying for it, you should attach:
- invitation of an educational institution or certificate of admission to study;
- documents on tuition fees or confirmation of participation in the exchange program;
- documents proving the availability of housing for the period of training.
If the training is not primary, then you need to provide documents on existing qualifications. In addition, in some cases, a letter is required explaining the reasons that prompted further studies in this country.
To Italy to work: features of applying for a visa
A work visa can be obtained by type C or D. The choice in favor of one or another option depends primarily on the estimated duration of work. So, an arrival on tour will be accompanied by a C-visa, but for autonomous work you will need the second option.
It will be necessary to enclose in a package of documents:
- contract with organization and job invitation;
- official document (Nulla Osta) from the immigration service, confirming permission to carry out activities.
If you want to work autonomously, you will have to provide a lot of information on the business project, confirm the financial viability in terms of resources for carrying out activities, as well as the income received in the country of residence within one tax period. Thus, the country will get an idea of the intentions and benefits of adopting a specific person.
Biometric Data Submission
Biometric data is collected on any first application for a visa to the Schengen area. Then it must be repeated every 5 years, if there is a desire to regularly visit countries in the zone. This is a mandatory procedure, without which it will not be possible to apply for a visa to Italy in the event that a person has never passed it before.
For example, a traveler visited France three years ago and underwent a biometric procedure. This year he gathered in Italy. He will not need to be subjected to it again. But after another three years, he plans to go to Germany, at that time a five-year period will already pass. Therefore, the procedure will need to be repeated.
Traveling with a child: features of paperwork for obtaining a visa to Italy
What to do if the trip is made with a minor child? It will be necessary to add a birth certificate to the composition of documents for a visa to Italy. If his surname does not coincide with his parents, he will have to prove kinship. For example, divorced ladies - provide a certificate of divorce, and married to children from their first marriage - a certificate of new marriage.
If only one of the parents will accompany the child on the trip, then it is necessary to provide notarized permission for such actions from the non-traveling spouse. In addition, you will need a photocopy of his internal passport. Accordingly, if both parents remain at home, then the power of attorney must be from both to the person accompanying the child. The power of attorney must indicate the length of stay and country of destination.
Refusal of permission: reasons and their elimination
Why may they refuse to issue a visa? There may be several reasons for this:
- lack of financial viability;
- documents for a visa to Italy are insufficiently filed;
- inaccuracy of the information provided;
- violations recorded during a previous stay.
But giving up should not be in all cases of rejection. The official document that the petitioner will receive provides an indication of the possibility or impossibility of a new appeal. So the following outcome is possible:
- the reason was not disclosed, but the submitter will be able to retry;
- the reason for the refusal should be discussed at the interview with the consul;
- the applicant should get the missing in the package of documents;
- imposing a ban on entry not only into the country, but also into the zone indefinitely.
Most often, the refusal occurs due to incorrect filling of the questionnaire or when the documentary package is insufficient. Therefore, the issue should be studied comprehensively, especially when it comes to non-traditional travel goals.