Tip 1: How to get a visa to Italy
Tip 1: How to get a visa to Italy
AT Italy You can go by buying a ticket in one of thenumerous travel agencies. However, if you want to plan your own holiday, choose a hotel more freely, eat every day in new cafes or restaurants, it's better to plan your tour yourself. You only need to choose and book via the Internet a suitable hotel, buy air tickets (you can guess under airline discounts) and get an Italian visa application.
Instructions
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It is not necessary to apply for a visa at allIn a consulate or a travel agency. For this, there are special visa centers. They are kind of intermediaries between those who want to visit this or that country by tourists and the consulate of this country. In Moscow there is an Italian Visa Center. That's where you have to go for a visa in Italy. It is better to take care of obtaining a visa for 2 weeksbefore the trip. Although usually it is ready within three days after filing all the documents, do not forget that there can be any overlays. Call the visa support manager and select the time of your visit to the center. Then hurry to prepare the necessary documents.
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A package of papers that will be required to obtain a visa for entry into Italy, is as follows: 1. An invitation from someone from Italy or a hotel reservation; 2. Ticket or ticket reservation round trip; 3. Medical insurance for the Schengen countries for the duration of the trip; 4. Copy of the first page of a foreign passport with personal data and a photograph of the applicant; 5. Questionnaire with a photo; 6. Certificate from the place of work or study; 7. Financial guarantee proving your ability to support yourself during the trip (photocopy of your card with an extract from the account or a certificate from the work on the salary). 8. A passport for foreigners; 9. Receipt for payment of the consular fee (payable locally at the Visa Center). If you have friends or relatives in Italy, you can do without the hotel reservation. You must give an invitation instead.
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If you do not live in Moscow, it does not mean thatYou will have to go to the capital. Branches of visa centers are in other regions, please specify this on the website of the Italian Visa Center. Obtaining a visa yourself is an economy. Travel agencies take extra money for this. In the visa center you pay only 35 euros and 1000 rubles of collection. If you want to go to Italy not as a tourist, but for study or work,you will need a different type of visa. And the package of necessary documents, respectively, will be slightly different. All information about this can also be found at the visa center.
Tip 2: How to open a visa to Italy
Italy attracts many tourists with its beautyNature and rich cultural heritage. To find on the territory of this state, citizens of the Russian Federation need a visa. In accordance with Italian law and depending on the purpose of their stay, they can qualify for one of four types of visas.
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For passengers traveling throughthe territory of Italy, there is a transit or airport visa (type A). The zone of its operation is limited by the transit territory of the airport. With repeated crossings of Italy's borders, it is necessary to obtain a transit visa application Type B. It can also be followed through Italy 2 or more times, while staying in the country for no more than 5 days.
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The most popular visa is type C. It can be either single or multiple - with a residence period of not more than three months.
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If the residence time exceeds 3 months,Take care of obtaining a visa type D. It is not Schengen, but gives the right to travel through the countries of the Schengen zone when traveling to Italy. The transit time is limited to 5 days.
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There are 2 more categories of visas, but with the right to enterin the Schengen zone - single entry and multivisa. The basis for entry into Italy can be an invitation, escort, diplomatic visit, business, work, tourism, etc. As a Schengen member, Italy also issues Schengen visas.
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The visa is issued on the basis of a personal application indiplomatic missions of Italy in Russia with mandatory provision of a passport valid for at least three and a half months at the time of the proposed end of the trip.
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Apply for a visa shouldnot earlier than a month before the trip, since the certificates required for obtaining permission to travel abroad are valid only for one month. Make a visa in the consular district of the Consulate General of Italy in St. Petersburg if you live in this city or in the Leningrad region, in Pskov or Pskov region, Murmansk or Murmansk region, the Republic of Karelia, in Vologda or Vologda region, Arkhangelsk or Arkhangelsk region. If you live in any other region of the Russian Federation, do a visa at the Italian Embassy in Moscow.
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The issue of visas is handled by the consular departmentthe Italian Embassy, the Italian Visa Center in Moscow, and the Consulate General of Italy in St. Petersburg. An application for a visa may be considered from 4 days to 3 months. In some cases, a visa can be issued before four days.
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Be prepared for the fact that from the Consulate of Italya call may be received in order to recheck the information specified in the documents submitted for issuance of the visa. Therefore, the departing and his relatives (in case they will be at the phone in the absence of the departing) must clearly know the destination, the period of stay in Italy, the names of those who are going on a trip with him.
Tip 3: How to get a multivisa to Italy
The process of obtaining a multivisa in Italy does notdiffers from obtaining a normal visa to this country, since the decision to issue a multiple visa is accepted by the consulate. Even if the tourist made a note that he wants to get a "cartoon", his request may not be satisfied. The chances for a multivisa increase the correctly collected documents and the availability of fresh rolled back Schengen visas in the passport.
You will need
- - Passport, valid 90 days from the date of expiry of the visa;
- - a copy of the page with personal data of the passport;
- - a photograph of 3.5 x 4.5 cm;
- - visa application form, completed in Italian or English;
- - tickets to and from the country;
- - hotel reservation or private invitation;
- - insurance policy for the Schengen countries;
- - certificate from work;
- - Sponsorship letter (if necessary);
- - an extract from the bank account.
Instructions
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Start applying for a visa to Italy betterall from the collection of documents. The application form can be downloaded from the consulate's website or taken from the visa center. To fill out the questionnaire is acceptable on the computer or by hand, in the latter case it should be done in block letters. At the end of the questionnaire you must sign.
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All documents attached to supportapplications must be provided with photocopies, with the exception of a certificate of employment and a bank statement: these papers should be handled in the original form. The reference from the work must be carried out on the company's letterhead and is stamped with the company's seal, and it should also be handed over to the chief accountant and the head for signing. The account statement must be certified by the bank's seal. The funds on the account should be at the rate of 50-60 euros for each day of stay in the country. Transfer of paper is not required.
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Citizens of Russia, to formalize the Italianvisa, you need to apply to the consulate or visa center of Italy, they are available in most major cities. The full list of visa centers is easiest to check on the website of the consulate. Reception of documents is conducted by prior appointment, but if you submit documents at the Moscow visa center, then there is an opportunity to do it on a first-come first-serve basis. The option is only allowed for individuals.
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As a rule, a visa is available in the period from 4 to 14working days. The processing time can increase if you submit documents in the hot season. In the vast majority of cases, the processing of the application is no longer than one week. The cost of the visa is 35 euros, but if you submit documents at the visa center, you also have to pay for its services.
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The practice of issuing multivies for citizens of RussiaBecame common for the Italian consulate. Even if you have never been in the Schengen countries, if you have a solid looking package of documents (enough funds in your account, permanent stable work, possibly the presence of stamps from other countries in your passport), the chances of getting a multivisa are very high. If you have been in Schengen for the past two years, you will receive a multi-visa with almost a one hundred percent guarantee, subject to the approval of the visa application.
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It is common for Italy to issuemultivisa for six months with a stay of 90 days. If you submit documents to Italians for the first time, you can safely count on an annual visa or even a two-year visa.
