Visa to Italy: what you need to know to get it

If you have to go to Europe for work, study or leisure - it's best to choose Italy for these purposes. This country is modern and developed, very beautiful for tourists and has a lot of cultural and historical values. But what is most important is the Italian ownership of the Schengen countries (the Schengen zone). According to the existing order, an official visa is required to enter Italy or any other country in Europe and the world (with the exception of those states with which Russia has an appropriate agreement). A visa to Italy, as well as to any country with an appropriate entry regime, is presented by a foreign citizen on demand to persons authorized to inspect all those entering the country, confirms the motivation of the foreigner, the period of his stay, in some cases - proof of the availability of housing and the availability of sufficient financial Means.

A visa to a country relating to a Schengen contract may be entry or transit, which is necessary for transit to another country through that country, and for a return journey. It is very important to determine the type of visa in advance - it is best to do this with the help of managers who will prompt which of them is more profitable. Anyone who wants to make an independent trip without resorting to help from tour operators can easily get a visa to Italy on their own. However, you should carefully take care of all, even the smallest details, including the specification of the duration of stay in the Schengen countries, calculate the cost of the invitation, correctly select and draw up all the documents for submission to the embassy, and fill in all necessary forms correctly. There are a lot of such intricacies and details - it is convenient if specialists take care of them, who are able to collect a package of documents and prepare them as quickly and correctly as possible so that a visa to Italy can be obtained by travelers without any difficulties.

The following documents and papers for applying to the embassy will be required:

- valid foreign passport for which the validity term expires at least 3 months after the specified return of the citizen back to Russia;

- photographs (in the format of 3.5x4.5 cm) in two copies;

- certificate from the actual place of work (it must include the position and salary of the future tourist);

- confirmation of the financial solvency of a citizen for whom a visa is issued to Italy, presented in the form of an extract from a credit card or from a bank account showing the balance of the minimum payment of 60 euros for the day of stay;

- photocopies of all pages of the Russian passport;

- an original copy of the business invitation, a copy of the invitation letter from the tourist or private, on the basis of which a specific visa is issued to Italy;

- the original and a photocopy of the medical insurance policy, the validity of which should not be less than the validity of the visa;

- short personal data (questionnaire or autobiography);

- The original of the birth certificate must be provided for the children (you can use the copy, but it will have to be notarized), students will need a certificate from the place of study, and for those who are not working and unable to provide a certificate from the place of work, documents from Sponsor travel.

The deadline for issuing a visa to Italy depends on the correctness of the documents submitted, the correct filling in and the speed of corrections, if necessary, but on average it can take up to two weeks. With regard to the cost of the document to enter the country, it is formed depending on the indicated period of stay, the presence or absence of an invitation, plus consular and visa fees and the cost of courier services for the import of documents.