It's no secret that Italy is in Schengen, and in order to visit this country, you need a visa. But it's worth it, because where, if not in Italy, are so many attractions and historically important places? And so that during travel there are no unnecessary difficulties, people apply for visas.
What are the visas?
Italy is in Schengen, and a visa is required, but for each specific case it is different. Let's get it right.
For example, a person applying for a Schengen visa will not be able to make a profit in this country. If there is a goal to create some kind of commercial activity, then a national visa category D.
A national visa of this category will cost more, and there will be more problems with obtaining it. For this reason, before choosing the type of document, you need to clearly imagine for what purpose it is needed.
Schengen visa
This is the most common visa for tourists. In addition to Italy, Schengen includes many European countries. So it turns out that by making a Schengen visa, a person opens up access to almost all countries of the European Union. With such a visa, you can freely cross the borders inside it, but there is something that is forbidden to do. For example, as mentioned above, getting arrived in the country. This document is not so difficult to draw up, and its cost is relatively low. According to statistics, a Schengen visa has very few refusals. And they happen mainly because of problems with documents or previously violated visa regime.
Transit visa
Italy is in Schengen, but this does not mean that only this type of visa can be issued. A transit visa is suitable for those who just change from one flight to another in this country. It extends its effect to a forced stop in a few days. But there is an option to stay for a day and without a visa. In this case, a person does not have the right to leave the transit zone of the airport.
National visa
Schengen is issued in Italy for a short time. If there is a need for a long stay in the country, then order a national visa. It can be obtained for a period of three months to a year. When a person submits an application for a visa, he must have documents on his invitation to work or to enter an educational institution. In principle, Schengen is needed in Italy, but it does not give the opportunity to work in the country. This must be remembered. Having made a national visa, a person can earn in Italy, receive benefits, because he deducts taxes to the state treasury. Obtaining this type of visa is more difficult and even more expensive than an ordinary Schengen visa.
What documents are needed
After a person has decided what he wants to get from the country, and therefore the type of visa, you need to collect a package of documents. To get a visa, you need to do the following:
- Take a place in a hotel in the country or submit documents proving your stay in a place in Italy. An invitation from a natural person living in the country legally is suitable.
- Schengen requirements in Italy apply to tickets. They should be back and forth. It is not necessary to provide originals; copies of tickets will be enough.
- Those who wish to visit the country must have insurance. Its validity should not end earlier than a visit to Italy. The costs that she will cover in the insured event should not be less than thirty thousand euros.
- Passport in which there is one blank page. This is necessary so that there is a place for a visa stamp. The passport must not expire earlier than three months after departure.
- Provide a visa application form. A sample of it can be found on the official website of the consulate or visa center.
- Three-by-four photographs in the amount of four pieces. Photo requirements never change.
- Provide a certificate from the official place of work, in which the actual address is indicated. In addition, the phone number of the organization in which the person works and data on his actual salary should be registered. All this is necessary in order to apply for Schengen in Italy, if it comes to a national visa, then these documents are not needed.
- To get Schengen, you must provide documents confirming a sufficient amount of finance from the applicant. An extract from the bank on the state of the account, a credit card with money on it, traveler's checks is suitable. These certificates guarantee the state that the person will not be an illegal emigrant.
- When applying for a national visa, an invitation from the employer, drawn up according to all requirements, should be on hand. This means that it must indicate the position, salary, location of the office. If a person has entered an educational institution, then it is necessary to have a document confirming this.
- Students must show evidence that they have money to pay for their studies and live in the country.
This list is complete, but all the same, the consulate has the right to demand the provision of other securities not listed above. Any documents may be required, so there is no need to resent or be surprised. Often this is due to the fact that the person made not the most pleasant impression at the consulate during a personal conversation.
Package of children's documents
A photo of Schengen in Italy for children is presented above. As you can see, there are no fundamental differences from an adult visa. But the set of documents for children is impressive:
- A completed questionnaire signed by both parents.
- A photocopy of the passport on which there is a photo of the child and his personal data.
- A photocopy of the main page of the passport of any parent with a copy of the page where the child is recorded.
- Birth certificate of a child. I need an original and a photocopy.
- Documents that confirm the change of surname of the parent. A marriage certificate or a divorce certificate will do. These papers are needed if the parent changed his last name after receiving a birth certificate.
- If the child leaves the country with one parent, then the papers must have a permission to leave certified by a notary. Attach a photocopy and original.
- The child’s departure with third parties is also accompanied by a notarized application for departure from two parents. You can provide the original and a photocopy or a photocopy that the notary certified.
- Visa and its photocopy of parents or the person accompanying the child.
- If you need a long-term visa for a child, the documents must be accompanied by a notarized consent from two parents. You need either the original with copies, or copies that the notary certified.
- A copy of the Russian passport of the parent who permits departure.
- If one of the parents has died or is deprived of parental rights, then documents are provided that confirm this in the form of copies and the original.
- When the father of the child was not present at the recording, but was recorded according to the mother, a certificate from the registry office of form 25 is attached. Both the original and a copy certified by a notary will be required.
- Passport and valid Schengen visa with plane tickets for the person accompanying the child. They must live together.
- Financial support for one of the parents.
If the child leaves with the guardian, then the consent of the board of trustees must be attached.
Insurance
According to the rules, the health insurance should extend its effect to the entire stay in the country. It is valid only from those companies that have passed the accreditation of the consulate.
The amount of insurance must be more than thirty thousand euros. Insurance prices are different: the standard rate is estimated at one euro per day, the increased tariff will already cost three euros per day, for pensioners the cost of one day will also be three euros.
Where to apply?
After reading half of the article to the question, “Do I need Schengen in Italy?” The answer is obvious. But where to go to get it is still not entirely clear. Let's figure it out.
In order to reduce your expenses, you need to apply for a visa at the Italian official representative offices. They are located in Yekaterinburg, Moscow and St. Petersburg. If it is very far, then there are visa centers that are more common in our country. They are located in Novosibirsk, Kaliningrad, Lipetsk, Kazan, Samara, Krasnodar, Nizhny Novgorod.
There is an important detail: before you go to apply, you must register for an appointment. On the official website of the embassy, a record is kept for applying to the consulates. On the sites of visa centers you can register for an appointment to apply there.
Visa center or consulate?
If a person decided to submit all the documents himself, then it is easier for him to apply to the visa center. There is no need to line up to get an appointment. Just need to register a certain time and come to it. Another plus is that there is a service for filling out a questionnaire, it is paid.
Visa centers, as a rule, are equipped with photo machines that take photos according to the required standard. Couriers also work in them, who deliver the finished passport to any place. We can conclude that visa centers are more comfortable. But, sadly, you have to pay for the service, and whether to do it or not, everyone decides for himself.
How to register
As mentioned above, before making a Schengen in Italy, you need to make an appointment with the institution. You can do this as follows:
- go to the official website and click the button with the name "Online Record";
- on the new page that opens, you need to choose the city in which the person wants to submit documents;
- indicate the phone number and email address, click the button with the name "Next";
- fill out a small form in which to indicate personal data;
- recording completed.
A confirmation letter is sent to the indicated email address. This letter should be on hand with the rest of the package of documents when visiting the institution. It needs to be printed.
Issue price
According to the rules, any document is done free of charge, whether it is a national visa or Schengen to Italy. Visa centers and consulates only charge for accepting and processing applications. If you submit documents to the consulate, then the consular fee will be thirty-five euros. How much is the consideration of papers. If a visa is urgently needed, then the consular fee is doubled. Usually a person receives an answer to his application within three days, or even earlier. In this case, a written statement explaining the urgency factor must be attached to the package of documents.
If a person draws up a national visa in category D, he must be prepared for the consular fee to reach one hundred and sixteen euros. This is a fixed price that cannot be changed.
But not everyone has to pay for fees on Schengen in Italy. Visa centers do not provide any benefits, except for young children (up to six years).
The price for the fee may vary within one and a half or two and a half thousand rubles. In the case of visa centers, the price is affected by the location of the latter. This amount is a fee for the services provided by the center.
It is worth remembering that money is paid to have the application examined. And if a person was refused for some reason, then he will not return the money.
Who does not need to pay
To avoid paying the consular fee can:
- close relatives of EU citizens;
- children under six years old;
- students or pupils;
- participating in exchange programs;
- participating in any events;
- persons accompanying persons with disabilities;
- disabled people;
- participating in youth sporting events;
- persons with a humanitarian purpose of travel.
Waiting time
Getting Schengen to Italy is rarely stretched for a long time. As a rule, all manipulations take no more than ten days. But by law, they have the right to answer within thirty business days. The review period is extended due to the large employment or consideration of additional documents. An urgent application is given three days.
If we are talking about a national visa, then it is still longer. It may take up to one hundred and twenty days to consider it and this will not be a violation. For this reason, experienced tourists are advised to submit a package of documents in advance.
It’s not so easy to get Schengen to Italy for a year, because this document is the leader in refusals.
Why did they refuse?
Basically, consulate workers do not report why they refused. But according to the statistics of all refusals, we can conclude that they do not give a visa most often because previously a person violated the visa regime. What does it mean? People came abroad later than planned, or left the state after the visa had expired. Even if only two hours have passed since the end.
Another reason for refusal - there are no reliable papers confirming the financial viability of a citizen. The consulate thinks that since a person has no money, he wants to emigrate to the country, live there and not pay taxes.
To apply for a national visa, you must attach an invitation letter from the employer. But if the period of the company’s work is not more than a year or in the past it had violations, then consulate workers most often refuse to apply for a visa.
Action algorithm
Some people are wondering if it is possible to arrange Schengen in Italy on their own. It is possible, and it will be not much more difficult. How to do it?
- Determine which visa is needed.
- Collect a complete package of documents.
- Pay the required fee.
- Register on the site and make an appointment.
- Submit your application to the visa or consular center.
- Wait for processing and consent to enter.
Biometrics
At the end of 2015, the rules for obtaining a visa changed. Now any person must submit their fingerprints when submitting documents. They remain in the base for five years. This means that if during this time you have to apply for a visa again, you will not have to take fingerprints. Children under the age of twelve do not undergo fingerprinting.
No need to be afraid to draw up documents yourself. After all, such an approach will save money and add confidence that everything is done correctly. And after receiving the document, pride will be added to all other feelings for the fact that all problems have been resolved independently. Then the journey will bring even more positive emotions.