Since gaining independence, a representative office of Italy has been operating on the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan: since 1992, the consulate in Almaty, and in 2005, the Italian embassy moved to Astana. Who and with what questions can contact the Italian embassy, how best to do this, where is the embassy and on what schedule does it work? All answers can be found in this article.
Functions of the Italian Embassy in Astana, Kazakhstan
The embassy is authorized to provide comprehensive legal or any other support to Italian citizens who are or reside in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan. Citizens of the above-mentioned states most often come here to get a Schengen visa, which gives them the right to visit EU countries, members of the Schengen agreement or on emigration to Italy.
How to find a representative of Italy
Address of the Italian Embassy in Astana: st. Cosmonauts, 62 (Chubary microdistrict), 1st floor of the Renco Building. In order to get inside, it is necessary to go through the inspection of personal belongings and inform the security officer at the entrance to the building about the need to go to the Italian embassy, since the building houses the embassies and consulates of many states, including most countries of the European Union.
The telephone number of the Italian Embassy in Astana, on which you can ask all questions, can be viewed on the organization’s website.
Schedule
The embassy is open every day except weekends and public holidays in Italy. From Monday to Thursday, the diplomatic body works from 9:00 to 17:00 with a lunch break from 13:00 to 14:30, on Fridays - a shortened day, until 16:00.
In any case, anyone who wants to get to the Italian Embassy in Astana needs to register in advance on the official portal and select one of the proposed dates and time of visit. But it must be remembered that visitors are received until 12:00 on all working days except Friday. For visas, time is limited from 9:00 to 11:00. The issuance of passports following a review of the issuance of a Schengen visa is carried out after 14:00 on the day specified in the receipt received when applying for a visa.