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Marco Polo and Turandot Students: To check the list for Marco Polo and Turandot, please click here. Please notice that all the students Marco Polo and Turandot must communicate when they submit the documents for the visa if they changed the school for the 6 months Italian language class. |
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Service Fee: Please notice that starting from the 16 of January 2012 the service fee for Italy will change to 220 RMB. |
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Authorizations: Please note that starting from the 10 January 2012 all the people delegated by other to submit the documents instead of the applicant, must provide an authorization letter in original, written in English and signed by himself with the indication of: applicant name, applicant’s passport number, authorized person’s name, relationship with the person authorized to submit the documents, place, date and signature by hand in characters. |
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Students: Please note that starting from the 10 January 2012 the students without scholarship are requested to submit, a part from the financial means of the parents, also their own International credit card with a balance of a minimum of 4173 Euros or a check payable in Italy of 4173 Euros. |
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Passport: According to the Embassy requests, passports issued more than 10 years ago, can not be accepted |
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Invitation Letter for Business: The Embassy will permit, the invitation letter for BUSINESS category to be accepted to be sent through email as well. In this case, please send the invitation letter in an attachment from the official email address of the company to infopek.italycn@vfshelpline.com and invite.pechino@esteri.it specifying in the subject "Business Invitation letter". Please note the is there is a lack in mentioning the specific subject, this can lead to no acceptance of your request through email. |
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Interviews: The Embassy requires that from the 16 September to the 12 December, interviews will be held at the Visa Application Center instead of at their Embassy. |
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Information for Chinese doctors: Please note that in the invitation letter from Italy addressed to Chinese doctors, it MUST be indicated that the Chinese doctors will not practice any medical work on Italian patients for the duration of their stay in Italy. |
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Participation in Fairs: Please note that the Italian companies inviting Chinese companies to participate to expositions or fairs, must produce and send by email to visti.pechino@esteri.it a list pertaining to all companies and people invited from China. |
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Financial document requirement: Please note, that it is suggested by the Embassy for you to present a bank statement with an indication of your monthly salary. |
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Insurance requirement: Please note that commencing from, 29 July the Embassy will accept insurance only with a minimum of 30 days coverage.
Please note that the Italian Embassy accepts applications presented without the intermission of agents. |
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For study visa applications:
Please note that except for Turandot and Marcopolo project, the applicant can apply only for one study visa at the time, language course or normal university, not both at the same time. |
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To all the applicants: Please note that the Embassy will not accept any document sent directly to them.. If the applicant does happen to send their document/s to the Embassy directly, the Embassy claims no responsibility for their receipt. |
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For all kinds of visas: Applicants who have been granted a Schengen Visa and used this visa are exempted from the interview.
Please note that the applicant should submit the standard format of Birth Certificate, click here for download, any other format would be considered invalid. |
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BUSINESS-TOURISM-STUDY visa
Due to the high number of applications in this period visas will be generally issued in two weeks. Please apply well in advance so as not to incur any possible delays.
- Please note that incomplete visa application will not be accepted.
- The photo on the visa form should be of a passport size with white background and should be a recent one. The passport should contain at least two consecutive blank pages.
- The invitation letter will be accepted only in original. Please find here for the standard invitation letter format - . http://www.italyvac.cn/invitation.aspx
- The individual tourism group which has more than 5 applicants will not be accepted.
Please note that the Italy Visa Application Center Beijing will return all passports to the Italy embassy if they are not collected within 3 months after processing. The Italy Visa Application center is not responsible for the applicants passport once it has been sent back to the embassy after 3 months.
- If visa application is submitted by an agent or a representative, a photocopy of his ID card should be attached to visa documents. Failure to comply with this rule will lead to application not being accepted by the Visa Application Centre.
At present, applicants residing in Beijing, Xinjiang, Xizang, Qinghai, Gansu, Ningxia, Nei Mongol, Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, Tianjin, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Hebei, Shandong, Henan, Hubei, Jiangxi, Hunan, Sichuan, Chongqing, Guizhou & Yunnan provinces can schedule their interview appointments through our application center in Beijing. Our Application Center is open from Monday through Friday and no prior appointments are necessary to submit the application. We also offer courier service for return of passports at your doorstep at additional cost.
Once you have applied for a visa through our application center, you can track the status of your passport online. |
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Where do I have to apply for my visa?
Visas have to be applied at the Italian mission abroad covering the place of residence of the applicant.
As a rule the residence is defined as the place a person is living in and working at. If the normal abode is not in agreement with the place of issue of the passport, the applicant is asked to present a residence permit issued at least six months prior to application. Embassy may require extra documents (working contract, house property) to support residence permit. |
