ENTRY VISAS FOR ITALY
SCHENGEN VISAS APPLICATION PROCEDURE
Residents of the States of Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Jharkhand, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Orissa, Sikkim, Tripura, West Bengal, Union Territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands can apply for visa at this Consulate General and through the outsourcing agency VFS.
Applications at the VFS agency can be submitted from Monday to Friday, from 9:00 to 15:00. Call center: 022 67866004.
Further information can be found on the website of the VFS outsourcing agency. visa.vfsglobal.com/ind/en/ita/
Please note that the adoption visa application must be submitted by both adoptive parents. In the absence of one of the two, a special power of attorney will be required from the parent who is not present.
Nepalese citizens residing in Nepal can apply for a visa at the VFS agency in Kathmandu at the address:
3rd Floor, Chhaya Center, Chhaya Devi Complex, Amrit Marg, Thamel, Kathmandu
Tel: +977 01 5252263
Email: info.itnp@vfshelpline.com
Please note that we do not provide information on the visa issuing procedure by telephone. Any other requests for information can be sent to kolkata.visti@esteri.it, or by telephone (consulate landline) from 9.30am to 3.30pm from Monday to Thursday.
Business Visa: Italian companies that intend to invite Indian citizens for business visits are kindly requested, for the purposes of granting the relevant visa, to draft the invitation letters in Italian according to this Invitation Letter model.
The interested party must produce the invitation letter attaching the documents indicated in it, together with the rest of the documentation.
Tourist Visa: Italian citizens who intend to invite Indian guests are requested to draw up the invitation according to this Invitation Letter model.