Visa to Italy

Operating mode

The visa center is open to receive Russian citizens on weekdays from 9.00 to 16.00. Documents are issued at the appointed time in the evenings from Monday to Friday from 16.00 to 18.00. If you accidentally missed the appointed day of collection, do not despair, as you can come at any time from 9.00 to 18.00.

Acceptance of documents:

• Monday-Friday from 9:00 to 16:00
• Saturday, Sunday closed

Issuance of passports:

• On the appointed day from 16:00 to 18:00
• On other days (Mon-Fri) from 9:00 to 18:00

The visa center is closed on public holidays, Saturday and Sunday.

Description of the Italian Visa Application Center

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Italy Visa Center in Samara is located in the building of the Intesa Bank on Lev Tolstoy Street, building 29 (Leninsky district, Philharmonic bus stop).

Opening hours for filing and issuing documents vary:

• Documents are accepted from Monday to Friday from 9:00 to 16:00;
• issuance is carried out at a later time - from 16:00 to 18:00 on the appointed date.

Important! If suddenly, for some reason, the applicant does not have time to pick up the documents within the agreed period, delivery will be carried out on any weekday. However, for this it is better to call the visa center to make arrangements in advance.

Phone number of the Italy visa center in Samara: +7(846)375-31-65. Phone calls from landline numbers are free.

You can also contact the center via the Internet by writing an email or leaving a request for a preliminary registration on the official website: italy-vms.ru in the “ONLINE Registration” section.

The online application form is very simple; you only need to indicate the desired date of visit, the type of visa requested and your email address.

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Important! You need to fill out the email address field very carefully, because a mistake of one letter will leave your mailbox without messages.

Procedure for submitting documents

So, to submit documents to the Italy Visa Application Center in Samara, you need to complete the following steps:

1. Decide what type of visa you need.
2. Make an appointment using the online service.
3. Collect all documents according to the list provided.
4. Come to the visa center at the appointed time and submit your documents.
5. Pay for services (service + consular fees, additional services).
6. Wait for the result (issuance of a visa or refusal).
7. Pick up documents from the visa center or order a courier delivery service.

Documents must be submitted no earlier than 90 days before the planned trip. Under standard deadlines, the application is processed within 7 working days. For urgent submission – no more than three working days.

How to submit documents to the Italian visa center in Samara

To submit documents to the Italian visa center in Samara, you need to go through several steps:

• Select the type of visa you need to apply for.
• Make an appointment through a special online service.
• Start collecting visa documentation.
• Come and submit documents at the specified time and date.
• Pay the fees on the day you submit the package of papers.
• Monitor the status of paperwork.
• Pick up the completed documents. This can be done not only in person, but also through a courier.

It is permissible to submit documents no earlier than 3 months before the planned trip and no later than 2 weeks before this date.

The registration procedure for submitting documents is as follows:

• Visit the official page of the Italian visa center in the selected city, in our case Samara.
• Find the “online registration” button, click “Sign up to submit documents”. After this, pay attention to the screen where you will be asked to select one of 4 lines. Those registering here for the first time should select the first option – “New Entry”.
• A tab will appear with a form that needs to be filled out - decide on the type of visa, select a city, be sure to indicate the number of applicants and the current email address that will need to be confirmed.
• As soon as all the fields are filled in, the system will prompt you to go “next”, the start date of the trip is indicated here, the new applicant is officially registered and the applicant is asked to fill out the application form. It is important to provide only relevant information. If you need to submit documents by courier, check the box next to delivery, indicating the phone number and address. After filling out all the points and checking the data, click “next” and the visa will be sent to the visa center website automatically. The same copy of the application form must be printed and taken with the main package of documents on the day of submission.

Registration at the Italy visa center in Samara

Russian citizens register at the Italian visa center in Samara completely free of charge. To do this, click on the “ONLINE RECORDING” tab at the top → “Registration for submitting documents.” Next, four lines will be displayed for you. You need to click the first one where it says “New Entry”.

After which a new tab will open to fill in all the fields. First you need to select a branch for filing documents. In our case, we find the city of Samara. Then select the type of visa you are requesting. Then we fill in all the empty fields: the number of applicants, email address, confirm the email.

Click the “Next” button and go to the next level, where you select the approximate date of the trip. Then click the “Register applicant” button and fill out the form completely, in which you provide only truthful information. If desired, click the checkboxes next to SMS notification and delivery, indicate your phone number, delivery address, and click “Next”. Now the application form on the visa center website will be generated automatically.

Note! The application form that you filled out on the website can be printed and submitted to the visa center with other documents. There is no need to fill out a new form.

If you need to see the status of your entry, click the second line, after which a new tab will open where you enter the applicant’s data (entry number and passport number). Then enter the code in the image and click the Continue button.

The remaining lines work in the same way (Cancel entry, assign another date).

Working hours

Russian citizens are accepted at the visa center in Samara from 9 am to 4 pm, working days are Monday-Friday. You can pick up ready-made visas from 4 to 6 pm, but the time for receiving documents is indicated by the center operator. If the appointed time was missed or the applicant was late, he has the right to pick them up on any other day from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

The Italian visa center in Samara is closed not only on Saturday and Sunday, but also on public holidays in Italy and Russia.

Cost of services

The visa center provides intermediary services to applicants, for which it charges a fee, the so-called service fee. It is the equivalent of €29.50, but is paid exclusively in rubles.

Attention! The amount of the service fee in rubles may change, but as of February 2021 it is 2,000 rubles. This amount includes a service fee + 650 rubles courier delivery of documents to the embassy.

In addition to the service fee, applicants must pay a consular fee, which for citizens of the Russian Federation is 35 euros. The consular fee, like the visa fee, is paid only in rubles at the exchange rate on the day the application is submitted.

All fees, including additional services, are paid in cash at a branch of Banca Intesa JSC only after concluding an agreement with a visa center employee. In Samara, the Intesa bank branch is located in the same building as the visa center (more precisely, the visa center is located in the bank building), st. Tolstoy 29. Phys. persons are served from Monday to Friday from 09:00 to 20:00.

Registration cost

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Registration at the Italian visa center in Samara is free, and the service fee for 2021 is 2,200 rubles*, which includes courier services.

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The consular fee for almost all types of visas is 35 euros*. An exception will be visas for religious reasons, sports or for changing place of residence - from 0 to 116 euros*.

Note! Payment of service fees and additional services is made only at Intesa Bank branches and only in cash.

Additional services

In addition to basic services, the Italy visa center in Samara offers additional services:

• Assistance in filling out a visa application form – one copy 250 rubles;
• print a document from a USB drive – 100 rubles per item;
• send an SMS notification about the consideration of documents - 50 rubles per message;
• take out insurance - the amount is taken based on the specific insurance company;
• courier delivery – 600 rubles per delivery.

The advantages of courier delivery are that your documents will be delivered to any address you specify when submitting documents. SMS notification is also convenient, since no matter where you are, you will always know whether the documents have been returned from the consulate.

Good to know

The Italy Visa Center in Samara provides assistance in obtaining the following types of visas:

• tourist
• student
• for models
• for religious or family reasons
• business
• to the chosen place of residence (without the right to work)
• transit
• working
• transport
• sports
• medical
• for re-entry (in case of problems with national visa D)

Mandatory package of documents for obtaining an Italian Schengen visa for an adult working citizen of the Russian Federation:

• questionnaire (application, questionnaire);
• photograph - 1 piece (35 * 45 mm, matte, color and no older than 6 months; for children it is better to take a fresh one);
• a certificate from work with position, salary and confirmation that the applicant has been granted leave with job protection for the duration of the trip (for individual entrepreneurs - a certificate of registration with the Federal Tax Service, for founders of companies - the charter of the company, this item does not apply to the unemployed);
• bank statement about the account balance (minimum 50 euros per person for each day of travel) or a receipt from an ATM + photocopy of the front side of the card;
• accommodation reservation for each day of the trip or tickets for night flights / crossings / crossings;

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• air or tickets for other types of transport to Italy and back (not relevant for those traveling by car);

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• medical insurance policy for the entire duration of the trip with coverage starting from 30,000 euros and valid throughout the Schengen area.

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Children will need additional documents:

• original birth certificate (metrics);
• consent to leave from the parent(s) if the child travels to Italy separately from one of (or both) legal representatives.

To apply for a visa through the CC in Samara, foreign citizens must confirm with appropriate documents the legality of their stay on Russian territory.

Official site

Any additional information can be found on the official website:

• italy-vms.ru

Here, citizens of the Russian Federation can sign up to submit documents, check their status, look at the calendar of public holidays, everything about visa documents (requirements, sizes, forms), find out the contacts of the bank through which fees are paid, write in feedback and much more.

Please note that in order to correctly display information on the site, you must select a branch in the upper right corner of the page, in our case “Samara”.

Sign up for submission of documents

You can make an appointment at the Italian visa center located in Samara via the Internet online. On the official website, in the “ONLINE RECORDING” tab, you can make an appointment. First of all, you need to select the branch where you are registering, then mark the type of visa you need and e-mail.

The next step is to indicate the expected date of travel and fill out the form. It is important here to reflect the answers that correspond to reality. If you want to receive an SMS notification that the document is ready, you need to check the box next to this line. The same should be done in the case of organizing its delivery to the desired address. After which the completed form should be generated automatically. Applicants should note that the application form they filled out on the website can be printed out and submitted along with other documents to the visa center.

If desired or necessary, you can clarify the status of the appointment made, or cancel it, or reschedule the appointment to another, more suitable date.

Cost of services: consular and service fee

In addition to the consular fee, the amount of which is 35 euros, the applicant is also required to pay a service fee. Its amount is 29.50 euros and is charged for the fact that the visa center acts as an intermediary between the citizen and the embassy. Also, applicants from Samara additionally need to pay a courier fee for delivery of documents to Moscow and back, it amounts to 650 rubles per applicant.

All types of fees are paid only in cash at JSC Banca Intesa after the parties have signed the relevant agreement. In Samara, both the bank and the visa center are located in the same building.

Deadline for visa applications

Schedule for submitting documents for a visa to Italy with departure from Samara

Tourists wishing to submit documents for a visa to the office of Pegas Tolyatti LLC can submit according to this schedule, with the exception of Saturdays . On Saturday and in other cases, documents are submitted to Pegas Samara LLC.

Documents are accepted only as a complete package for the entire reservation. Original certificates and notarized copies of documents are not returned. When traveling with children, tourists must have an ORIGINAL BIRTH CERTIFICATE and CONSENT TO EXIT to cross the border. The permit must cover the entire duration of the intended stay. The permit must be issued no earlier than 1 month at the time of submitting documents to the Italian Consulate.