Transit visas

1. Visa application form (click here)
2. Recent passport size photo For details…
3. Passport or travel document valid for at least three months after visa expiry date. Passport must be received not more than 10 years ago.
4. Travel proof (ticket, booking). Proof of the effective need or convenience of passing through the Schengen area.
5. Passport with entry visa of country of destination where required.
6. Documentation attesting to socio-professional standing For details…
7. Proof of available means of support for the stay in Italy of an amount not less than that established in Table A annexed to Ministry of Interior Directive 1.3.2000 For details… 
8. Domestic passport; For details…
9. Consent for processing the personal data.  For details…

Transit visa for seafarers (foreign flagged ship)

1. Crew list;
2. Contract;
3. Seafarer’s Identity Document (original and copy);
4. Seaman’s book (original and copy);
5. Employment reference from manning agency / crew management company;
6. Invitation from shipping agency in the EU as well as from the Russian sending agency.

The invitation letter from both mentioned agencies should be written on the company’s official paper with stamp, signature, name and position of the authorized signatory, and should include the following detailed information:

• name, place and date of birth of the seafarer;
• passport and Seafarer’s ID numbers, with date of issue and validity;
• sailor’s position on the vessel (in case of a group of sailors, this information can be included in a list signed, sealed and attached to the invitation letter);
• name of the vessel;
• port and date of boarding;
• durationofthecontract;
• itinerary that the seafarer will follow to arrive to the Member State of destination/transit

7. Seafarers who will board or disembark foreign flagged ships in Italian ports must provide extract from the port register;
8. Medical insurance for Schengen countries;
9. One-way ticket reservation;
10. Photo (of established format) – 1 pcs; For details…
11. Passport; For details…
12. Visa application form (of established format); For details…
13. Consent for processing the personal data; For details…
14. Domestic passport. For details…

Be advised: the Diplomatic or Consular Representation reserves the right to request further documentation.