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Dear applicants!
Kindly note that from May, 1st till May, 4th and from May, 8th till May, 11th Visa application center will be close due to the national holidays!
Dear applicants,
Due to high demand and the approaching summer season, processing of visa applications may take longer than 40 days from the date of application. We therefore ask you to submit your visa application well in advance of the planned departure date and to consider this information when planning your trip. For details…
Dear applicants!
Kindly note that due to new requirements of the European Comission and the Consulate General of Italy, lists of required documents for applying for a visa was updated. Please check it carefully!
Dear applicants!
Kindly note that as of January 11th, 2025 when applying for national visas type D all applicants aged 12 and older must appear at Visa application center in person to provide their fingerprints. Please note that biometrics are not interchangeable with biometrics given for C visas. They will not be stored. This means that all visa D applicants will have to appear personally and they will have to provide biometrics every time they apply for a D visa or for a new C visa after a D visa.
Dear applicants!
We inform you about the change of the domain name of our website to ITALYVMS.COM, as well as the e-mail address to INFO@ITALYVMS.COM! Please be careful: booking appointment is free of charge, all services are paid at our office on the day of submission of documents!
Dear applicants!
Kindly note that dependent direct relatives in the ascending line seeking exemption from paying visa fee should provide confirmations of being dependent in the form of regular cash assistance received by them from an Italian/EU citizen residing in Italy and documents on their financial situation. For details…
Dear applicants!
Kindly note that the application form for Schengen visa type C has been changed!
Starting from Monday, July, 8, 2024, the previous application form will no longer be accepted!
The relevant application form is available to download here .
Dear applicants!
Kindly note that according to the Europeon comission decision as of June, 11th, 2024 visa fee for Schengen visas type C will be increased up to 90 euro per person (for minors 6-11 years old – up p 45 euro per person).
Dear applicants!
As of July 06, 2023, the Visa Application Center VMS in Moscow accepts visa applications and supporting documentatiom only from applicants who has a permanent registration (stamp in the national passport) in Moscow or in Moscow region.
Residents of St. Petersburg, Murmansk, Pskov, Arkhangelsk, Vologda, Veliky Novgorod and the relevant regions as well as the Republic of Karelia should apply for a visa to the Visa application center VMS in St. Petersburg.
Residents who have a permanent registration (stamp in the national passport) in other regions of Russia should apply for a visa to the company AlmavivA.
Dear applicants!
In accordance with a new order of the Consulate General of Italy each applicant, including minors, must have their own travel document (passport). The Consulate will no longer accept visa applications for minors endorsed into their parents’ passports.
Dear applicants!
In accordance with a new order of the Consulate General of Italy Russian all kind of foreign passports of the Russian citizens (biometric and non-biometric) can be accepted.
Dear applicants!
In accordance with a new order of the Consulate General of Italy Russian non-biometric passports (issued for 5 years) can be accepted till December, 14th, 2022. As of December, 15, 2022, from Russian citizens biometric passports (issued for 10 years) only will be accepted!
Dear applicants!
Kindly note that as of November, 15th, 2022, from Russian citizens biometric passports (travel documents) only will be accepted to apply for Italian visas. Non-biometric Russian passports are no longer accepted!
Dear applicants!
On november, 19, 2021 Visa application center VMS (Visa management service LLC) has ceased its activities in the regions. Please contact the new visa service operator AlmavivA to have information about document submission on the regions (Belgorod, Chelvabinsk, Ekaterinburg, Irkutsk, Kazan, Kaliningrad, Khabarovsk, Krasnodar, Krasnoyarsk, Lipetsk, Nizhny Novgorod, Novosibirsk, Omsk, Perm, Rostov-on-Don, Samara, Stavropol, Tula, Tyumen, Ufa, Vladivostok, Volgograd, Voronezh). Important information on submitting visa applications in the Russian Federation can be found here.
Dear applicants!
VIP Premium Lounge and Mobile Biometric
Kindly note that documents submission and collection within additional services VIP Premium Lounge and Mobile Biometric are currently being suspended. We apologize for any inconveniences.