BUSINESS VISA
You should lodge your application when you have all the required documents as detailed in the checklist: BUSINESS – SCHENGEN VISA (PDF)
- Residence: SOUTH AFRICA
- Length of stay: Up to 90 days
- Reason for stay:Business
Documents and forms :
- Entry visa application form(View)
- recent passport-size photograph
- valid travel document whose expiry date is three months longer than that of the visa requested
- return ticket (or booking) or evidence that the applicant has their own means of transport
- proof that the applicant has sufficient means of subsistence as required by the Directive of the Ministry of the Interior dated 1st March 2000(View)
- health insurance covering a minimum of €30,000 for emergency hospitalisation and repatriation expenses, valid throughout the Schengen area
- documentation issued by the relevant local authorities proving the actual position of economic-commercial operator (e.g. : operating licence, company registration certificate by CAMERA DI COMMERCIO, etc.).
- schedule of the stay with the business contacts and the contact details in Italy, or letter of invitation from the Italian company Business-invitation (PDF)
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The issue of a Business visa takes usually 15 working days. Some exception might be made for proven reasons explained to: visa.johannesburg@esteri.it
PLEASE NOTE
Citizens of Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iraq, Palestine need to provide full names of mother and father and it must result from a birth certificate or Consular declaration.
THE INFORMATION OUTLINED ABOVE MAY BE SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT PRIOR NOTICE. NO LIABILITY CAN BE ACCEPTED FOR THE CONSEQUENCES OF SUCH CHANGES.
THIS CONSULAR ADMINISTRATION HAS FULL AUTHORITY TO EVALUATE AND REQUEST ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTATION, IF DEEMED NECESSARY, IN ADDITION TO WHAT HAS BEEN SUBMITTED. FURTHERMORE, THE APPLICANT, IS HEREBY INFORMED THAT SUBMITTING ALL THE REQUIRED DOCUMENTATION, DOES NOT GUARANTEE THE ISSUANCE OF ANY PARTICULAR VISA.