Notes for International Participants
If you need an Invitation letter for your VISA, please, make the request as soon as possible through the Symposium Registration Form.
International participants, please familiarize yourself with travel requirements well in advance and if you need a visa, apply early!
Authority over visas to enter the Italian Republic is vested in the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and its network of accredited diplomatic and consular offices, which are responsible for ascertaining that applicants are in possession of the requisites entitling them to obtain a visa, which is issued by the diplomatic or consular mission with territorial jurisdiction over the place of residence of the applicant.
The authority issuing Uniform Schengen Visa (transit or short sojourn) is the diplomatic mission of the Schengen State present locally which is intended to be the sole or main destination.
Where it is not possible to identify the main destination, in case of several stages in the journey, the visa shall be issued by the diplomatic mission of the Schengen State of entry.
http://www.esteri.it/mae/en/ministero/servizi/stranieri/ingressosoggiornoinitalia
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List of countries whose citizens are subject to the visa obligation
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List of countries whose citizens are exempt from the visa requirement for short stays - Nationals of the following countries do not require a visa for visits up to a maximum of 90 days, for tourism, on missions, business, invitations, ought to take part in sports events, study
