08 Italy tourist visa process

Part 1:

Cats rabbit ticket is smooth, the worry about visas, in consultation with the ticket prices for the next day, I began to busy visa.

Because last year signed visa for France France, but also understand the process, so I went to their site again.

Found it seems there are progress than before! website should have a France visa application guidance manuals!

http://www.ambafrance-cn.org/spip.php?rubrique373&lang=zh

This is full of humanity! not as before cattle, what information to their Visa Office, was cursed by the guard to get the sentence.

Apart from France Consulate visa at the visa application guidance manual, I also found their Embassy for simple check list.

http://www.ambafrance-cn.org/spip.php?article2791&lang=zh

And the application form, you can download directly from the Internet.

Last year, we are the direct download, but last year, when super hard to find.

http://www.ambafrance-cn.org/spip.php?article2779&lang=zh

What in fact almost as last year, the most important thing is to look at them now visa appointment about to come.

Then call the method consular visa office, hit a few times, and finally are answered. A question that has row to 3 January next year, do you offer? Halo! I said at the beginning of December, we plan to go to Europe, you can advance? answer "no" to hang!

France visa is 88!

Because 7, August is heard France visa appointment are crazy, some two months later, now or in the case.

Well, not to check them, go to the SB check!

I thought for a moment, but we're going to Schengen countries except France is Italy, look at how Italy.

So Google a pass on Italy visa, found them in Shanghai has a so-called Visa Center, the site is as follows:

http://www.italyvac.cn/

They are also doing well, what are networked, Internet direct has Visa check list.

http://www.italyvac.cn/italy-shanghai/chineese/checklists.html

According to the category, I downloaded the tourist visa application checklist.

Since there is a check list, form, I found and downloaded.

http://www.italyvac.cn/italy-shanghai/chineese/visaapplicationform.html

And then I am concerned about the same problem with France--when can interview? if next year and 88! so find "Application Center" page, it is written above.

At present, in Shanghai, Zhejiang, Jiangsu and Anhui Province of residence of the applicant to submit the following application centre Italy visa application and arrange an interview time.

Italy visa application centre

Shanghai, China

Xujiahui road, 555

Guangdong Development Bank building, floor 2, 200023

In other words, no telephone!!!? and go to "contact us" page, and finally have found:

Contact us

You can contact us through the following channels:

Shanghai

Filing or passport

Address:

Shanghai, China

Xujiahui road, 555

Guangdong Development Bank building, floor 2, 200023.

General information: queries

Please call Monday-Friday 8: 00 to 19: 00 call 16838210 *

* Limited to 168 function has been activated Telecom users (except mobile phone)

* This is a paid service, to use this service, an applicant will charge higher rates.

E-mail: info@italyvac.cn

International call, please dial: + 86 21 63901790

They should keep the u.s. Consulate through the others play phone money! I will not let them succeed.

A look at a so-called "international caller dials," this is what the General telephone?! international, domestic fight!, has been busy signal, had more than 20 times, it disappointed! purporting to "international contact" to play!

I can not give up easily, since they didn't mention the visa appointment, and that perhaps to the law is not the same as a consular post, who then,? Google, look at exactly how to do this Italy visa.

Every time Google always has a harvest, found a copy of "Shanghai check Italy tourist visa process"

http://bbs.e7u.cn/ viewthread.php? tid=47

Look at the future really enlightening, originally went to Italy Visa Centre in advance to go, but this is going to have to call around, went after submission, money, and then make an appointment for an interview time and interview time can be negotiated.

This relieved, I look at Visa Raiders, began to prepare for our materials.

1. check

Card table (this downloading useless, eventually to fill out, because the downloading is A4 size, they demanded that must be written in the A3 form. Can only be filled out, cut it out. This method is not so 13 consular post. ）

2. passport size photo 1 (last year we forced to a consular post of a remake of the photos exactly how to use.

Forget method to several sheets of a consular post, but require a high level, must meet their requirements. ）

3. the validity of at least 120-day passport (no problem-as requested by a consular)

4. the applicant ID card copy (no problem-as requested by a consular)

In addition I also put the rabbit's Shanghai temporary residence permit to take, because the law of a consular post to.

In case.

5. household registration (no problem)

6. the applicant is employed and leave proof (original, Raiders is said to be in English, but last to act, to the consular post in English, Chinese people didn't do? not so to do.

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7. bank deposit proof of original and copy (Raiders on last year, say at least 50K method Consulate gives 30k proof)

8. hotel confirmation or letter of guarantee, the guarantor (last year only gave me a 3 night hotel, none of the other, it is estimated that since they had a fight.

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This strategy is a little help in tips that is venere website (reservation) to 1.

Booking cancellation without charges. 2. There are detailed maps on the Internet.

So they looked on the Internet.

www.venere.com

Sure enough, scheduled to provide credit card information, but only as a guarantee, without deduction.

Last night I had the whole tour of the hotel all the given.

A later suddenly received a message saying that the consumption of local currency xxx, then wonder, is it online to enter bank card information being stolen? is it they say only as guarantee is counterfeit? then immediately call your bank 24-hour hotline, confirm that the sum of knowledge, and freeze frozen from a hotel.

It may rely. Freezing better than direct deduction of payment is not honored.

9. minimum sum insured abroad insurance, 3 million euro (original and copy)

This strategy is also useful, say international assurance can be bought directly on the Internet, so I don't have to face an insurance agent.

So I'm going to friends Web site, found on overseas insurance contracts, there are two options (youbang Sihai travel accident insurance and friends tour travel accident insurance).

https://ebiz.aia.com.cn

I according to our situation and to a contract choose the four seas.

Online registration as a user, login, purchase, online payment, all online. Good easy!

10. credit card/traveller's cheques/cash (original and copy)

Raiders inside has said that a woman was asked to withdraw money to validate, to be met, what we call!! spent the money to get a visa, the visa officer will put his own position, not who you are!

12. air ticket booking (we had, airfares directly is today from the rabbit that we buy tickets for their history of Hainan Airlines international flight to Europe's most expensive!!!)

13. specific travel plans

Strategy that is as detailed as possible, I personally think that as long as you write, which day is good, otherwise it becomes a visa officer is peeping privacy of suspicion!

14. deed/car card (original and copy)

Well, the above contents I basic already get, apart from banks etc, etc, go to the next week, or a consular post, before preparing for the interview back.

Part 2:

Prepared materials for the next day we went to Italy visa application centre.

To time relatively late, 3-point to point to.

Pick a number.

Fill out a form, because it's online, print only by their A3 back application form. Before you can print and fill out the online just for reference. Get the last number are not available.

The basic material of we think are ready to pass the estimate after repair materials needed, but this is allowed.

Unlike France Consulate arrogance, not material can only be every week Thursday, as if there is am or pm. Online listening of Italy Visa Center of material is not so strange.

Italy Center is not part of the Italy visa section, but simply a Chinese company, State or private, France, Italy, Australia and other countries as part of the Visa Office to work outsourced to them.

Their task is to check the information provided and follow the order of discharge, SSO, and receive their fees (service charge).

Staff attitude is quite good, check also fairly carefully.

Turn to us, has heard that we can avoid the interview, because the last two years have been to Italy accreditation of the two countries, one must be a Schengen country. It was an unexpected surprise was time very nervous to get a free interview to indeed can give us for a lot of time to do other visas. Just glad to see you next time staff said free interview material must be a well-prepared, cannot fill materials. The following are worried, I even the most basic accounts are not brought. As a result, watching the staff a a check material, is not even asked me to something I worry about. Haha! so? well, Yes!, I and the information is passed! yeah!

Two people are happy to leave the Visa Center, really well!

The next day, the Visa Center the hospitality of our staff has called the Hare and said that our material is not odd, stay in Italy than in France, is not

In Italy the checked Schengen. That's what changed the stroke strategy! evening, beginning with the letter v with the reservation Web site, the original booking cancellation, travel in Italy with variable-length, and then do a travel plan. The itinerary of a page, I think, Yes, date, where to go, hotels (hotel name, confirmation number, address). If they really want us to provide more, I really do not like, what makes her so much privacy provides out? what's more, even if I would like to stay at a place in the Sun, a walk, do not do what. This is my own freedom, it is self-service travel, if you want to see so many attractions, with the group.

The next day the rabbit to our updated hotel reservations and travel plans.

Do not know whether it will have a phone that doesn't work, that does not work. We guess that this phone is not a Visa Office, exclusively Italy Center staff fear these materials-not the past. According to my understanding of Schengen mean, just go to any one of the Schengen countries to apply for Schengen visa consulates are available, why must in this country for the longest time? this is inconsistent with normal logic!

After a day I wonder if the two days, Italy Consulate Visa Office in person to call the rabbit, asked about Italy travel business, such as live what hotel, it is collapsed, obviously all offers, but also whether, but this question is also interesting, when you answer a question, he also gives hints--xxx "is not a hotel?".

The answer must be no let him down. Haha!, he also asked if we are not to many visa, if required, through the possibility is very small. Anyway we are indifferent, single or just on the original letter of support referred to several times.

Telephone inquiry is finished, and after a day or two, Italy Visa Center called, said visa can take.

Soon!

Later the rabbit to get, find, our visa turned out to be half-year multiple entry! really lucky cat rabbit!

It seems that the Visa Center staff concerns and Visa Office that people on multiple visa is not inferred.

Everything is expensive try! hehe!

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