A guest visa to Italy by invitation is perhaps the most difficult way to enter the country. The very receipt of a guest visa to Italy is always associated with a long and very problematic procedure for issuing an invitation by the Italian side. The question of receiving an invitation for the arrival of friends or relatives from Russia to Italy takes up to 1 month and requires the inviter to provide a lot of documents for a visa to Italy to the authorities of his state.

The Russian side to obtain a visa, in addition to an invitation from the Italian side, indicating the passport data of the invited person is ,dates of the upcoming visit ,contact details of the inviter ,it will be necessary to provide the foreign passport (canceled ,acting no more than three years ago ,and real ,with a validity of 90 days after the end of the visa) ,copies of internal passports ,pictures ,completed questionnaires ,certificate from work ,confirming by whom ,from what date and with what income do applicants work ,help ,confirming the existence of a bank account and the balance on it at the time of receipt of the certificate In addition, you need a photocopy of the first page of the passport of the inviter, or the first page of the Russian passport and a copy of the residence permit, if the inviter is a citizen of the Russian Federation !

However, a guest visa to Italy by invitation also has its advantages: its validity can reach one year, and the chances of obtaining this visa are sometimes even higher. In addition, a visa at a private invitation is a Schengen visa that will allow you to make not only guest trips to Italy, but also travel throughout Europe for your pleasure.