Study visa for Italy
How to get a study visa for Italy?
How many problems to obtain a study visa to study Italian in Italy!
Yes, it is not so easy to obtain a study visa for an Italian language course at an Italian language school. Can you imagine our great displeasure when we have to respond to an application for a long-term Italian language course by saying “we advise you to contact the Italian embassy in your country and find out more because… etc, etc”?
Having said that, it is not impossible! However, you have to be patient and follow all the steps in the right way and, of course, be aware that the possibility of obtaining a study visa for Italy depends on several conditions.
I do not want to go into the reasons for these strict rules. It would be too long and perhaps my opinion would transpire too clearly, which is not helpful. So I just want to help guide you and, if I can, maybe welcome you to italianme for your Italian course in Florence.
Do I need a student visa to study in Italy?
Find out whether or not you need a student visa by clicking on this link:
https://vistoperitalia.esteri.it
The page is well done and tells you exactly whether or not you need a study visa and, if so, what requirements you have to fulfil, the forms you have to fill in, the documents you have to present.
How can I obtain a study visa to study Italian in Italy?
Contact the Italian embassy in your country of residence and ask them to explain the requirements regarding the knowledge of the Italian language.
This step is very important and I will now explain why …
The embassy assesses whether or not you qualify for a visa to study Italian in Italy, taking into account several factors, but in any case the course you wish to take must be the real reason why you are interested in settling in Italy for a long period. In this assessment, the coherence of the plan to study Italian in Italy with your previous education is crucial.
What are the requirements to obtain a study visa to study Italian in Italy?
The embassy will probably ask you to prove that you have already started studying Italian. A visa is rarely granted for a beginner level course.
For some embassies it may be sufficient for you to show that you can conduct a short interview in Italian, others require you to enrol in a higher level Italian course, i.e. B2, which means that you have already reached level B1. The embassy may also ask you to provide proof of an official diploma of knowledge of the Italian language at A2 or B1 level.What does the embassy of your country require of you? It is essential that you find out about this so that we can help you.
The school provides me with the necessary documents to obtain the study visa?
The steps to enrol in our course are very simple: just choose our Intensive course (20 lessons per week) by filling in the enrolment form and pay the course fee. For us, the payment of 30% of the course fee plus the registration fee of 60,00 euros is sufficient to reserve your place on the course. However, please note that some embassies may require 100% payment.
Once we have received your form and payment, we will send you the required documents, which you will need to present at the embassy along with all other documents.
In case you have not yet reached the level of proficiency in the Italian language or an A2 or B1 level diploma (if necessary) we can offer you online Italian lessons to reach the right level.
If you meet the requirements, you will have no problem, you can proceed with the payment of the course and we will send you the required documents.
What happens if the embassy denies me a visa?
In case your visa is denied, don’t worry, we will refund you the full amount paid minus the 60.00 euro registration fee. In order to reimburse, the school will need proof of visa refusal, which is normally issued in writing by the embassy. Simply send us the visa refusal notification from the embassy and the school will refund you.
Will it be easy to get a student visa to study in Italy?
Unfortunately, I cannot answer this question. You will understand from what I have just told you that the conditions may vary depending on your country of residence and whether you can prove that you meet all the requirements, so I suggest that you gather the information as accurately as possible to avoid refusals and disappointments. For the most part, applicants from countries such as the United States, Australia, Canada, England and Japan have been successful in obtaining study visas for Italy. In other cases, those who did not succeed started studying Italian online with us and managed to come to Italy afterwards. In some cases, however, we were unable to do anything because the applicant had a beginner’s level of knowledge of Italian or could not meet one or more of the other requirements.
Dear reader, if you are reading this blog, I imagine that your interest in coming to study in Italy is high, so I hope that you will succeed and that we will soon be able to welcome you to Florence for a long-term Italian language course that will be a fundamental experience in your education.