{"id":244,"date":"2023-04-03T19:30:48","date_gmt":"2023-04-03T17:30:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/consbruxelles.esteri.it\/servizi-consolari-e-visti\/servizi-per-il-cittadino-straniero\/visti\/"},"modified":"2026-09-25T16:17:14","modified_gmt":"2026-09-25T14:17:14","slug":"visti","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/consbruxelles.esteri.it\/en\/servizi-consolari-e-visti\/servizi-per-il-cittadino-straniero\/visti\/","title":{"rendered":"Visas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Consulate General of Italy in Brussels is responsible for receiving visa applications from extra-EU citizens residing in the territory of Belgium and Luxembourg.<\/p>\n<p>The Visa Office is open to the public <strong><u>by appointment only<\/u><\/strong>; appointments must be requested via email at <a href=\"mailto:visti.bruxelles@esteri.it\">visti.bruxelles@esteri.it<\/a> once all necessary documentation has been prepared.<\/p>\n<p>The Office is open Monday through Friday from 9:00 AM to 12:30 PM, and on Wednesdays from 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM.<\/p>\n<p>To determine whether you require a visa, please consult <a href=\"https:\/\/vistoperitalia.esteri.it\/\">\u201cVisto per l\u2019Italia\u201d<\/a> website, where you can find information on the documents needed. Payments must be made on the day of the appointment using a bank card.<\/p>\n<p>Payments must be made on the day of the appointment by bank card. The applicable fees are listed on the website mentioned above and summarized below:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>National visa (Type D visa, for stays exceeding 90 days): 116 EURO<\/li>\n<li>National visa for study purposes (Type D visa, for stays exceeding 90 days): 50 EURO<\/li>\n<li>Short-stay visa (Type C visa, for stays up to 90 days): 90 EURO for adults and 45 EURO for minors aged 6 to 12<\/li>\n<li>Type C visa for study purposes: free of charge<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Visas for family members of a European Union citizen (EU family members) are issued free of charge (Art. 5 of Legislative Decree 30\/2007).<\/p>\n<p>Pursuant to Directive 2004\/38\/EC, the following are considered family members:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The spouse,<\/li>\n<li>the partner who has entered into a registered partnership with the European Union citizen under the legislation of a Member State (provided the legislation of the host Member State treats the registered partnership as equivalent to marriage),<\/li>\n<li>direct descendants (children and grandchildren) under the age of 21 or who are dependents, as well as those of the spouse\/partner defined above,<\/li>\n<li>dependent direct ascendants (parents and grandparents) and those of the spouse\/partner defined above.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Exemptions from the payment of fees (visa costs) are provided for under Article 16 of Regulation (EC) No 810\/2009 (Visa Code), as amended by Regulation (EU) 2019\/1155.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Consulate General of Italy in Brussels is responsible for receiving visa applications from extra-EU citizens residing in the territory of Belgium and Luxembourg. The Visa Office is open to the public by appointment only; appointments must be requested via email at visti.bruxelles@esteri.it once all necessary documentation has been prepared. The Office is open Monday [&hellip;]","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":240,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-244","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/consbruxelles.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/244","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/consbruxelles.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/consbruxelles.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/consbruxelles.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/consbruxelles.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=244"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/consbruxelles.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/244\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4363,"href":"https:\/\/consbruxelles.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/244\/revisions\/4363"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/consbruxelles.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/240"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/consbruxelles.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=244"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}