Student Visa in terview in Italy

[Matteo999 0]

Hello everyone,

I applied for a student visa yesterday but I wasn't able to schedule the interview appointment since the embassy stopped the interviews due to the coronavirus.

They asked me instead to send my documents, my problem is that right now i am in the us for the holidays and my school begins on January 31st, so I would have to be back in the US by that date.

Does any of you know if I can schedule an emergency appointment for january, or if I would be in time if I come back to italy right after new years, and then send the documents, or if i really need to go back now.

(I would also like to know if it would be possible to send the documents directly from the us).

Thank you for your help,

Matteo

[canadian_wife 1,820]

I think scheduling and emergency visa appointment would be consulate specific, is the Italian consulate giving emergency visas for student visas?  Plus, is a student visa really an emergency?  Is it possible for you to defer your start date from January 31st to possibly summer term?

 

Good luck 

[arken 4,197]

4 hours ago, Matteo999 said:

(I would also like to know if it would be possible to send the documents directly from the us).

Do this ASAP if you want the interview on time. They want the documents, it doesn't matter where it's mailed from.

[Coco8 1,042]

They might be asking the documents to start the process and give you an interview once they've processed them. Send them by Fedex ASAP. The holidays are soon and nobody is going to be working.

 

Also, they can give you an interview in a short span of time, so I recommend you go back. There's no way you can start by January 31 without a visa anyway.

[Matteo999 0]

6 hours ago, Coco8 said:

They might be asking the documents to start the process and give you an interview once they've processed them. Send them by Fedex ASAP. The holidays are soon and nobody is going to be working.

 

Also, they can give you an interview in a short span of time, so I recommend you go back. There's no way you can start by January 31 without a visa anyway.

But if i send my documents through fedex, my passport as well, how can i go to italy then?

[Coco8 1,042]

2 hours ago, Matteo999 said:

But if i send my documents through fedex, my passport as well, how can i go to italy then?

Oh, ok. Then you have to go back and give them the documents. I think they are going to go over them and call you for an interview. 

 

Are you in the US with a visitor visa?

[Matteo999 0]

14 hours ago, Coco8 said:

Oh, ok. Then you have to go back and give them the documents. I think they are going to go over them and call you for an interview. 

 

Are you in the US with a visitor visa?

I'm in the us with the esta. Do you think I would have enough time if I go on the 2nd of January?

[Boiler 45,411]

Impossible to say.

[Coco8 1,042]

5 hours ago, Matteo999 said:

I'm in the us with the esta. Do you think I would have enough time if I go on the 2nd of January?

 

F1 visas can be ready kind of fast, like in 2 weeks. However, you said that they don't have appointments and have a backlog, so it's difficult to say. Also, don't won't work during the holidays which adds to timing issues.