REQUIREMENTS FOR ALL VISA APPLICANTS
1)Personal appearance;
2)Passport with no less than 3 months validity over the visa expiration;
3)Accomplished application form with one recent picture (2X2) with white background;
4)Original and a photocopy of all documents required for each applicant.
BUSINESS VISA
1)Certificate of employment (to include job description) or Business registration certificate and financial statement.
2)Guarantee letter from the Company.
3)Bank certification of the applicant’s dollar and peso accounts, passbook, statement of account. If available, traveler’s checks and international credit cards.
4)Declaration of the applicant’s annual income (ITR).
5)Confirmed round trip ticket upon release.
6)Itinerary, confirmed round trip flight booking and hotel vouchers or hotel booking under the name of the traveler.
7)Corporate ITR and/or Company bank certifications.
8)Business Registration Certificate and Financial Statement.
9)Invitation (not more than 90 days from the date of application in the Embassy) from the Italian Company indicating the name of the applicant, the purpose and the duration of stay in Italy. Furthermore, it should contain a declaration that the signatory guarantees the applicant and is aware of the penal responsibilities he assumes whenever the invitee violates the immigration law (Art.12, comma 1 of Dlgs 286/98 as amended by Law 189/02). It should also indicate the expenses to be shouldered when the applicant (or his employer) does not guarantee the said expenses.
The signature of the representative of the Italian company that made the invitation should be authenticated, or accompanied by a copy of a document of identity of the signatory.
Invito (redatto in data non superiore ai giorni 90 dalla data di presentazione della richiesta della Cancelleria Consolare) della società italiana che indichi il nominativo della persona, il motivo, i tempi del soggiorno in Italia ed inoltre dovrà contenere la dichiarazione dell’invitante di essere a conoscenza delle responsabilità di natura penale (favoreggiamento) che si assume la persona che fornisce garanzia nel caso che la persona da lui garantita/invitata violi la normativa sull’immigrazione (Art.12, comma 1, del Dlgs 286/98 come modificato dalla Legge 189/02). L’invito dovrà prevedere la copertura delle spese di soggiorno previste qualora l’invitato (o la sua impresa) non si faccia carico delle stesse.
La firma del rappresentate della società italiana che ha redatto l’invito deve essere autenticata, ovvero accompagnata da copia di un documento di identità del firmatario.
10)Original certification from the authorized Chamber of Commerce for the Italian Company (issued not more than 90 days from the date the document is presented to the Embassy).
Certificazione in originale della Camera di Commercio competente relativa alla società italiana (o visura camerale) rilasciata in data non superiore ai 90 giorni da quella della presentazione della documentazione presso la Cancelleria Consolare).
11)Travel insurance with a coverage of at least 30,000 euros. Please note of the following Schengen accredited companies:
Schengen accredited insurance companies in the Phils (as of June 2010)
ACE Secure (849-6057; 849-6022)
Chartis Phil. Insurance, Inc (formerly AIU) (878-5578)
Assist-Card (linked to ACE Group) (0922-8162790)
Blue Cross (899-8001 loc. 707 or 513)
BPI-MS Insurance Corporation (840-9000)
Fortune General Ins. Corp (6339232 loc.331)
MAA Insurance (892-3842)
Malayan Insurance (242-8888 loc.267)
MAPFRE (892-2769)
Paramount Life and General Ins. Co. (812-7956 loc 132)
PNB General Insurers Co. Inc (891-4060 loc. 4313)
Standard Insurance Co. (750-0378 loc. 320)
UCPB General Insurance Co. Inc. (884-1244)
WorldWide Travel Insurance Plans (890-4916)
Everest Int’l Group Administrators Inc. (692-0835)
Federal Phoenix Assurance Co., Inc. (859-1200)