Important Reminder for All:

 （1）Anti-fraud reminder  Recently, my center received a  telephone response from the applicant, there are criminals posing as center staff identity to carry out telecom fraud. Here, our center declares that the center will not call anyone involved in the case, ask them to come to the center to get the relevant documents or parcels from the embassy or domestic public security organs, will not ask for bank account and personal information, and will not require the parties to remit money to the "security account" or pay "security deposit". Please raise your awareness of prevention anddo not disclose their personal information to strangers.

  （2）Notice on optimizing the visa-free policy for Italy

   From 0:00 on November 30, 2024 to 24:00 on December 31, 2025, Beijing time, China will implement a unilateral visa-free policy for Italy. The entry reasons will be expanded to business, tourism, visiting relatives and friends, transit, and exchange visits, and the visa-free stay period will be extended to 30 days.

 （3）According to the notice of the Chinese Embassy in Italy, from Monday 26th of August 2024, applicants must log in to the website of the Chinese Visa Application Service Center www.visaforchina.cn, complete the online "Visa Application Form" and upload the visa application materials. From Monday 26th of August, all paper application forms will no longer be accepted.

 Please click here for the visa application process.

 Special reminder: Before submitting your passport and application materials to the visa application center, please confirm that your application status is "Waiting for Passport Submission", and you have received a confirmation email and printed the "Visa Application receipt".

 （4）Submission time (working days)   : 9:00  – 15:00
 Telephone Consultation  and passport collection hours   (working days)   : 9：00-16:00

  (5)Please pay attention to the latest holiday notice contained in the "News" column on the home page of the website.

  Consulting E-mail: romacentre@visaforchina.org