Italian flag Embassy of Italy in Islamabad

AddressStreet 17, Diplomatic Enclave, G5
Islamabad
Pakistan
PostalPO Box 1008
Phonelocal: (051) 283.3183
international: +92.51.283.3183
Faxlocal: (051) 283.3179
international: +92.51.283.3179
Emailsegreteria.ambislamabad@esteri.it
Web sitehttp://www.ambislamabad.esteri.it/

» Can I visit Italy without a visa?

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Amjad ali
Mon, 29 Aug 2011 14:27 EDT
Complane in embassy
Dear sir
regarding my email to you in your embassy some pakistani people envole in humane trafking,if you give these people money then they issue visa with in 1 month or with in three weeks.i am visited your country lot of times ,one of your embassy paki staff member ask me give me one lakh and fifty thousand repees ..then we issue you visa with in two weeks.otherwise embassy take very long time to issue a visa,sir please take action against these peoples,,i know these peoples name but i am not write there,if you ask me i m tell you these names
Usman Ishaq
Mon, 29 Aug 2011 04:21 EDT
Italian's truly brainless people
I applied for visit visa to Italy in April for onward travel in June as i was told that visa processing takes 30 days.

I did not get my visa till the third week of August and that too when my travel insurance and ticket had already expired.

The funny thing was that the visa was issued on 19th August for travel on 29th August.

Called the embassy for extension as i had to re-apply for health insurance and also arrange tickets for me and my family. The embassy plainly refused to extend the visa and said that i have to re-apply with all the fees.

Seems more like a money minting business than actually facilitating people.
atiq abbasi
Tue, 23 Aug 2011 04:42 EDT
delay of business visa process
Dear SIr,
I am marble factory onwer, i have plan to visit verona marble exhibtion 2011, i applied my business visa 45 days back, untill today there is no any respons from your embassy, In last year 2011 embassy issue visa and retrun my paspport after exhibtion.
SO please take action.
Saeed
Sun, 21 Aug 2011 06:49 EDT
@Iqbal i applied for flussi immigration 2011 and got nulla osta in june and submit it in embassy in first week of july. embassy told it takes 4 months process time, i dont know really that why it takes this much time although the italian authority issued nullaosta byself so for verification there is need of half year?? if yes then this is really a amazing thing...
Iqbal
Sat, 20 Aug 2011 15:43 EDT
@Saeed, it takes 6-8 months to process the application but could take longer depending on which time of year you are applying
Amjad
Sat, 20 Aug 2011 13:30 EDT
Busines visa
Can mr roberto incharge of visa secation is still work in italian embassy islamabad
Saeed
Fri, 19 Aug 2011 13:42 EDT
Italy Work visa
how long work visa take time? anyone got information about this..
complaints.ambislamabad@gmail.com
Wed, 17 Aug 2011 22:56 EDT
Complaints for Visa Processing Issues
Compliant here
Kindly send all the complaints about the embassy on this email address:

complaints.ambislamabad@gmail.com

You can report any incidents. Some of the examples are:
- Corruption events
- Third party charging huge fee on the name of translation services and consultancy to prospective visitors (like Avanti Pakistan)
- Too much delay in visa processing without any obvious reasons
- Rude and non-cooperating behavior of telephone operator that does not let you talk to the relevant persons
- Charging money for free services (like Declaration of Value) through a third party (like avanti)
- For study visa, for DOV only last degree/certificate is required but the Embassy asks to attest and translate all the degree documents and students have to pay too much money to official translator (Avanti Pakistan)
- Non cooperation of Educational officers like (Kamal Yousaf)
- Wrong information given by telephone operators
etc.

We will highly appreciate if you can provide useful information or evidence. We ll try to assure you that you will get your justice if someone has treated you unprofessionally.

Disclaimer: We want to make a strong case against the embassy and reach the higher officials in Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Pakistan.

Thank you

Also you can send your complaints here:
For complaints:
Online complaint: Ministry of Foreign Affairs Italy
http://www.esteri.it/MAE/EN/Ministero/Servizi/Sportello_Info/DomandeFrequenti/FAQRichiestaInfo.htm

Italian Ambassador in Islamabad
H.E. Vincenzo Prati
vincenzo.prati@esteri.it

In-charge, Visa Section
Giuseppe Lacatena
giuseppe.lacatena@esteri.it
Fxl
Wed, 17 Aug 2011 18:31 EDT
New adress and Phone numbers of Embassy
Embassy of
Italy
Street 17, Diplomatic
Enclave,G5,
Islamabad P.O.
Box N.1008
Tel.+92 51
2833183 -
2833184 -
2833185/6/7
Fax+92 51
2833179
Email: segreteria.ambislamabad@esteri.it
ali haider
Wed, 17 Aug 2011 15:17 EDT
study visa
sir plz kindly tell me can i get a study visa ? sir tell me what is the process & reqiurements to apply for study visa.my email address is ahaider956@gmail.com

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