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Italian consulates: where Russian speakers apply for the D visa

In short

The national D visa (over 90 days - lavoro autonomo, study, family reunification and other motives) is issued by the Italian mission whose district you belong to.

Below are all the missions relevant to Russian-speaking applicants: what each one does, which visa centre takes the papers and how to book. Facts come from the official esteri.it sites; operators and waits are community-reported - verify current data.

What the consulate does

Reviews the file and decides on the visa, certifies translations and does consular legalization of documents. Its site is the primary source for document lists.

What the visa centre does

A commercial operator that takes in documents, collects fingerprints and charges a service fee. It makes no decisions - every file goes to the consulate.

Russia

Moscowconsulate general

Consulate General of Italy in Moscow

Per the official site the district covers the whole Russian Federation except the St. Petersburg district (the city itself plus the Leningrad, Novgorod, Vologda, Arkhangelsk, Pskov and Murmansk regions and Karelia). Inside it are an honorary Consulate General in Krasnodar and honorary consulates in Yekaterinburg, Lipetsk, Volgograd, Ufa and Kaluga, plus a consular correspondence office in Samara - support offices that do not issue visas.

Address, phone, booking

Saint Petersburgconsulate general

Consulate General of Italy in Saint Petersburg

Per the official site the district is Saint Petersburg, the Leningrad region, Veliky Novgorod and the Novgorod region, Vologda and its region, Arkhangelsk and its region, Pskov and its region, Murmansk and its region, Petrozavodsk and the Republic of Karelia. All the rest of Russia belongs to the Moscow Consulate General. The district follows the registration in your passport, not your preference.

Address, phone, booking

Belarus

Minskembassy

Embassy of Italy in Minsk

The Republic of Belarus. There are no separate Italian consulates in other Belarusian cities - all of the country's visa files go through Minsk.

Address, phone, booking

Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan

Astanaembassy

Embassy of Italy in Astana

Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan. Residents of Kazakhstan file through the external provider, while Kyrgyzstan works differently: per the official site Schengen C visas for Italy are taken by the Hungarian Embassy in Bishkek under a representation agreement, national visas over 90 days go through the Italian honorary consulate in Bishkek, and since 11 January 2025 - because fingerprints became mandatory for the D visa - national visa applications are filed at the VFS Global centre in Almaty. There is no career Italian consulate in either Almaty or Bishkek.

Address, phone, booking

Ukraine

Kyivembassy

Embassy of Italy in Kyiv

Ukraine: visa issuance is suspended while the consular section works on. Per the official site holders of Ukrainian biometric passports need no visa for EU trips under 90 days, and those fleeing the war fall under the EU temporary-protection directive, which allows a temporary residence permit in Italy. The site also recalls that martial law in Ukraine generally bars adult male citizens from leaving - exit rules are to be confirmed with the Ukrainian border authorities.

Address, phone, booking

Not legal advice. District lines, visa-centre operators and timings change - the primary source is always the official mission site on esteri.it.

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