The consulate at which you need to apply for Schengen visa depends on several factors. You need to apply at the Italy consulate in New York if your main “theme” of your trip is in Italy. 

Do green card holders (US Permanent Residents) need visa for Italy?

Sadly yes, you need to get an Italian Schengen visa if you would like to visit Italy with a permanent residence or green card. Only full US citizens who hold the US passport can visit Europe without a visa.

The Italian consulate in the US does have a rather useful wizard which will help you determine whether you need visa or not in the form of the following website.

The website gives a choice of several languages like Italian, English, Russian, AR, and ZH on the top right. Choose the language you like

http://vistoperitalia.esteri.it/home/en

Scroll down and enter the following details

1. Your nationality

2. Your country of residence

3. Length of your stay (Up to 90 days or Above 90 days)

4. Reasons for your stay

Select ‘Go to Answers’ after entering these details. Whether you will need a visa or not, will depend on the data you enter.

So the above wizard says that as an Indian I need a visa to visit Italy (in fact, for all Schengen countries). 

If you scroll down in this section you would find the documents need for you and help you plan your visa better

But not to worry, simply follow our simple guide below to know how you can get Italy visa as a U.S Permanent Resident.

How to get an appointment at the Italy embassy in New York?

You need to make an online appointment with the Italian embassy before you apply for Schengen visa since Italian embassy do not allow walk-ins.

To make an appointment for your Italy Schengen visa at the New York consulate, visit the below link

https://prenotaonline.esteri.it/login.aspx?cidsede=100061&ReturnUrl=/

Click on New User Registration (highlighted in red here)

You need to make sure that the name that you provide in the form, and the name in your passport is exactly the same.

You need to fill in details such as your name, residence, email, and citizenship. Once you fill the form given above, the automated system will send you a mail. In that email, you will get instructions to activate your account.

As soon as your account is activated, you can access the appointment system with the password and username provided to you. Choose the date and time slot suitable for you and book your appointment.

If you cannot find an appointment, you need to check the booking system every day at 6 PM, so that cancelled appointments become available.

If you don’t need your appointment any more, make sure to cancel it so that other users can occupy that slot.

Once you’ve got your application, you need to take a printout of your Schengen visa application and head out to the New York visa office, with your original passport and the other required documents mentioned below.

If you are planning to visit other Schengen countries, Italy should be the country where you will be spending the most number of days. In case you are spending an equal number of days in other countries, Italy will be marked as your port of entry.

Documents needed for Italy visa at the New York consulate

All documents should be presented in the original.

Here is a list of the documents that you will need to apply for an Italy visa:

• Passport

• Photographs

• Permanent Residence Permit card

• Completed Schengen visa form

• Flight itinerary

• Hotel bookings

• Schengen visa insurance

• Proof of sustenance

• Cover letter

• Letter of employment(if employed)

• Company registration(if self-employed)

• Letter from college (for students)

Passport: The original copy of your passport will be taken by the consulate authorities to process it. On the appointment date, the applicant needs to bring a prepaid envelope (that contains the required barcode/tracking number or stamps) and a xerox of the same.

Photographs: Photographs should be provided as per the visa application specifications.

Also, the Visa office accepts prepaid priority envelopes only from the United States Postal Service. They do not accept envelopes from private couriers. Once the process is done they will send your passport back to you through mail.

Please note that all the applications that do not meet the requirements are rejected.  If that is the case, you need to make a new appointment through the system.

If you are not a United States citizen, when you apply for a visa, you need to submit a copy of the document that allows you to legally stay in the U.S. They may include: A U.S long-term visa excluding B1/B2, Permanent U.S resident card, 1-797, resident alien card and I-20. Also, the document that you are willing to provide must have a validity of at least three months beyond the last day of your trip to Italy or the Schengen area.

A flight itinerary or a Schengen visa reservation is required. This is the most preferred way of submitting a visa application as you don’t have to buy actual flight tickets. You will end up losing a lot of money if your visa is not approved.

What is flight itinerary? Is it accepted by the Schengen consulate ?

Of course, in fact all the embassies mention the same. We have added links to the official visa pages which you can verify.

France Consulate

Your travel itinerary : you MUST BOOK your airline ticket but do not purchase until the visa has been approved.

Spain consulate

We recommend that you do not purchase travel tickets until your visa has been approved. On the other hand, you may provide us with a reservation, a planned itinerary or an online printout of a roundtrip ticket.

Netherland consulate

Travel reservation to and from schengen area, not a ticket. Note: Make travel reservation which you can cancel

Germany consulate

Flight (roundtrip)/travel reservations and full itinerary (if several Schengen States will be visited or if the trip covers several Schengen States and non-Schengen countries) with the name of passenger and one copy

Italy consulate

Round trip ticket/reservation, originating in this jurisdiction to Europe (and ultimately to Italy) and back, including internal entry and exit points of travel i.e. EURORAIL tickets, car rental, internal flights. The names on reservations have to reflect the names on passports.

We can provide you with flight itineraries which is accepted by not only for Schengen visa but for all visas. We have customers using the same flight itinerary for Malaysia visa, Singapore visa, India visa, UK visa etc.

In fact the European union visa requirements for visa states the same.

As per the official document,

Round trip reservation or itinerary with dates and flight numbers specifying entry and exit from Schengen state.Schengen authorities accept the itinerary when applying for the visa but request the original air ticket when visa is collected.

That is why we have 100% visa acceptance rate although some of our customer have been requested to provide “additional documents”, none of their visa has been rejected for providing fake documents. With 80% of our customers being return customers or companies which process visas for their employees/clients, our approach is the best approach if you want to ensure the safety of your visa.

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If the applicant is under 18 years old :
→ copy of his/her birth certificate + certified translation if the document is not in French or English

If the applicant is under 18 years old and travelling without his parents :
→ notarized copy of his/her birth certificate + certified translation if the document is not in French or English
→ notarized parental authorization from both parents or from the parent exercising full custody of the child according to the divorce decree (a certified copy of the divorce decree must be provided) + copies of both parents passports

If the applicant is under 18 years old and travelling with only one parent :
→ notarized copy of his/her birth certificate + certified translation if the document is not in French or English
→ notarised parental authorisation from the non-travelling the parent + copy of his passport