Transit visa for seamen (foreign flagged vessel)
1. Invitation from shipping agency in the EU as well as from the Russian sending agency.
The invitation letter from both mentioned agencies should be written on the company’s official paper with stamp, signature, name and position of the authorized signatory, and should include the following detailed information:
• complete identity of the seafarer (name, place and date of birth);
• passport and Seafarer’s Identity Document numbers, with date of issue and validity;
• sailor’s position on the vessel (in case of a group of sailors, this information can be
included in a list signed, sealed and attached to the invitation letter);
• name of the vessel;
• port and date of boarding;
• duration of the contract;
• itinerary that the seafarer will follow to arrive to the Member State of
destination/transit.
2. Crew list
3. International Medical Insurance valid for all the Schengen Territory For details…
4. One way ticket
5. Travel document valid for at least 3 months after the date of the visa expiry.
Photocopy of the passport itself and any previous passports (pages with personal data and all pages with stamps or visas). For details…
6. Application form (of established format) For details…
7. Photo (of established format) – 1 pcs. For details…
8. Deposit slip from the bank as proof of payment of the Consular fee (Banca Intesa) For details…
9. National passport (original and copy of page with a photograph and page with registration)
10. Seaman’s identity card (original+copy)
11. Seaman’s book (original+copy)
12. Copy of contract
13. Employment certificate from manning agency / crew management company.
14. Consent for processing the personal data For details…
List of additional documents for foreign citizens is available here.
Kindly ask to check information in the section Important information before documents submission.
Kindly note that a service fee and additional services (if necessary) in addition to the consular fee must be paid.
The Consulate General of Italy reserves the right to demand any additional documents.