Italy visa guideThe Italy Family Reunion Visa (ricongiungimento familiare) is a long-stay Type D visa that lets close family members join a relative who legally resides in Italy — a spouse, a dependent parent, or a child joining a parent.
This process begins in Italy: the sponsoring family member must first obtain a Nulla Osta from the competent SUI (Sportello Unico per l'Immigrazione). The visa application then proves the family relationship through apostilled certificates and, for dependent parents, genuine economic dependence on the relative in Italy.
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Italy family reunion visa (type D) from India
There are two routes. If your relative in Italy is a non-EU resident (for example an Indian national with a Permesso di Soggiorno), they first obtain a Nulla Osta from the SUI and the documents listed in the requirements on this page apply. Spouses, registered partners, children under 21, dependent parents and other dependants of an Italian or EU national instead apply at the Embassy of Italy in New Delhi for the "Family EU Reunion" long-stay (D) visa. It is a national visa, decided on proof of the family tie and, for dependants, proof of financial dependence.
The Embassy's checklist
- The visa application form and a passport valid at least three months beyond the date you will leave the Schengen area, with two empty pages.
- A passport copy of the Italian or EU national and their invitation letter, issued no more than six months before submission, stating the intention to reunite.
- Proof of the family relationship: birth certificate, marriage certificate, and the Italian "stato civile" and "stato di famiglia" are mandatory. The Embassy requires these certificates to be requested online on the Italian ANPR portal with a QR code, and verifies them with the competent authority in Italy. Both the Italian or EU documents and the Indian documents must be provided, the Indian ones duly apostilled.
- For minors: the birth certificate when travelling with both parents; the other parent's consent legalised through the Italian mission or municipality where that parent resides when travelling with one parent; both parents summoned to sign consent if the minor travels alone; a death certificate where a parent has died.
- A flight reservation or a statement of the intended start date of the visa.
- For dependent family members, documentary evidence that over the last 12 months the EU citizen has transferred money or borne expenses in a quantity that shows effective financial dependence.
Official sources
- Embassy of Italy in New Delhi — visas: https://ambnewdelhi.esteri.it/en/servizi-consolari-e-visti/servizi-per-il-cittadino-straniero/visti/
- VFS Global India — Italy: https://visa.vfsglobal.com/ind/en/ita
Checked against the Embassy of Italy (New Delhi) Family EU Reunion D visa checklist held in our Knowledge Base on 30 September 2026. Fees and rules change; the official page always prevails.
