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This will vary from Country to Country, some Schengen countries will allow Applicant to travel by carrying both Old & New passport, if visa is valid on Old passport & some countries will require applicant to transfer the visa from Old passport to New passport. We suggest you check with our GoVisaX Experts before you travel.

Schengen Area, named after “the Schengen Agreement” signifies a zone where 26 different European nations, acknowledged the abolishment of their internal borders with other member nations and outside, for the free and unrestricted movement of people, goods, services, and capital, in harmony with common rules for controlling external borders and fighting criminality by strengthening common judicial system and police cooperation. This has made ease for passengers to travel to any one or several Schengen countries on a single visa issued by any one Schengen member country. Borders of these countries only exist on Map but in reality in terms of visas these are borderless countries, it is like moving within the same country.

A Schengen Visa (issued by a consulate or embassy of a Schengen State) is valid for all 26 States of the Schengen Area (including the European territory of Italy), unless it is marked otherwise on the visa sticker. So you do not need another visa to enter or stay in the European territory of Italy. However, you must be in possession of documentary evidence for the reasons for your stay and your means of support. Schengen Area comprises of the following countries: Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, and Switzerland

Indian travelers who have received both shots of Covishield vaccine or any other EMA approved vaccine are eligible to travel to Italy

No, Italy is not allowing Indian travelers who are fully vaccinated by Covaxin as of now

Applicants can apply for Schengen visa maximum 3 months before their travel date

From 02nd November 2015, Schengen Countries have started Biometrics process for visa submission, so every applicant has to go personally to VFS (Visa Facilitation Center), a body appointed by Consulates OR in some countries directly he has to visit Consulate/Embassy for completing Biometrics procedure i.e. to capture Fingerprinting, palm printing, Live photo.

Yes Indian travelers need a negative RT-PCR test report to travel to Italy, for which test must be conducted within 72 hours prior departure

Travelers who are fully vaccinated with 2 doses of any EMA-approved vaccine (Pfizer, Covishield, Moderna, AstraZeneca etc) and chilled under 12 years of age are exempted from quarantining on arrival in Italy

As per the Standard Rule set by Schengen authorities, Biometrics is valid for 59 months & is applicable for all Schengen countries & it can be easily identified from VIS remark on your visa issued after your First biometrics, so if you have completed your Biometrics earlier for Schengen visa after 02nd November 2015 then you need not do it again for your subsequent Schengen visa application. But, few countries will require applicants to come every time for Biometrics whenever they apply irrespective of criteria of 59 months and a few countries follow 59 months’ criteria but may call applicants for Biometrics again if there is some problem in Biometrics details captured in Visa Information System. Hence, it is better that you check with GoVisaX Experts before you apply for your visa.

In this case, you can very well travel on that visa even though it was issued before the biometrics process started.