Sharing good practices: a standard procedure for granting EM students entry Visa to Italy

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Sharing good practicesa standard procedure for
granting EM studentsentry Visa to Italy

• Giovanni Finocchietti
• PNC - Punto nazionale di contatto Erasmus Mundus
  Italia
• Seminar Erasmus Mundus Master Courses Consortia
  2006
• Brussels, 30 November 2006

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1. The situation in Italy (2004-2005)

• Legal framework
• EU Council Directive n. 114/2004
• Italy rules for admission of foreign students in
  HEI (CSS - Circolare studenti stranieri)
• Institutional actors in Italy
• Ministry for University and Research (MiUR)
• Ministry for Foreign Affairs (MAE)
• Ministry for Home Affairs (MINT)

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2. Terms of the problem (2004-2005)

• Difficulties to obtain Visa by Italian embassies
  (about 20 cases)
• Programme unknown
• Documentation requested inappropriate
• Inadequate national rules to manage international
  students
• International students a new profile
• Rules refer to enrolment in national programmes
  (to achieve a national degree)

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3. Finding a solution coordination(Tavolo
tecnico)

• Aim to agree on a fast, simple, transparent and
  safe procedure
• Institutions MAE (promoter), MiUR, MINT, NCP and
  Rectors Conference
• Time February - July 2005

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4. The work plan

• to convince all institutions on the need for an
  agreement
• to draw the profiles of Erasmus Mundus student
• to establish a procedure to obtain entry visa
• from a third country to Italy
• from a EU country to Italy
• to detail the tasks to be performed by each part
• students docs to submit
• universities docs to send
• embassies (EU, non-EU) procedure to follow

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5. The achievements

• Agreement on a provisional procedure
• Message sent by MAE to embassies
• information on the Programme
• Fast procedure for granting visa to EM students
• documentation and requirements needed
  
• (or unappropriate!!)
• Message sent by MiUR to universities
• clarification on the status of EM students
• docs to be sent to the students selected
• Information given by NCP to students

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6. Conclusions

• Problems still unsolved
• Stay permit
• Multiple Visa
• Moving to/from another EU country
• Recent developments (2006-2007)
• EM student profile recognised in the CCS
• Difficulties 1 case (solved)
• Core elements of the good practice
• To involve all institutional actors
• To stress the profile of International students
• To detail each parts tasks.