Yes, I'll be staying for more than 3 months if all goes to plan. This is what's required to apply:

- visa application form (click here)
- recent passport-style photo
- passport or travel document valid for at least three months after visa expiry date
- proof of means of support in Italy of not less than €350.57 for each month of the academic year

This availability can be proven through:
- proof of personal or family resources
- guarantee of financial resourses by accredited Italian institutions or agencies, local governments, or foreign institutions or agencies considered trustworthy by the italian Diplomatic Representation

-declaration of the availability in Italy of appropriate lodgings.


That's why I need accommodation settled early. Sigh. So do let me know if that place you stayed has an email or something.


As for learning Italian... no, currently I'm working full-time and don't have much time to spare, but I used to study Italian and can still remember a bit of it. I guess I'll just have to keep trying to read newspapers or something.

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