{"id":4034,"date":"2026-09-08T16:33:40","date_gmt":"2026-09-08T11:03:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ambcolombo.esteri.it\/?page_id=4034"},"modified":"2026-09-08T16:36:47","modified_gmt":"2026-09-08T11:06:47","slug":"employment-visa-checklist","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ambcolombo.esteri.it\/it\/servizi-consolari-e-visti\/servizi-per-il-cittadino-straniero\/visti\/moduli-richiesta-visti\/employment-visa-checklist\/","title":{"rendered":"Employment Visa Checklist"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Employment Visa Checklist<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Italian Embassy in Colombo<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Version 3\/26 \u2013 22\/07\/2026<\/em><\/p>\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>No.<\/th>\n<th>Document<\/th>\n<th>Yes<\/th>\n<th>No<\/th>\n<th>N\/A<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>\n        <strong>Application Form<\/strong><br \/>\n        Completed visa application signed by the applicant.\n      <\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>\n        <strong>One recent ICAO-compliant colour photograph<\/strong><br \/>\n        Full face on white background.\n      <\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>\n        <strong>Current Passport<\/strong><br \/>\n        Passport must contain at least two blank pages and be valid for a period of at least 3 months beyond the date of return to Sri Lanka. Copies of the bio-data pages of the current and previous passports must also be provided.\n      <\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<td>\n        <strong>\u201cNulla Osta\u201d for Subordinate Employment (\u201cNulla Osta Lavoro Subordinato\u201d)<\/strong>\n      <\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<td>\n        <strong>Work Contract<\/strong><br \/>\n        Work contract issued by the Italian employer or company, or hiring proposal\/employment contract proposal (\u201cproposta di assunzione\u201d \/ \u201cproposta di contratto di lavoro\u201d), signed by the representative of the Italian company and indicating the duties that the employee will be required to perform in Italy.<\/p>\n<p>        Copy of the passport bio-data page and National Identity Card of the representative of the Italian company requesting the \u201cNulla Osta\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>        Copy of the company\u2019s registration with the Italian Chamber of Commerce (\u201cVisura Camerale\u201d).\n      <\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<td>\n        <strong>Proof of Previous Employment<\/strong><br \/>\n        Proof of previous employment in Sri Lanka, if any, demonstrating previous work experience in the sector for which the applicant will be employed in Italy.\n      <\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>7<\/td>\n<td>\n        <strong>Professional Qualifications<\/strong><br \/>\n        Certificates attesting to the applicant\u2019s professional qualifications, if any, demonstrating their consistency with the sector in which the applicant will be employed in Italy.\n      <\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>8<\/td>\n<td>\n        <strong>Seasonal Employment Only<\/strong><br \/>\n        In the case of seasonal employment (\u201cLavoro Stagionale\u201d), applicants must include a confirmed flight reservation issued by an airline or travel agency.\n      <\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>9<\/td>\n<td>\n        <strong>Travel Health Insurance<\/strong><br \/>\n        Required only for Schengen visas, unless it is provided under the employment contract.\n      <\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h3>Please note<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>The Embassy reserves the right to request further documentation if and when required.<\/li>\n<li>All documents should be provided in original, accompanied by one set of photocopies in A4 size.<\/li>\n<li>Documents in Sinhalese, Tamil or any other language must be presented with an official English translation and certified by the Sri Lankan Ministry of Foreign Affairs.<\/li>\n<li>For non-Sri Lankan nationals, documents must be certified by the respective Embassy, High Commission or Consulate based in Colombo.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Employment Visa Checklist Italian Embassy in Colombo Version 3\/26 \u2013 22\/07\/2026 No. Document Yes No N\/A 1 Application Form Completed visa application signed by the applicant. 2 One recent ICAO-compliant colour photograph Full face on white background. 3 Current Passport Passport must contain at least two blank pages and be valid for a period of [&hellip;]","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":2983,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4034","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ambcolombo.esteri.it\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4034","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ambcolombo.esteri.it\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ambcolombo.esteri.it\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ambcolombo.esteri.it\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ambcolombo.esteri.it\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4034"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ambcolombo.esteri.it\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4034\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4037,"href":"https:\/\/ambcolombo.esteri.it\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4034\/revisions\/4037"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ambcolombo.esteri.it\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2983"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ambcolombo.esteri.it\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4034"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}