Visas

A visa is a sticker, stamp or piece of paper attached to your passport that allows you to travel to a country for a certain period of time for specific purposes (e.g., tourism, business, studies). For most countries you will need a visa if you will be staying over 90 days. However, you should confirm this with your program director or the nearest embassy or consulate of the country you will be visiting. In some cases, your program director will take care of visa arrangements. If this is not the case, you will need to do this yourself through the embassy or consulate nearest you. Also, Travel Document Systems offers extensive information about the visa requirements for each country and expedited visa service (which should only be necessary if you have to leave on short notice).

Applying for an Italian Visa

UGA provides assistance in obtaining an Italian visa to UGA students planning to study in Italy.

• For students going on the Cortona Program, contact the Cortona office at (706) 425-2900 or cortona@uga.edu for assistance.
• For students going on the Verona Program, contact GLOBIS at (706) 542-2424 or spmapp@uga.edu for assistance.
• For UGA students going on a non-UGA program, contact Dr. Kasee Laster in the Office of International Education at klaster@uga.edu or (706) 425-3274.

DISCLAIMER: This information is provided as a courtesy; UGA does not endorse passport expeditors, but several are available in the Atlanta metro area.

A Briggs works with the U.S. Passport Agency and foreign embassies and consulates to secure passports and travel visas as quickly as 24 hours.

Anyone in the UGA community, that is, students, administrators, faculty, staff and their parents and dependents, who uses the login, will receive a 10% discount on our services.

* No discounting is available on 1-2 day passport service or UK Passports *