The Consular Service of the Italian Embassy in Chisinau located at 63 Vlaicu Parcalab Street will start issuing visas as from January 28. The Embassy informed the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration about this in a verbal note, quoted by Info-Prim Neo. The applicants that have already scheduled an appointment at the Italian Embassy in Bucharest for January 28 and the successive dates are invited to the Consular Office of the Italian Embassy in Chisinau starting at 8.30, at the fixed dates. The applications will be processed by the methods indicated by the call center of the Italian Embassy in Bucharest. For further information, the interested persons can contact the Italian Embassy in Chisinau on [01505]. The number can be dialed only from a fixed-line telephone. The beneficiaries that will file applications to schedule appointments from January 28, 2009 can do it through the agency of the call center that will work according to the following timetable: from 09.00 to 13.00 and from 14.00 to 17.00. It can be contacted on 01505, dialed only from a fixed-line telephone. The consular officials will provide useful information and will explain how the applications for visas can be examined by the Consular Office of the Italian Embassy in Chisinau and how the Office can be accessed after the applicants fill in the applications for visas. The Visa Office can be contacted on 201996. The Italian Embassy in Chisinau also said that the Consular Office cannot be accessed if the call center does not first inform about the date and hour of the appointment. Therefore, the people are recommended not to wait in the Consular Office for a long time. No office or intermediary institution in Moldova was authorized to accept and examine the applications for visas on behalf of the Italian Embassy in Chisinau. The visa is not issued immediately after the required documents are lodged. The applications are first processed by the Consular Office. The administrative costs are paid into the current account of the Italian Embassy in Chisinau No. 225190023, at the authorized branches of EximBank – Gruppo Veneto Banca located all over Moldova, according to the methods indicated by the call center. No other payments to the personnel of the Consular Offices are required. For further details or useful information, one can write to the email address italiavisa@gmail.com.