{"id":132,"date":"2023-04-03T18:23:20","date_gmt":"2023-04-03T12:53:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/consbangalore.esteri.it\/chi-siamo\/"},"modified":"2026-01-29T15:30:36","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T10:00:36","slug":"chi-siamo","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/consbangalore.esteri.it\/en\/chi-siamo\/","title":{"rendered":"About us"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Consulate General is open Monday to Friday from 09:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>The offices are located at the following address:<\/p>\n<p>Consulate General of Italy in Bengaluru<br \/>\n2<sup>nd<\/sup> Floor, Vaishnavi Icon<br \/>\n56, Richmond Rd<br \/>\nBengaluru &#8211; 560 025<br \/>\nTel. +91 (0)80 6976 7000<\/p>\n<p>Email: <a href=\"mailto:bangalore.consgen@esteri.it\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">bangalore.consgen@esteri.it<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Pec: <a href=\"mailto:con.bangalore@cert.esteri.it\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">con.bangalore@cert.esteri.it<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Consulate is open to the public during the following hours:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Consular Section: Monday-Friday from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.<\/li>\n<li>Visa Section\u00a0<strong>(by appointment only)<\/strong>: Monday-Friday from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Italian citizens who find themselves in a real emergency situation<\/strong> (e.g., accident, arrest, serious health problems, etc.) may call the following number:<u>\u00a0<strong>+91-89518 06518<\/strong><\/u><\/p>\n<p><em>This number <strong>CANNOT be used for queries regarding visas<\/strong> nor other services provided by this Consulate General but the assistance to Italian\u00a0citizens in real emergency.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>For information on the status of a visa application,\u00a0<u>please contact <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vfs-italy.co.in\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">VFS<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/u><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">,<\/span> <\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">or <\/span><\/span>write to the following address: <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"mailto:bangalore.visa@esteri.it\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">bangalore.visa@esteri.it<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">More information about studying in Italy <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/consbangalore.esteri.it\/en\/servizi-consolari-e-visti\/servizi-per-il-cittadino-straniero\/study-in-italy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a><\/strong><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>HOLIDAY CALENDAR 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Consulate General of Italy in Bengaluru observes a number of Italian and Indian public holidays, according to the following calendar:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">1 January \u2013 New Year\u2019s Day<br \/>\n26 January \u2013 Indian Republic Day<br \/>\n4 March \u2013 Holi<br \/>\n3 April \u2013 Good Friday<br \/>\n1 May \u2013 Labour Day<br \/>\n2 June \u2013 National Republic Day<br \/>\n15 August \u2013 Assumption\/Indian Independence Day<br \/>\n2 October \u2013 Mahatma Gandhi\u2019s birthday<br \/>\n8 November \u2013 Diwali<br \/>\n25 December \u2013 Christmas<br \/>\n26 December \u2013 Boxing Day<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>The consular jurisdiction of the Consulate General of Italy in Bengaluru includes the Indian states of <strong>Karnataka<\/strong>, <strong>Tamil Nadu<\/strong>, <strong>Telangana<\/strong>,<strong> Andhra Pradesh<\/strong> and the <strong>Union Territory of Puducherry<\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Consulate General is open Monday to Friday from 09:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The offices are located at the following address: Consulate General of Italy in Bengaluru 2nd Floor, Vaishnavi Icon 56, Richmond Rd Bengaluru &#8211; 560 025 Tel. +91 (0)80 6976 7000 Email: bangalore.consgen@esteri.it Pec: con.bangalore@cert.esteri.it &nbsp; The Consulate is open to the [&hellip;]","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-132","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/consbangalore.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/132","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/consbangalore.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/consbangalore.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/consbangalore.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/consbangalore.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=132"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/consbangalore.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/132\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3396,"href":"https:\/\/consbangalore.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/132\/revisions\/3396"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/consbangalore.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=132"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}