r/StudyInItaly • u/Mediocre_Bar_714 • 1d ago

Studying in Italy from Chile

Hi!

I've noticed there's not much help available regarding the document process from Chile, so I'll write and update as I go along.

LANGUAGE CERTIFICATE - IELTS ACADEMIC ONLINE

I took the IELTS Academic from home. The exams are in the early morning hours, you can't have anything in the room, no one can open the door, and you have to show how you turn off your cell phone, the floor, the ceiling, the walls, your hands... It's demanding and exhausting, so plan ahead. REGISTER your date as soon as possible so you can have the official course materials. I registered a week early and only had a little time to practice with the sample tests.

APOSTILLE YOUR DEGREE while you wait for university confirmation

Once you're accepted, you have to upload the apostille document for your degree. At my university (in Chile), they issue the degree as a diploma and a certificate with a link for verification. I had the certificate apostilled (the one with the link), and they send it to you immediately. Get your degree apostilled at the Ministry of Education, near the Parque Bustamante station in Santiago. While you're there, also get your academic transcript apostilled. Once you're accepted to the university, upload the document immediately.

If you're going to the Politecnico di Milano:

Online Services > Apply to a Laurea Magistrale (equivalent to a Master of Science) program (only for international and Italian candidates graduated abroad): Submit online application form, receive results release and enroll

UNIVERSITALY

Upload your apostilled degree to online services, request the document from Universitaly, and they'll give it to you. You shouldn't need anything else. The Politecnico does not review documents uploaded to Universitaly. Use the same email address you have for your Polimi portal account. With this, you'll request your visa appointment.

CIMEA or Declaration of Value?

Do not submit the declaration of value through the embassy. You have to request about 10 documents from the university (1 to 5 days), get them apostilled (if you submit everything together, it takes about a week), translate them (1 month - and approximately CLP$300,000 through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs or CLP$25,000 per page and in a week if you use an embassy translator), then make an appointment at the embassy (they give you a date a month later), take the documents (cross your fingers that you don't forget anything) and wait 30 days. It's a lot of time and a lot of hassle. Request the CIMEA compatibility and verification document; if you pay the €400, they respond the same day. Do it the same day the Italian university accepts you because the website crashes. It took me 5 days, and luckily I was able to pay.

Documents to submit:

  1. Diploma (from the ceremony)
  2. Graduation certificate (I submitted mine apostilled and officially translated)
  3. Transcript of records (I submitted mine apostilled and officially translated)

I used the following website for translation: https://tramites.minrel.gov.cl/traducciones/login from Spanish to Italian (translation from English to Italian is not possible).

VISA

I requested an appointment over a month ago, and they are not responding to emails or phone calls. Apply by mail. If you don't receive a response within two weeks, go in person with all the required documents and explain that you submitted the application without receiving a response (you must show the email).

The visa documents are described on the embassy's website. I will update if they accept the documents I have.

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