Italy is going to open a visa center in Yekaterinburg on April 2, 2010. The center will process applications for tourist, business, and student visas as well as for visas needed for business trips or family reunions, Interfax reports.

According to the spokesperson for Italy’s National Tourist Office in the Russian Federation, Yekaterinburg’s visa center will accept applications from the dwellers of Sverdlovsk, Chelyabinsk, and Tyumen Regions and of Perm Territory.

The center will charge every applicant 900 RUR for an application and 500 RUR to cover the transport fee; the money can be paid in cash right on the visa’s premises on the day of the application.