The Consular Magazine

Italian Embassy in Cameroon: Court Upholds Student Visa Refusal Based on Financial Guarantees and Migration Risk

By Fabio Loscerbo (Lawyer based in Bologna, Italy)

Oct 2 • Consular Affairs Center and Avv. Fabio Loscerbo

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August 2026

Italian Embassy in Kazakhstan: When Incomplete Documentation Justifies a Student Visa Refusal

By Fabio Loscerbo (Lawyer based in Bologna, Italy)

Aug 13 • Consular Affairs Center and Avv. Fabio Loscerbo

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July 2026

Italian Embassy in Cairo: Court Recognises Unlawful Student Visa Refusal but Rejects Compensation Claim

By Fabio Loscerbo (Lawyer based in Bologna, Italy)

Jul 7 • Consular Affairs Center and Avv. Fabio Loscerbo

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June 2026

Italian Consulate in Casablanca: Court Annuls Work Visa Refusal Based on an Unexplained Schengen Alert

By Fabio Loscerbo (Lawyer based in Bologna, Italy)

Jun 15 • Consular Affairs Center and Avv. Fabio Loscerbo

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Italian Embassy in Congo: Student Visa Appeal Declared Inadmissible Because Congo is Outside the Hague Apostille Convention

By Fabio Loscerbo (Lawyer based in Bologna, Italy)

Jun 2 • Consular Affairs Center and Avv. Fabio Loscerbo

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May 2026

Italian Embassy in Tehran and Business Visas: Court Annuls Refusal Based on Generic Migration Risk and Swiss Alert

By Fabio Loscerbo (Lawyer based in Bologna, Italy)

May 19 • Consular Affairs Center and Avv. Fabio Loscerbo

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Student Visas and Migration Risk: the Italian Court Upholds the Refusal by the Embassy in Lebanon

By Fabio Loscerbo (Lawyer based in Bologna, Italy)

May 4 • Consular Affairs Center and Avv. Fabio Loscerbo

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April 2026

False Documents and Visa Refusals: the Role of the Italian Embassy in India and the Limits of Judicial Review

By Fabio Loscerbo (Lawyer based in Bologna, Italy)

Apr 20 • Consular Affairs Center and Avv. Fabio Loscerbo

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Consular Discretion and Work Visas: Italian Administrative Court Limits Arbitrary Refusals

By Fabio Loscerbo (Lawyer based in Bologna, Italy)

Apr 7 • Consular Affairs Center and Avv. Fabio Loscerbo

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Judicial Review of Consular Visa Decisions: the Italian Administrative Court Reaffirms the Duty of Proper Reasoning

By Fabio Loscerbo (Lawyer based in Bologna, Italy)

Apr 2 • Consular Affairs Center and Avv. Fabio Loscerbo

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December 2025

Why a Post-WWII Turf War Still Matters for Consular Affairs Today: Travel Agencies, ICEM, and the Birth of a Migration Industry

By Ioannis Limnios-Sekeris (Panteion University)

Dec 27, 2025 • Consular Affairs Center

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The American Consulate Building Story in Tripoli’s Old City

By Malak Altaeb (Libyan Wanderer)

Dec 24, 2025 • Consular Affairs Center

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