Hello,
I am a Nigerian currently in the United States with a B1 visa. I have to attend a conference at Alghero, Italy from June 19th to 24th,2016. I plan to leave the US for Nigeria by May ending. By this time, I have less than 3weeks before the conference date. My question is, Is it possible to apply for the visa at the Italian Embassy here in US?
I tried going through the Italian embassy, Nigeria website, and there were links to forms there to be downloaded,filled and submitted. I also saw it there that there might be a long wait before granted visas can be collected (about 19days) after visa interview date. This conference is really important to my career development. What do I do? Please I would like inputs from those with similar experience or those more knowledge about how I can resolve this issue. Thanks.

To my knowledge I think B1/B2 is a Tourist/business visa, if you need to apply for a visa in Italy, you must come back to Nigeria to do that, u can't apply from USA, because you don't have stay permit. Come back to Nigeria and start as soon as possible. It's will take you up to a month for them to release your visa.

your passport issuing country is what determines where you will apply for a visa.

If you hold a Nigerian passport then you're supposed to apply for the Italian visa in Nigeria unless contra indicated.

You can also ask immigration.

I applied recently for a tourist visa at the Italian embassy, I was unable to submit my certificate of payment of tax on personal Income (PIT) and Tax clearance certificate (TCC) because I don't have any, I manage my own personal company which is an electrical company, I only submitted my certificate of business incorporation, personal statement of account and the rest of the documents.

Pls I just want to know if this can leads to my visa denial cos I could not provide my tax cert or because I don't pay tax either.

I will be glad if anyone can reply ASAP.

Thanks