Thanks again for the replies,

I will definitely enquire this before going to Germany.

Thanks for your reply John !

No, I am already in Italy now. Even my University didn't knew that I would require a Work contract, as in this university all foreign PhD students have a student VISA, This is the first time for this University to host a Marie-Curie student ! As going back to India is more expensive than to Germany....

I am an Indian. I have got a Marie-Curie fellowship for doing a PhD at SISSA, Trieste, Italy. I got a Italian "Student VISA" from India in November 2005. But after coming to Italy, the SISSA secretary told that my Scholarship is a work contract, So I need to apply for a "Work VISA&quo...