Residence Permit Application in Milano (Permesso di Soggiorno)

Since I went to Italy with the Erasmus program, they gave me a 'Multi-D' type 'Studio' visa. Actually, I did not have to apply for a residence permit because I am only going to stay in Milan for 6 months and this visa is sufficient. I learned this information from an attorney at the consulate during an activity in the middle of the semester. So if you are a multi-entry visa holder of the same type and you are going half-term like me you may not apply for a residence permit. But if you are going for two semesters, you will have to apply for a residence permit. Of course, when I learned that I had no need to apply, I already applied for a residence permit and I felt upset for paying about 100 euros. However, when my card was given to me until December, I was so happy and now I am still traveling with that card without a visa.

Everyone at the school said you can not travel to other countries without a residence permit card. I also applied to this card when I asked you to apply for this card. Whereas in 10 different countries and dozens of cities also visited the D-type multi-visa.

The first week of application is informed from the school during the welcome week. A special session is held and the application kit and detailed information are provided. They tell you how to fill the application kit, and even fill it together. You will fill the form with a black pen. The documents to be included in the envelope of the form are:

* A photocopy of your passport and visa page

* A copy of your self-certificate(from the student panel on the school website)

* Photocopy of your acceptance letter issued to you as approved by the Italian Consulate during visa procedures

* Photocopy of your health insurance

Also keep original copies of these photocopies that you put in the kit with you at the time of application. They may want to see the original ones.

If you miss this activity in the school, you will get the Permesso di Soggiorno kit from any post office (Poste Italiane) and you will fill it up yourself and you will be paid from the post. At this stage, you may not move on a house yet. The address part is important at this point, they ask you to assign the nearest police station you gave for fingerprinting. So while I was applying, I did not have a house and a room, so I wrote the address of the school and I went to give a fingerprint to a nearby school.

Note: Post offices in Italy are open until 7 pm. I have no idea about the weekends. I made the application from the central post there in the Cordusio metro stop near the Duomo.

The receipt is informing when and where you will give the fingerprint. You should not lose this receipt. You also have a residence permit application on a separate small piece of paper. Even if the visa type is not problematic when I travel, that receipt (never to be lost) that I applied for a residence permit I always carry with me, no matter what, to get the job guaranteed. They wanted to see the receipt only once when returning from Germany, but you'd better move with you.

Then, when that fingerprint date is given to you, you will go to the police station that informs on paper. Once you have your documents processed and fingerprinted there, you will find out when your card will arrive with a message from your phone and you will go and take it with your passport. Only this process lasts about 3-4 months. I went to Milan on September 22, last year. I wanted to start the application immediately before the city became crowded due to being late and school period, and I went to the post office about 1 week later. In other words, application on 29th September was assigned to the 21st of December for fingerprinting. After giving a fingerprint on December 21, I received a message saying that my card will be ready on March 3. But I asked for a favor to post officer to say that I will go back to my country and at the end of February I got my card. So I waited almost 5 months. Consider this and apply for a residence permit at the first opportunity. Otherwise, there are special days, holidays and so on and the process turns into anger as it is. Luckily, I was lucky that everyone had a valid residence card until April or September, and I have the current residence permit until mid-December.

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