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Permit of Stay - HOW TO APPLY
Permit of Stay - HOW TO APPLY
Extra-EU students wishing to stay in Italy for more than three months must apply for a residence permit (permesso di soggiorno) within 8 working days after their arrival in Italy (the date of arrival is proofed by the stamp applied on your travel document at the EU border).
Students with extra-eu nationality can enter Italy if they have an EU residence permit. Still, students have to apply for the residence permit should the period of stay exceed three months.
In order to apply, you need to go to a specific Post Office Desk devoted to immigration processes (“Sportello Amico”) and collect a special kit for non-EU nationals.
During the Info Day and the Sapienza Welcome Week there will be a session dedicated to the Permit of Stay.
For your convenience, below we have uploaded the presentation with step-by-step instructions in order to apply for the Permit of Stay together with the list of the documents needed for the application. Please, also watch the video tutorial below in this page!
IMPORTANT: You must apply for the permit of stay within 8 days from the date of your arrival in Rome.
Please, note: if you're meant to stay in isolation upon your arrival in Rome, the 8 days start soon after the quarantine is over.
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More and specific questions can be addressed to the relevant office:
- https://questure.poliziadistato.it/it/Roma/articolo/5730dced14464557868215
- https://www.portaleimmigrazione.it/APR_PDS_Motivi_Studio.aspx
- https://questure.poliziadistato.it/servizio/stranieri/ Here you can check the status of the residence permit application and information on when/where to pick up the official document stating that you have a regular permit of stay (remember to insert the number of the receipt issued by the post office).
- Sapienza Commissariato/Questura Police Station: Sapienza Central Campus - Viale Dell'Universita 36 (building CU007 Palazzina Tumminelli) - 00185 Roma (RM) - phone number: 06490378
Appointment for the permit of stay
Appointment for the permit of stay
UPDATE: In case the post office will tell you that la racommandata containing the day and time of your appointment at the immigration office will be sent to the address indicated in the application (i.e. the address of Sapienza University), please click on this link and access your personal information by using the USER ID and the PASSWORD written in the post office kit.
Please, note: while typing the password, only type the 12 numbers, without typing the hyphen "-" that comes before the last number.
Check our guide to know how to check the status of your appointment!
Declaration of presence
Declaration of presence
If you are a non-European Union (non-EU) exchange student, in one of the the following circumstances, you do not need to apply for a residence permit, but you must make a declaration of presence if:
you are a non-EU exchange student and intend to stay in Italy for less than 90 days
you are a non-EU exchange student and intend to stay in Italy for more than 90 days, but you fall into the following situation:
- you are enrolled at a university in the European Union (Schengen Area) and
- you have a residence permit for study purposes issued in a member country of the European Union (Schengen Area) which covers the entire mobility period and which is renewable in the country where it was issued and
- you participate in a European mobility programme or carry out a mobility under an international agreement of the University of Bologna and
- you are visa exempted and
- you intend to stay in Italy for less than 360 days.
If your residence permit does not cover the entire period of mobility in Italy, you must instead apply for a residence permit in Italy.
If you are entering Italy from a country not included in the Schengen Area and intend to stay in Italy for less than 90 days, the uniform Schengen stamp, placed on the passport during border controls, replaces the declaration of presence.
If you are staying in a hotel and intend to stay in Italy for less than 90 days, the declaration of presence is represented by the declaration made to the hotelier and undersigned by you.
If you are entering Italy transiting through a country included in the Schengen Area or you intend to stay in Italy for more than 90 days, you must deliver the declaration of presence within 8 days following your entry into Italy to the central police station (Questura) in the Province where you live.
You must always carry a copy of the declaration of presence, as you may be asked to show it in case of police checks.
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HOW TO ARRIVE TO THE CITY CENTRE
HOW TO ARRIVE TO THE CITY CENTRE
There are two airports in Rome: Fiumicino and Ciampino.
If you arrive at Fiumicino Airport, you can take The Leonardo Express train at the train station of the airport. It is a non-stop service between FCO and Rome Termini. Trains depart every half an hour from 6:23 to 23:23, and the trip takes about 30 minutes. The cost is 14 euros one way.
If you prefer the bus (T.A.M. or Terravision), the bus station is on the right side of the exit of Terminal 3. The cost varies from 5 to 8 euros one way.
If you arrive at Ciampino Airport, you can take the ATAC bus number 520 (that leads you to Cinecittà, from where you can catch the metro line A to Termini -direction Battistini- whose cost is of 1,50 euros one way (includes one metro trip as well) or the bus T.A.M. or Terravision whose costs vary from 5 to 8 euros one way.
Mobile phone and SIM cards
Mobile phone and SIM cards
Italy has 4 main operators for mobile phones:
All of them offer a series of offers including free calls and giga by paying a fixed amount per month (from 5 to 30 euro per month according to the services you choose). You can go to any of the stores of the mobile operators which are spread through the city and check the offer that fits your need at most. In the store you will also be able to activate your SIM card (remember to have your passport and fiscal code with you).
Iliad is instead a virtual operator and probably the cheapest one in Italy up to now: you will find no store around the city, but just some totem inside the Termini station or in the big shopping malls. If you prefer buying an Iliad SIM card, then you're supposed to pay by credit card.
PUBLIC TRANSPORT
PUBLIC TRANSPORT
The public transport system in Rome is wide-ranging.
The metro of Rome only has three lines and is currently the smallest metro system in Europe. Nevertheless, it reaches the city's most important landmarks (i.e., Colosseo, San Pietro, Musei Vaticani). The metro opens every day at 5:30 am to 11:30 pm. On Friday and Saturday, the metro runs until 1:30 am.
Tickets of metro, bus and tram can be purchased at the metro stations, at news-stands, tobacconist shops and in most corner shops.
TICKETS
TICKETS
BIT - Integrated Time Ticket (€ 1.50)
Lasts for 100 minutes, valid on the bus, metro (only one ride), tram, train
* Validate your ticket at the start of the journey
Monthly Pass – Single (€ 35)
Annual Pass (€ 250)
Passes can be bought at the tobacco shop or at the following stops of the underground:
Line A: Anagnina, Lepanto, Ottaviano, Cornelia, Battistini
Line B: Rebibbia, Ponte Mammolo, Conca D’Oro, Tiburtina, Termini, Eur Fermi, Laurentina
Linea C: Lodi, Pigneto, Parco di Centocelle, Monte Compatri Pantano.
* Always have your ticket/pass ready for inspection
IMPORTANT NUMBERS
IMPORTANT NUMBERS
In almost all European countries, it is also active the Emergency Telephone Number: 112.
112 can be dialed free of charge from most mobile telephones and, in some countries, landlines in order to reach emergency services (ambulance, fire and rescue, police).
Public Transports - How to move in Rome
Public Transports - How to move in Rome
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