Renewal

Long term stay (over 90 days) - Non-Eu citizens

The maximum validity for each stay permit for study reasons is 12 months, provided there are all the requisites provided for law.  

The stay permit can be renewed up to 3 years beyond the length of the study course. 
If you are enrolled into a Research Doctorate course, the stay permit can be renewed for a maximum of 1 year beyond the length of the course.

Please noticeNever ask for dropping the studies ("Rinuncia agli studi") unless you have a work permit, otherwise your stay permit will not be renewed.
 

Renewal application

Renewal application can be done up to the 60th day after expiration of the stay permit. In order to have always a valid stay permit we suggest you should apply for the renewal 3 months before the expiry date.


If you are a Non-EU student a stay permit for study reasons and you are going to spend a period abroad for study purposes longer than 6 months (e.g. Erasmus/Internship) in order to renew your stay permit, in addition to the documents listed in the procedure below, you have to submit the following documentation: 

  • certificate of the study period abroad is as part of your curriculum of your study course (to ask to the relevant office at UniTn);
  • a copy of the stay permit or certification of presence that prove your regular stay in the host country. 
Please notice: after the 60th day of expiry and without the postal receipt of renewal application you are not regular! 
 
In order to renew your stay permit you have to:

Fill in the “kit permesso di soggiorno”

The "kit permesso di soggiorno" is an envelope available at the Welcome Office and must be filled as following:

  • fill in Form 1 ("Modulo 1") in capital letters and with a black pen;
  • stick a 14,62 euros stamp duty (marca da bollo) on the top of the first page of it;
  • fill the postal payment slip of euros 107,50 inserted in the envelope; 

and contain the following documentation (also listed in “Needed documents for study reasons" in the donload box below):

  • form 1 (and also form 2. in case you also work) with revenue stamp of 14.62 euros;
  • copy of stamped/written pages of your passport (NOT the white ones);
  • copy of the enrolment certificate proving that you have passed at least 1 exam for the first renewal and at least 2 exams for further renewals or, in other cases, a declaration that you are attending a course, specifying its duration or the duration of the research you are carrying out; 
  • copy of the health insurance policy (or payment receipt), valid in Italy and for the entire duration of the stay permit;
  • copy of documents about economic means for the entire duration of the stay permit (i.e. 500,00 euro/month for at least 6 months or Opera Universitaria Scholarsip's statement); 
  • receipt of the postal bulletin of 107,50 euros.

Please notice: Do not close the envelope! 

Go the Post Office

You must personally hand in the open envelope at one of the authorized Post Offices (see list in the download box). At the desk, you will:

  • show an identity document;
  • sign form 1;
  • pay the postal bulletin of 107,50 euros;
  • pay post charge of 30,00 euros so that your kit can be sent to the Police Station (Questura). 

You will then receive a receipt that you must keep and always show together with the receipt of 107,50 euros and with your passport. Do not lose them, you will need them to pick up the stay permit when ready!; 

  • the rececipt for the 107.50 euros payment;
  • an appointment letter: day and time you must be at the Police Station (Questura) for the stay permit application. 

Please notice: Do not loose the receipts! You will need them to pick up the stay permit when ready!

Go to the Police Station (Questura)

You must respect the appointment given by the Post Office with the Questura. Before going to Questura make a copy of all the documentation listed below. At the appointment you will be finger printed and asked to submit the following documentation: 

  • your passport (only original is needed);
  • the appointment letter (received at the Post Office);
  • the postal receipts (received at the Post Office);
  • 4 passport-sized photographs with light background;
  • tax code issued by Agenzia delle Entrate;
  • updated original (and copy) of all documentation you had put in the envelope, that is to say:
    • if you are a matriculated student, the enrolment certificate or, in other cases, a declaration that you are attending a course, specifying its duration or the duration of the research you are carrying out;
    • health insurance policy (or payment receipt), valid in Italy and for the entire duration of the stay permit (you can pay in advance the enrolment to National Health System for the following calendar year);
    • documents about economic means for the entire duration of the stay permit (i.e. 500,00 euro/month for at least 6 months or Opera Universitaria Scholarsip's statement);
    • housing contract at your name REGISTERED AT AGENZIA DELLE ENTRATE (except for University, Opera Universitaria apartments);
    • the old stay permit.

At the appointment for the renewal of the stay permit, the Questura will keep the old stay permit, even if it is still valid. If you need to travel abroad in a renewal process, carefully read the information given on the page Travelling abroad.

In case something is missing (put particular attention on the validity of health insurance) your application will be rejected!

PLEASE NOTICE

DO NOT MISS the appointment! 

Should you miss the appointment:

  • for health reasons, you will have to submit to the Questura a health certificate;
  • because you were abroad for study reasons, you will have to submit to the Questura a declaration by your Professor, or reference office, where it is explained when and why you were abroad. Welcome Office will not write any further declarations!
  • For all other reasons the application will be rejected!!

In order to apply to Questura for a new appointment (only on the above documented two cases) you have to go to Questura during opening times (Monday to Friday from 08.30 to 12.30, and  Thursday also from 15.15 to 17.45), get a number at the entrance and show it to the information desk together with the letter of the missed appointment and the declaration by your supervisor or medical certificate. They will give a new date for the appointment, usually scheduled within the following 3-4 months.

 

If you are abroad and come to Trento just for the appointment, plan to stay at least 3 working days so that any problems can be discussed with Welcome Office and Questura before you leave. 

In order to check if your stay permit is ready

Before going to the Questura, check on Questura's web site if your stay permit is ready. 
You will have to use the userID and password that are indicated on the postal receipt.
 

In order to pick up the stay permit

Go to Desk number 6 at Immigration office, Police Station (Questura), by showing the passport in original and all receipts in your posession (both the postal one and the Questura receipt).

Opening Hours: from Monday to Friday from 8.30 to 12.30. On Thursdays also from 15.15 to 17.45

Please notice: While at the collection desk, ALWAYS check the validity dates. If the validity is shorter than the expiry date of the health insurance you paid for, please ask the Immigration Office staff to double-check and, in case there has been a mistake, DO NOT COLLECT the permit and urgently contact the Welcome Office.


We suggest you to ask for assistance at the Welcome Office! 

 

A dedicated desk to stay permit renewals will be opened every Wednesday starting from October 17th until December 19th. If you need to renew your stay permit please come to the meeting room next to Welcome Office on Wednesdays from 10.00 a.m. to noon with the supporting documentation.
Please write to welcome@unitn.it in order to schedule your appointment. We will organize a session every 30 minutes (at 10.00, 10.30, 11.00 and 11.30).

Contacts

Welcome Office
via Verdi, 6 - 38122 Trento
tel. +39 0461 283243 - 283242 - 283240 - 283529
fax +39 0461 283222

Opening times to the public: from Mon. to Fri. from 10.00 a.m. to noon.