1_Request of entry clearance (Nulla osta)
The request should be submitted online at Ministry of the Interior website (click on Sportello Unico Immigrazione). You will be asked to send online a scanned copy of the documents in one PDF file. It is recommended to get assistance from an acknowledged Patronato. Contact us to get a list of Patronati.
DOCUMENTS REQUIRED:
- Copy of the permit of stay of the applicant (or copy of the application’ receipt of the post office)
- Copy of the passport (ONLY pages with personal data and visa)
- Codice fiscale of the applicant
- Copy of the passport of each family member the applicant want to join with (ONLY pages with personal data)
- Suitability of accommodation certificate (idoneità abitativa) / (NOT required for research permit holders)
- Registered tenancy agreement (or form S2, if you are guest)
- Form S2 signed by landlord or by your host
- In the case of minors also Form S1 signed by landlord or by your host
- Property disposal form (ask landlord or your host)
- Copy of residency certificate OR self declaration (if you are waiting for it) about residency and family status of the applicant in Italy (if you share a flat you must specify with whom you are living)
- self declaration about residency, family status of the applicant (in Italy) and family members who will be join the applicant (personal data and degree of kinship)
- salary slips * (the last three if available), work contract (or grant/fellowship award), INPS registration
- Hosting agreement (for research visa/ permit holders only)
- A revenue stamp of €16,00
2_Interview at Sportello unico immigrazione and collect nulla osta
After the online request, you will be informed by registered mail about the interview. Take with you the revenue stamp of €16,00 used for the online application plus another one (of €16), along with the originals of the submitted documentation.
The nulla osta may take maximum 90 days to be ready. A copy will be issued at the interview.
Please send the copy to your family members who need to contact the Italian Embassy to get the entry visa.
3_Collect the visa at the Italian Embassy (this is up to your family members).
Italian Embassy will examine the documentation about your family status (marriage certificate issued by the competent authority no more than 6 months before the application, birth certificate for children). A visa for family reasons will be issued.
N.B. Certificates or any other documents issued by a foreign authority other than Italian need to be translated in Italian and legalised by the Italian Embassy to be accepted once in Italy. Documents with apostille are legally recognised in Italy provided that they are translated in Italian.
WHITIN 8 DAYS from the arrival in Italy family members need to:
4_Register at the Sportello Unico Immigrazione (SUI) at the local Prefettura to collect the application kit for family residence permit already filled out, Italian tax code (codice fiscale) and original copy of nulla osta.
Take with you a revenue stamp €16,00 for each request for residence permit (FORM1), originals and copies of the family member’ passport.
For SUI at Trieste Prefettura ONLY: for the registration you need to book an appointment by writing in advance to sportellounico.pref_trieste@interno.it. Please attach a copy of visa and passports of your family members, and specify the date of arrival in Italy.
5_Send the application kit for the permit at the Post office (take the number at the ticket system) along with the documentation required. Please visit the Family residence permit webpage to see the list of documents. The post office will give you a receipt of the application (keep it with you until you get the permit) and the appointment at the immigration office at Questura (don’t miss it!)
6_Fingerprinting appointment at Questura
Please follow the instructions in section Residence permit – See point 2
