Long-term residence permit in Italy: the permesso di soggiorno lungo periodo, now issued for 10 years

The long-term residence permit, now issued for 10 years (Permesso di soggiorno lungo periodo UE (per 10 anni), EU long-term residence permit for 10 years).

One of the conditions for obtaining the permesso di soggiorno lungo periodo is at least 5 years of continuous residence.

Required documents

• fill in the application kit with the yellow stripe, available at the post office or from a CAF (tax assistance centre).

• photocopy of your passport (valid);

• copy of your residence permit issued on any grounds (permesso di soggiorno) (valid);

• identity card (carta d’identità) (valid);

• copy of your income tax return for the previous year (730, CU, UNICO);

• copies of your payslips (buste paga);

• contributions paid (contributi);

• copy of your employment contract (contratto di lavoro).
  (Note! If you have 2 contracts, submit both; if one of them ended during the previous year, still provide a copy, as the Questura (police immigration office) needs it for its checks);

• certificate of registered residence (certificato di residenza), issued by the Comune (municipality) where you are registered;

• family status certificate (certificato stato di famiglia) (issued by the Comune);

• criminal record certificate (certificato del casellario giudiziale) and certificate of pending criminal charges (certificato dei carichi pendenti), both requested from the court (Tribunale) of your place of residence in Italy;

• certificate of Italian language proficiency at A2 level.

Note!!!
If you are also applying for another family member (for example, a child), you must provide a certificate of housing suitability, and the accommodation must have an adequate floor area; you get this certificate from the Comune where you are registered (idoneità alloggiativa).

For 2024 the annual income must be €6,594.51.
If you have dependent family members, even if they are children under 14, the applicant for the EU permit must have an income of at least the annual amount of the social allowance (assegno sociale), doubled for each family member.

The cost of the long-term residence permit as of 2024 is

• €100 for the EU residence permit application;

• €30, paid at the post office counter, for sending the postal kit;

• €16 for the revenue stamp (marca da bollo);

• €30.46 for issuing the electronic permit
  You must show the payment receipts when you are called to the Questura to have your fingerprints taken.

Note!!!
Law no. 238 of 23 December 2021, in force since 1 February 2022, changed the rules on the EU residence permit for long-term residents.
The new law provides that the EU long-term residence permit is valid for 10 years and, once it expires, can be renewed by post with new photographs.
In addition, Ministry of the Interior Circular n. 400C2021 of 23 February 2021 clarified that new EU residence permits will be valid for 10 years for adults and 5 years for minors.

Please note!
For those who have applied for asylum, the 5-year period of residence required for the EU residence permit is counted from the date the application for international protection was submitted (art. 9, para. 5-bis, TUI, the Consolidated Immigration Act).

Kind regards, admin Lara Prytula!

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