Are you moving to Italy with your Italian spouse?
This is a blessed time of your life: enjoy fully the beauty of living in Italy!
But don’t let the infamous Italian bureaucracy suck your energies. Just take these 4 right steps to deal with registrations effectively.
STEP #1 Â – Â Marriage certificate
Before moving to Italy, your spouse should register your marriage at the Italian Consulate of your area of residence. They will send your marriage record to the Italian municipality in which your spouse is registered (on the Registrar of Italian citizens living abroad, so-called AIRE). This process may take up to 180 days.
As a result, you will be officially recognized as the spouse of an Italian citizen with all the benefits and rights attached to that status in Italy.
It is best to do this registration BEFORE moving: that prevents discussions with the Italian authorities and lengthy processing.
So you should hand in a certified copy of your original marriage record (not a marriage certificate, which is an abridged form) to the Italian Consulate of the area of your residence. They will need this document in a specific form:
Your marriage certificate must be in full form: i.e. including all the details registered on the original record, and particularly the spouses’ dates and exact place of birth as well as their parents’ full name/last names, and maiden name, previous marriages, possible notes. Check the information on the website of the Italian Consulate regarding marriage registrations.
If you do not register your marriage at the Italian Consulate before moving to Italy, you will need to hand the certified copy of your marriage record to the Italian municipality in which you will reside. In that case, the document will have to be valid internationally, i.e. bearing an Apostille by the competent authority in your country of residence, and be translated into Italian. The translation needs to be official bearing another Apostille).
Important! A marriage certificate is regarded as valid in Italy only for 6 months up from its issue date.
STEP #2 Â – Residence registration (Italian citizen)
It is crucial that the Italian citizen registers their address at the local administration. This application is to be completed before their family apply for a permission to stay
This registration happens enrolling on the Population Registrar (Anagrafe) held by the Municipality of your residence. They call this “iscrizione di residenza”.
The following documents are mandatory:
- Tax number (Italian Codice Fiscale)
- Italian passport
- a proof of your lawful residence: a statement by your host, a rental contract or another document concerning your accommodation on a long term
STEP # 3. Permission to StayÂ
Check on the website of Italian Ministry of Foreign affairs if you need a visa. That is necessary for the nationals of most countries outside of the European Union.
In order to operate your right of residence in Italy (national level), as a family member you need to register at the Immigration Office. This is located at the police headquarters of every province (Questura).
You are expected to register within 90 days from your arrival in Italy (or the validity of your entry visa). By that time, the Italian citizen in your family is expected to have registered their residence with the local municipality
As a family member of an Italian citizen, you are entitled to obtain a permission to stay for 5 years and free of charge. Find more information here about the 5-year Residence Card / Permission
What happens at the office? The immigration office will give you:
– a receipt as proof of your application and
– an appointment for delivering your Permission to Stay
– your tax number (Codice Fiscale)
STEP #4 Â – National Health Care Insurance
Italian health care coverage is free and mandatory, so take full advantage and register for it: just show up at the local public health care office (called Azienda Sanitaria Locale, ASL) for your area of residence. Take the following documents:
– Municipality receipt for the application for “iscrizione di residenza”,
– Immigration Office receipt for the application for your permission to stay,
– your passport
– your tax number
What happens at this office?
You will have to fill out yet another application form (often available on the office’s website) and they will give you immediately the health care card.
Finally, you’re done!
Would you like to know more?
Download the Free “4-Step Strategy” to obtain a residence permit for family members, complete with the official forms: Invitation statement by the Italian citizen for the family member to show at the border (or to obtain an entry visa, where applicable): Dichiarazione di alloggio e garanzia
- “Dichiarazione di ospitalità ” to be submitted to the immigration police within 48 hours
- “Dichiarazione di presenza” to be submitted to the immigration police within 8 days
+ the list of documents required by the police for the application.
Download the Free “4-Step Strategy” HERE
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My wife is a sister of italian cittizen
She is legally residant in italy with her brother
I have get in italy as family reunion with her.and get 1st premesso
Now me and her making renew of premesso di soiggorno
She is not working and also me
She can depend on her brother raddito . She pay 50 +30.46 and give papers with fingerprint in qeustra (as she is sister of italian and still her residanza with him )for renewing her premesso but still after six months her name is not on lista we ask they said dely because of busy ??
But no partica number for her in the ricevuta so we can follow what is there ?? She is out of italy right now can her brother go qeustra to ask for partica number ??
How much time she can stay out of italy with ricevuta??
For me after fingerprint it appears to me in the postal web that there is problem make rejection for my file because no raddito ??
And they wrote that there is 50euros to be paid additionally
I already paid 50 for 2 yrs +30.46 for PSE+30 for postal service
Now how can i solve my radeto problem ??me and my wife did not
work and depend on her brother raddito how can i solve it ?
Another qeustion is
Is it enough money that i paid for 2 yrs or need more because we asked in qeustra they said no extra ??
In addtion
Can my wife get illimitata soggoirno as she has 7 years in italy and she knows how to talk itailian but she depend on her brother raddiro
Can we both transfrr our residanza to swden with premesso di soggorno
Like every family member, your wife can renew her residence permit for family reasons until she resides with her brother who has the Italian citizenship. You, as her spouse, can be authorized to stay for family reasons. Both cannot qualify for a permanent residence permit because you don’t dispose of an independent income. Please consider that we cannot handle all the other questions here.
what is the average time of colloquio per cittadinanza residenza, after how many months they invite you for the interview?what are the questions asked?
thanks
if a family member of italian national (kids ans wife) who need visa to enter italy want to visit italy for short winter break for tourism for around 10 days only
what kind of visa they should apply
short visit visa for family or family reunion visa as i will not be accompanying my family
The usual solution is special visa for family members of an Italian or EU citizen. “visto per familiari al seguito del cittadino italiano”.
The visa process has become lighter recently. Whether the Italian citizen accompanies the family members to Italy or not, the Italian Consulate issues a visa for 90 days (so-called Schengen visa), usually with a multi-entry feature.
Dear Lara
tourist visa(short family visa) does it requires a bank guarantee (fidejussione) and a health care insurance contract (polizza assicurativa). for the italian host?
Thanks in Advance!
what documents required for this kind of visa?
Hey,I’m a citizen of India And my gf is refugee status in Italy,now she wants to visit me and settle s marriage here,my question is can she take me to Italy with her?and what are the requirements?
You may consider that refugees may lose their status in Italy if they travel and stay in certain countries,depending on their nationality and reasons for obtaining international protection. Depending on the specific protection status granted, the beneficiary can obtain an authorization from the Italian police to unite with family. The local police office in Italy gives a list of the documents required. There are exemptions regarding the prerequisites of suitable accommodation and sufficient income for refugees.
no need to get fidessione bancarie now?
Hello Lara,
Im a non eu who joined my italian husband with our 2kids. The questura has given my kids 2years soggiorno. Mine is not ready yet. Is it right? Thought we are entitled to 5years. How do we appeal. I entered italy with familiare ue visa.
The main way to challenge the decision (a rejection or a different residence permit than the one you wanted) is through an appeal to the local court of your area of residence (Tribunale). The process is tax-free and it takes usually about six months to obtain a decision. You need a solicitor (avvocato) to prepare your appeal and assist you in the process. Another option is to write a letter to the local Prefetto, who is the higher authority above the Questore in charge of residence permits.
hi
I am italian citizen and want my non eu spouse an entry visa for italy as he needs visit visa before arrival
for this if i send invitation latter to him what is the procedure for making this letter? my husband will come on his own expances so do i need to show my bank statement to local questura for invitation letter
thankyou
If you want to apply for a short-stay visa, you will be required to fill in a “dichiarazione di ospitalità ”. You can find the form on the Italian Consulate’s website. But you don’t need to do that if you accompany your husband to Italy. The documents needed may change, depending on the country you apply in and the country of which your husband is a citizen. For more information, you can contact me. You can request a free consultation call here. Welcome!
what are the requirements for dichiarazione di ospitalità ?
A “dichiarazione di ospitalità ” is an invitation form required when applying for a short stay visa to Italy. It is not really easy to provide it because it requires a bank guarantee (fidejussione) and a health care insurance contract (polizza assicurativa).
You don’t really need to use this form and make this (difficult) application process.
If you accompany your family member to Italy, you don’t need that invitation form. Even if you can’t personally accompany your family to Italy, your family member can apply for a long stay visa. Easier terms and requirements for Italian citizens’ family members. I hope this helps. For more information, you can contact me. You can request a free consultation call here. Welcome!
thanks for the answere
i want to clarify a question
as i will not be accompanying my partner to italy, and my partmer only wants to visit for short stay and making invitation letter is bit difficult
now my point is if she apply family reunion visa and do not stay long just for a month is it possible? or it is obligatory to stay long for those coming on family reunion visa? thanks in advance
kindly tell me what documents are required for family reunion visa for spouse of italian citizen, that i should send from italy.
what is the waiting time to get this visa issued?
can she return back without applying for soggiorno? as she may visit for 15 days, or is it possible to get soggiorno withing 15 days if yrs what will be the procedure.
i will be really thankful to you for andwering my questions as i really need to know
Your questions cannot be answered correctly in this comments, rather they need further discussion on a consultation call. You can request a free consultation call here. Welcome!
can you answere me in my email,thanks