Residence permit

To obtain the permit, you have to include a number of documents with the application. Make a copy and keep the originals because the central police station may ask you for them.

Certificate of enrolment in the University of Bologna

If you have already paid the first fee instalment and you have all the necessary documents to complete your enrolment, you can request the certificate of enrolment.
If you enrol in:

• a first cycle or second cycle degree programme or in single course units on the Bologna Campus, you may request a certificate from the International Student Administration Office at the appoitment for completing your enrolment, or you can download it from Studenti Online, when your career is activated;
• a first cycle or second cycle degree programme or in single course units on the Cesena, Forlì, Ravenna or Rimini Campus, you may request a certificate from the Campus Administration Office: Cesena, Forlì, Ravenna or Rimini or you can download it from Studenti Online, when your career is activated;

If you enrol in:

• a Professional Master’s degree, you can obtain your certificate of enrolment from master@unibo.it;
• a PhD, you can obtain your certificate of enrolment from aform.udottricerca@unibo.it;
• a specialisation school in the non-medical area,  you can obtain your certificate of enrolment from aform.specnonmed@unibo.it;
• a specialisation school in the medical area, you can obtain your certificate of enrolment from sam.carrieremfs@unibo.it.

You must affix a €16 revenue stamp to the certificate.

If you collect the certificate at the offices, you must first buy two revenue stamps from an authorized retailer (for example a tobacconist) and bring them with you to have them affixed to the application form and the certificate.

Self-certifications are not permitted.

If you have not yet completed your enrolment and cannot obtain the certificate quickly, we recommend that you make a copy and submit the summary of the pre-enrolment application submitted and validated on Universitaly.it. Once you have obtained the certificate, you must send it to the central police station by PEC (Certified Email).

Health coverage

Make a copy of your private health insurance or registration with the Italian National Health Service (SSN). The cost of registering for the SSN is € 700.00. Registration is voluntary and valid only for you (not for your family members) and only for one calendar year, even if you stay in Italy for shorter periods.

It is possible to pay to register for the current year and also for the entire following calendar year (e.g. 2024 and 2025). This possibility grants health coverage for one academic year and is useful for students who arrive, for example, in September and intend to apply for a 1-year residence permit for study purposes.

To cover of any dependant family members, the minimum fee is € 2,000 per year.

To request information about voluntary registration and to verify your eligibility, you can contact an AUSL “Sportello Unico” (CUP) office. Consult the list of “Sportello Unico” (CUP) in Bologna and Romagna (Cesena, Forlì, Ravenna and Rimini).

Start the registration procedure:

• pay the annual fee via the ordinary F24 form. If you want to register for two consecutive years (for example 2024 and 2025), you must make two separate payments. You must fill in the following sections:
• “contribuente” (taxpayer) entering your personal data;
• “sezione regioni” (regions section) indicating: “codice regione” (region code) 06 (Emilia-Romagna) and “codice tributo” (fee code) 8846;
• “anno di riferimento” (reference year): the calendar year for which you want to register with the SSN, for example 2024;
• “importi a debito versati” (amounts paid): €700, if you have no other income besides your scholarship and you do not want to include your family members in the coverage.
  You can pay in various ways. For example, if you have an Italian bank account that offers home banking services, you can fill out a digital F24 form and pay online by debiting your account; you can also pay at any bank in cash or with Pagobancomat cards;
• make a copy of your payment receipts and attach them to your application for initial issuing or renewal of your residence permit.

Payment alone does not imply activation of the coverage. You must complete the registration at an AUSL office and choose a general practitioner (family doctor).

Other documents

• Copy of your Italian tax code.
• Copy of the pages of your passport containing your personal data, visa, entry stamp for Italy, any other visas and entry and exit stamps. You can exclude blank pages.
• Copy of a document certifying the economic resources needed to stay in Italy (minimum required for 2025: € 7.000,97). You can submit the documents used for the visa application or a bank/postal account statement or an official letter confirming the awarding, amount and duration of a scholarship.
• Copy of documents proving you have accommodation in Italy.

With someone’s help

Depending on the city you are in, you can seek support on how to fill in the permit application correctly.

Remember that in the event of missing or incomplete documents, the time needed to issue the permit may be several months longer.

Bologna

You can contact an immigration service centre.  If you wish to go to the service centre:

• send an e-mail to ases.bolognapermit@unibo.it from your institutional @studio.unibo.it account;
• within 3 working days you will receive an email detailing the applicable service centre, the address, and the day and time of your appointment.

At the appointment, you will be given a kit (i.e. an envelope, forms, and a payment slip relating to the costs and contributions to be paid), your documents will be checked, and you will be given free help filling out the kit.

When filling out the forms, you must leave your contact details where you can receive any communications from the central police station. Specify: the city, the street, the name on the doorbell, the name on the mailbox of your accommodation in Italy and your Italian mobile phone number.

If you are enrolling in the first year, contact the  International Student Administration Office in Bologna during the enrolment period: a tutor will be available to help you fill in the kit and prepare the necessary documents.  

Ravenna

You can contact the Immigration Office of the Ravenna Town Council, also online. They will give you the kit to apply for a residence permit (i.e. an envelope, forms, instructions on how to fill them out and a payment slip relating to the Residence Permit costs and fees to be paid). You can also watch video tutorials in several languages.
The Immigration Office is open to public from Monday to Thursday (check timetable on the website, no appointment required).
The Office is also available in Via A. Baccarini 27 every Tuesday morning and Thursday afternoon but only by appointment (write to accoglienzastranieri@comune.ra.it)

Rimini

Contact the Foreign Citizens Front Office of the Rimini Town Council.

Cesena

Contact the Cesena Town Council. 

Forlì

Contact the Service Centre for the Integration and Inclusion of Migrants.

Autonomously

Go to a post office with a ‘Sportello Amico’, pick up the kit to apply for a residence permit (i.e. an envelope, forms, instructions on how to fill them out and a payment slip relating to the costs and fees to be paid), fill in the forms and attach the documents required.

Remember that in the event of missing or incomplete documents, the time needed to issue the permit may be several months longer.

Go to a post office with a ‘Sportello Amico’ and take with you:

• the kit with the completed forms and payment slips;
• a € 16.00 revenue stamp (you can buy it in a tobacconist's);
• your original passport.

At the Post Office:

• pay the payment slip (€ 30.46+ € 40.00);
• submit the kit and the revenue stamp;
• fill in an insured mail form to ship the kit. Write your address in Italy and pay € 30.00 for shipping.

The Post Office staff:

• will check your identity and have you sign the first page of the form. Important: only sign the form in the presence of the operator at the Post Office;
• will give you an appointment at the central police station’s Immigration Office to record your personal and biometric data;

will issue you with a receipt for the application. Keep it and make a copy to carry with you at all times because, in the event of a police check, it proves that you have duly applied for a residence permit.

Send the receipt to the University

Send an email with a copy of the application receipt from your institutional @studio.unibo.it account:

• for degree programmes and single course units, to the dedicated office on the campuses of Bologna, Cesena, Forlì, Ravenna, Rimini;
• for a Professional Master, to master@unibo.it;
• for a PhD, to aform.udottricerca@unibo.it;
• for a specialisation school in the medical area, to sam.carrieremfs@unibo.it;
• for a specialisation school in the non-medical area, to aform.specnonmed@unibo.it.

The offices will register your receipt and activate your conditional enrolment: your career will then remain active for 180 days and during this period you will be able to obtain certificates and take exams.

• Activate your registration for the Italian National Health Service

If you have paid to register in the Italian National Health Service (SSN), after submitting your application for a residence permit, return to the "Sportello Unico AUSL (CUP)" as soon as possible to activate your health coverage and choose a general practitioner. Take with you:

• receipts of payment of the annual fee;
• the postal receipt of the residence permit application (or the residence permit if already obtained);
• certificate of enrolment in the University of Bologna.

If you have paid to register with the Italian National Health Service (SSN), after submitting your application for a residence permit, return to the "Sportello Unico AUSL (CUP)" as soon as possible to activate your health coverage and choose a general practitioner. Consult the list of “Sportello Unico” (CUP) in Bologna and Romagna (Cesena, Forlì, Ravenna and Rimini districts). Bring the following documents with you:

• your passport;
• your official Italian tax code (codice fiscale);
• enrolment certificate for the University of Bologna, or Certificate of Arrival for exchange students;
• payment receipts for the annual fee;
• postal receipt of your residence permit application (or residence permit if already issued);
• for CUP offices in Bologna, the registration form for non-EU citizens (in Italian) [.pdf 967 KB]; read the example with instructions in English [.pdf 659 KB] on how to fill in the form.

Payment alone does not imply activation of the coverage. You must complete the registration at an AUSL office and choose a general practitioner (family doctor).

If you are paying for two consecutive years, remember that at the end of the current year you must return to the CUP with the payment receipt for the following year, and ask for the service to be activated.

Always check the coverage end date.

Those registered with the Italian National Health Service will receive a Health Card by post. The card is sent to the address provided to the Italian Revenue Agency; you can contact the Italian Revenue Agency to update your address and to have the card reprinted.

Go to your appointment at the central police station’s Immigration Office to record your personal and biometric data.

Take with you:

• your original passport;
• 4 recent, identical passport photos with white background;
• the original receipt of delivery of the residence permit application;
• the paper received from the Post Office with the date of the appointment at the central police station.

The permit application kit will already have photocopies of your documents, but at the central police station they could check the originals: don't forget to bring them with you.

The central police station will issue you with a code to check the status of your application. 

To find out the status of your application, go to the State Police website and enter the application code or the insured mail number (the password written on the receipt given to you at the post office).

Any supplementary documents

If, at the appointment at the central police station, they hand you a document containing the text “art.10 bis Legge no. 241/90”, you will have to supplement the file with other documents. Should you need assistance, please contact us.

Within 10 days send the supplementary documents or any comments via PEC (Certified Email) to the central police station of Bologna, Ravenna, Rimini, Forlì or Cesena.

Approximately 3-4 months after the appointment at the central police station for the purpose of recording your personal and biometric data:

• check whether the residence permit is ready. Go to the State Police website and enter either the application code obtained during the appointment or the insured mail number (the password written on the receipt given to you at the post office);
• for the central police station of Bologna, book your pick-up date on the website (remember to print out the pick-up booking and bring it with you); for the central police stations of the other cities, find out how pick-up works. 

Once you have obtained your residence permit, we suggest you make a copy for yourself and keep it in a safe place.

FAQs

Send a copy of the front and back of your residence permit from your institutional @studio.unibo.it account to:

• the student administration office of your degree programme;
• master@unibo.it for a Professional Master’s degree;
• aform.udottricerca@unibo.it for a PhD;
• sam.carrieremfs@unibo.it for specialisation schools in the medical area;
• aform.specnonmed@unibo.it for specialisation schools in the non-medical area.

If you do not, 180 days after you submitted your application your career will be temporarily blocked, and you will not be able to take examinations.

“Student” residence permits may last up to 12 months at most. The duration depends on:

• the duration of your health insurance or of your registration with the Italian National Health Service (SSN);
• the academic year of enrolment. For example, if you have registered for a.y. 2023/24, your permit can be issued at most until 31 March 2025.  

If your degree programme lasts longer than 12 months, you must renew your residence permit every year for the duration of the programme.

For renewal, you must:

• apply at least 60 days before the expiry of the permit;
• have renewed your health insurance or your registration with the Italian National Health Service (SSN);
• enrol in the next academic year of your degree programme and have passed at least one exam for the first year and at least two exams per year for subsequent years. Examinations must be complete and recorded on Studenti Online (SOL). OFA (Additional Learning Requirements), Italian language course units at CLA (University Language Centre), partial tests or single parts of integrated exams do not count when applying for residence permit renewal.

or

• have been admitted by the Academic Board to the following year, if you are attending a PhD programme

Remember that for first cycle, second cycle and single cycle degree programmes, the residence permit cannot be renewed for more than three years beyond the duration of the degree programme.

To obtain the permit renewal, you have to include a number of documents with the application.

Make a copy of each and keep the originals because the central police station may ask you for them:

• certificate of enrolment in the University of Bologna:
• if you are attending a bachelor's degree, a single-cycle degree, or a master's degree programme, you can download the certificate along with the list of exams you have passed from Studenti Online (click on the "Certificates and self-certifications" section and choose the certificate "Degree with exams, dates, and grades," selecting "Residence permit renewal" as the reason for the certificate);
• if you are attending a master’s programme, request it at master@unibo.it;
• if you are attending a PhD programme, request it at aform.udottricerca@unibo.it;
• if you are attending a non-medical specialisation school, request it at aform.specializzazioninonmediche@unibo.it;
• if you are attending a medical specialisation school, request it at sam.carrieremfs@unibo.it;

You must affix a €16 revenue stamp to the certificate.
If you collect the certificate at the offices, you must first buy two revenue stamps from an authorized retailer (for example a tobacconist) and bring them with you to have them affixed to the application form and the certificate;

• your Italian tax code;
• your expiring residence permit;
• a copy of the pages of your passport containing your personal data, visa, entry stamp for Italy, any other visas and entry and exit stamps. You can exclude blank pages;
• a document certifying the economic resources needed to stay in Italy (minimum required for 2025 € 7.000,97). You can submit a bank/postal account statement or an official letter confirming the awarding, amount and duration of a scholarship;
• documents proving you have accommodation in Italy;
• your health insurance or registration with the Italian National Health Service (SSN).

Health coverage

Make a copy of your health insurance or registration with the Italian National Health Service (SSN). The cost of registering for the SSN is € 700.00. Registration is voluntary and valid only for you (not for your family members) and only for one calendar year, even if you stay in Italy for shorter periods.

It is possible to pay to register for the current year and also for the entire following calendar year (e.g. 2024 and 2025). This possibility grants health coverage for one academic year and is useful for students who arrive, for example, in September and intend to apply for a 1-year residence permit for study purposes.

To cover of any dependant family members, the minimum fee is € 2,000 per year.

To request information about voluntary registration and to verify your eligibility, you can contact an AUSL “Sportello Unico” (CUP) office. Consult the list of “Sportello Unico” (CUP) in Bologna and Romagna (Cesena, Forlì, Ravenna and Rimini).

Start the registration procedure:

• pay the annual fee via the ordinary F24 form. If you want to register for two consecutive years (for example 2024 and 2025), you must make two separate payments. You must fill in the following sections:
• “contribuente” (taxpayer) entering your personal data;
• “sezione regioni” (regions section) indicating: “codice regione” (region code) 06 (Emilia-Romagna) and “codice tributo” (fee code) 8846;
• “anno di riferimento” (reference year): the calendar year for which you want to register with the SSN, for example 2024;
• “importi a debito versati” (amounts paid): €700, if you have no other income besides your scholarship and you do not want to include your family members in the coverage.
  You can pay in various ways. For example, if you have an Italian bank account that offers home banking services, you can fill out a digital F24 form and pay online by debiting your account; you can also pay at any bank in cash or with Pagobancomat cards;
• make a copy of your payment receipts and attach them to your application for initial issuing or renewal of your residence permit.

Payment alone does not imply activation of the coverage. You must complete the registration at an AUSL office and choose a general practitioner (family doctor).

With someone’s help

Depending on the city you are in, you can seek support on how to fill in the permit application correctly.
Remember that in the event of missing or incomplete documents, the time needed to issue the permit may be several months longer.

Bologna

You can contact an immigration service centre.  If you wish to go to the service centre:

• send an e-mail to ases.bolognapermit@unibo.it from your institutional @studio.unibo.it account;
• within 3 working days you will receive an email detailing the applicable service centre, the address, and the day and time of your appointment.

At the appointment, you will be given a kit (i.e. an envelope, forms, and a payment slip relating to the costs and contributions to be paid), your documents will be checked, and you will be given free help filling out the kit.

When filling out the forms, you must leave your contact details where you can receive any communications from the central police station. Specify: the city, the street, the name on the doorbell, the name on the mailbox of your accommodation in Italy and your Italian mobile phone number.

If you are enrolling in the first year, contact the International Student Administration Office in Bologna during the enrolment period: a tutor will be available to help you fill in the kit and prepare the necessary documents. 

Ravenna

You can contact the Immigration Office of the Ravenna Town Council, also online. They will give you the kit to apply for a residence permit (i.e. an envelope, forms, instructions on how to fill them out and a payment slip relating to the Residence Permit costs and fees to be paid). You can also watch video tutorials in several languages.
The Immigration Office is open to public from Monday to Thursday (check timetable on the website, no appointment required).
The Office is also available in Via A. Baccarini 27 every Tuesday morning and Thursday afternoon but only by appointment (write to accoglienzastranieri@comune.ra.it)

Rimini

Contact the Foreign Citizens Front Office of the Rimini Town Council.

Cesena

Contact the Cesena Town Council.

Forlì

Contact the Service Centre for the Integration and Inclusion of Migrants.

Autonomously

Go to a post office with a ‘Sportello Amico’, pick up the kit to apply for a residence permit (i.e. an envelope, forms, instructions on how to fill them out and a payment slip relating to the costs and fees to be paid) and fill in the forms and attach the documents required.

Remember that in the event of missing or incomplete documents, the time needed to issue the permit may be several months longer.

Go to a post office with a ‘Sportello Amico’ and take with you:

• the kit with the completed forms and payment slips;
• a € 16.00 revenue stamp (you can buy it in a tobacconist's);
• your original passport.

At the Post Office:

• pay the payment slip (€ 30.46+ € 40.00);
• submit the kit and the revenue stamp;
• fill in an insured mail form to ship the kit. Write your address in Italy and pay € 30.00 for shipping.

The Post Office staff:

• will check your identity and have you sign the first page of the form. Important: only sign the form in the presence of the operator at the Post Office;
• will give you an appointment at the central police station’s Immigration Office to record your personal and biometric data;
• will issue you with a receipt for the application. Keep it and make a copy to carry with you at all times because, in the event of a police check, it proves that you have duly applied for a residence permit.

Send the receipt to the University

Send an email with a copy of the application receipt from your institutional @studio.unibo.it account to:

• the student administration office of your degree programme for degree programmes or for single course units;
• master@unibo.it for a Professional Master’s degree;
• aform.udottricerca@unibo.it for a PhD;
• sam.carrieremfs@unibo.it for specialisation schools in the medical area;
• aform.specnonmed@unibo.it for specialisation schools in the non-medical area.

The offices will register your receipt and activate your conditional enrolment: your career will then remain active for 180 days and during this period you will be able to obtain certificates and take exams.

If you have paid to register with the Italian National Health Service (SSN), after submitting your application for a residence permit, return to the "Sportello Unico AUSL (CUP)" as soon as possible to activate your health coverage and choose a general practitioner. Consult the list of “Sportello Unico” (CUP) in Bologna and Romagna (Cesena, Forlì, Ravenna and Rimini districts). Bring the following documents with you:

• your passport;
• your official Italian tax code (codice fiscale);
• enrolment certificate for the University of Bologna, or Certificate of Arrival for exchange students;
• payment receipts for the annual fee;
• postal receipt of your residence permit application (or residence permit if already issued);
• for CUP offices in Bologna, the registration form for non-EU citizens (in Italian) [.pdf 967 KB]; read the example with instructions in English [.pdf 659 KB] on how to fill in the form.

Payment alone does not imply activation of the coverage. You must complete the registration at an AUSL office and choose a general practitioner (family doctor).

If you are paying for two consecutive years, remember that at the end of the current year you must return to the CUP with the payment receipt for the following year, and ask for the service to be activated.

Always check the coverage end date.

Those registered with the Italian National Health Service will receive a Health Card by post. The card is sent to the address provided to the Italian Revenue Agency; you can contact the Italian Revenue Agency to update your address and to have the card reprinted.

Go to your appointment at the central police station’s Immigration Office to record your personal and biometric data.

Take with you:

• your original passport;
• 4 recent, identical passport photos with white background;
• the original receipt of delivery of the residence permit application;
• the paper received from the Post Office with the date of the appointment at the central police station.

The permit application kit will already have photocopies of your documents, but at the central police station they could check the originals: don't forget to bring them with you.

The central police station will issue you with a code to check the status of your application. 

To find out the status of your application, go to the State Police website and enter the application code or the insured mail number (the password written on the receipt given to you at the post office).

Any supplementary documents

If, at the appointment at the central police station, they hand you a document containing the text “art.10 bis Legge no. 241/90”, you will have to supplement the file with other documents. Should you need assistance, please contact us.

Within 10 days

Send the supplementary documents or any comments via PEC (Certified Email) to the central police station ("Questura") of Bologna, Ravenna, Rimini, Forlì or Cesena.

Approximately 3-4 months after the appointment at the central police station for the purpose of recording your personal and biometric data:

• check whether the residence permit is ready. Go to the State Police website and enter either the application code obtained during the appointment or the insured mail number (the password written on the receipt given to you at the post office). 
• for the central police station of Bologna, book your pick-up date on the website (remember to print out the pick-up booking and bring it with you); for the central police stations of the other cities, find out how pick-up works. 

Once you have obtained your residence permit, we suggest you make a copy for yourself and keep it in a safe place.

FAQs

Send a copy of the front and back of your residence permit from your institutional @studio.unibo.it account to:

• the student administration office of your degree programme for degree programmes or for single course units;
• master@unibo.it for a Professional Master’s degree;
• aform.udottricerca@unibo.it for a PhD;
• sam.carrieremfs@unibo.it for specialisation schools in the medical area;
• aform.specnonmed@unibo.it for specialisation schools in the non-medical area.

If you do not, 180 days after you submitted your application your career will be temporarily blocked, and you will not be able to take examinations.