Registering with the local police when on Holiday ??
Mar 20th, 2006, 11:10 PM
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Registering with the local police when on Holiday ??
Hi,
This is about a strange photocopy titled Notice slipped into my passport,along with my 30 day Italian Tourist Visa, issued recently in Mumbai.
Most of the instructions in it are quite general, except for this one which I was not able to understand and nor was I able get a satisfactory explanation from the chaps at the office.
I'm hoping that someone here, can shed some light on it.
Here is the instruction in verbatim -'As per art 5,2nd comma of T.U. N.286/98, travelers should request for a Residence Permit ("Permessio di Soggiorno"
from territorially competent Police Headquarters ("Questura", within 8 working days of arrival in Italy.'
Cheers
This is about a strange photocopy titled Notice slipped into my passport,along with my 30 day Italian Tourist Visa, issued recently in Mumbai.
Most of the instructions in it are quite general, except for this one which I was not able to understand and nor was I able get a satisfactory explanation from the chaps at the office.
I'm hoping that someone here, can shed some light on it.
Here is the instruction in verbatim -'As per art 5,2nd comma of T.U. N.286/98, travelers should request for a Residence Permit ("Permessio di Soggiorno"
from territorially competent Police Headquarters ("Questura", within 8 working days of arrival in Italy.'Cheers
Mar 20th, 2006, 11:25 PM
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If you took the time to do a search, this topic has been covered from A to Z.
Italy still hs this law in their books, a leftover from the old Mussolini times. It is still a requirement. Do you really have to do it? When staying at a hotel, NO, as they do it for you, staying with relatives or a private residence? <i>a small yes</i>, and if you don't, it's not likely the police will come after you.
Italy still hs this law in their books, a leftover from the old Mussolini times. It is still a requirement. Do you really have to do it? When staying at a hotel, NO, as they do it for you, staying with relatives or a private residence? <i>a small yes</i>, and if you don't, it's not likely the police will come after you.
Mar 20th, 2006, 11:32 PM
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Mar 21st, 2006, 06:25 AM
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Correction. Checking into hotels does NOT repeat NOT substitute for the requirement for the permesso di soggiorno. The travelers' passport data are collected for security reasons (even Italians are subject to the reule) but the infor is NOT fed to Immigration. Immigration tends to be somewhat flexible with "real tourists" i.e. those who stay just 2 or 3 weeks, and with visitors from the First world, but can be pretty nasty otherwise.
Mar 21st, 2006, 06:43 AM
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So I guess the official Italy Tourist Board site is wrong???
<i>Registration for Tourists
The formality of registering with the police within 3 days of a tourist's arrival in Italy is <b>attended to by the hotels one stays with</b>. If staying with friends or in a private home, the visitor has to register in person at the nearest police station within a 3-day period. In Rome there is a special police information office to assist tourists. (Interpreters are available) telephone: 461-950 or 486-609.</i>
http://www.italiantourism.com/regulat.html
<i>Registration for Tourists
The formality of registering with the police within 3 days of a tourist's arrival in Italy is <b>attended to by the hotels one stays with</b>. If staying with friends or in a private home, the visitor has to register in person at the nearest police station within a 3-day period. In Rome there is a special police information office to assist tourists. (Interpreters are available) telephone: 461-950 or 486-609.</i>
http://www.italiantourism.com/regulat.html
