RESIDENCE PERMIT WHEN WAITING FOR EMPLOYMENT

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DURATION
The permit lasts 1 year and it is not renewable. Before the expiry of the permit when waiting for employment, it is possible to apply for a residence permit if a new job has been found.

RENEWAL
The permit is renewable at Post Offices through a Postal Kit. The Kit contains two forms, Mod 1 and Mod 2: both have to be filled in.

The Kit also contains instructions, but if necessary it is possible to ask for help at the information points placed  throughout the territory by associations, aid societies…

The Kit is to be mailed at the actual Post Offices. It is necessary to show up with residence permit, passport or equivalent document.

DOCUMENTS TO INCLUDE IN THE ENVELOPE

  • copy of the residence permit in expiry; copy of passport (only the pages indicating personal data, visas and the State’s territory entrance and exit stamps); copy of registration in unemployment lists of the territorially cognizant employment Centre; copy (if existent) of  documentation proving the availability of income from employment or other lawful source (CUD, Modello Unico Persone Fisiche, modello 730, Inps slip or extract of taxes paid or substitutive statement of Cud for domestic collaborators); copy of possible dismissal letter.

COSTS

  • 16.00 Euro revenue stamp
  • 27.50 Euro receipt of occurred payment for the issuing of electronic residence permits to which it is necessary to add residence permit tax equal to: 80.00 Euros for residence permits lasting more than three months and less than or equal to one year; (one part of the receipt must be included in the Kit, the other part must be kept);
  • 30.00 Euros to be paid at the Post Office for mailing expenses.

INSERTION OF CHILDREN UNDER 14 YEARS OF AGE

In case of children under 14 years of age, it is necessary to include in the Kit also a copy of their passport and residence permit, as well as the family support statement.

If the minor is being inserted for the first time on the parent’s residence permit, it is necessary to provide also:

  • photocopy of the minor’s passport (only the pages indicating personal data, renewal stamps, visas);
  • copy of birth certificate indicating maternity/paternity (translated and legalised, or with apostille, if coming from another State).
  • authorization of one parent to insert the child on the other parent’s residence permit.

THE POST OFFICE’S RECEIPT
The employee at the Post Office will issue a receipt. This receipt is very important: together with the expired residence permit it is valid as a normal residence permit. It is necessary so as to exit Italy while waiting for the new permit and to verify if it is ready by visiting the websites: portaleimmigrazione.it (Area Reserved for Foreign Citizens), or poliziadistato.it. With this receipt it is possible to sign an employment contract, a lease contract or any other contract, as well as to apply for residence and health card (tessera sanitaria). The Post Office will also set an appointment with the offices at the Questura for finger print taking and to provide photographs. When going to the Questura, it is necessary to provide the original documents of the copies mailed in the Kit.