Visa, Residence Permit and Tax code
If you are a non-EU citizen and wish to study in Italy for more than 90 days, you need a Visa to enter Italy.
Once in Italy, Italian law requires all non-EU citizen to submit the Residence Permit request to Questura (Local Police Station) within 8 days of arrival;
NON-EU CITIZEN:
If you are a non-EU citizen and wish to study in Italy for more than 90 days, you need a Visa to enter Italy.
To apply for a visa you must:
- contact the Embassy / Consulate in the country of your residence to find out the requirements to obtain a 1 year entry visa for Study purposes
- check the following website Travel to Italy and entry rules (Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
- Please note you must apply well in advance for the visa, as the visa process can take several months.
1 - First of all register on UNIVERSITALY PORTAL and you will have access to all the needed information and services.
2 - Complete there the online Visa application and pre-enrolment procedure.
3 - Once the University of Bergamo has completed the necessary verification procedure, you will receive a notification in your email account specifying if the application has been approved or not. If your application is approved, your pre-enrolment application will be transmitted to the Italian Representative. Italian Reprensentative in charge will contact you for further information about VISA release.
International students, in order to stay in Italy, are required to obtain a tax identification number (Tax Code), released from Agenzia delle Entrate.
In order to obtain the Tax Code, if you did not get it from the Embassy, you can apply once you arrive in Bergamo.
- IF YOU ARRIVE IN SEPTEMBER please follow the following procedure:
1- Fill in the AA4-8 form (you can find it below or at the desk on the day of your appointment) and sign it manually
2- prepare a copy of your passport and your Visa
3 - Book an appointment at this link ( select "tax code"> select the date and time> Log in (in this way the mandatory field will be automatically filled in)> book your appointment)
4 - Attend the meeting in Via Fratelli Calvi 10, 24122 Bergamo and bring with you all the above documents
5 - During your appointment you will receive the official Tax Code
- IF YOU ARRIVE STARTING FROM OCTOBER 1st, this will be the procedure:
1- Fill in the AA4-8 form and sign it manually
2- prepare a copy of your passport and your Visa
3 - Book an appointment directly with Agenzia delle Entrate at the following link www.agenziaentrate.gov.it/portale/
Pleae find here attached a guide in order to book the appointment
4 - To in person to Agenzia delle Entrate in Via Geremia Bonomelli, 24122 Bergamo and bring with you all the above documents
5 - During your appointment you will receive the official Tax Code