EXTRA-EU PHD CANDIDATES: THE RESIDENCE PERMIT IN ITALY

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1 EXTRA-EU PHD CANDIDATES: THE RESIDENCE PERMIT IN ITALY Extra-EU PhD candidates must apply for a residence permit within 8 days after their arrival in Italy. According to the Italian laws on immigration, applying for a residence permit is a compulsory requirement in order to live in Italy and enrol at the University. Please read carefully these instructions if you are planning to live in Bologna and its surroundings. If, instead, your final destination will be either Cesena, Forlì, Ravenna or Rimini, please contact the International Relations Office of your Campus (contacts are provided below, in the IF YOU PLAN NOT TO LIVE IN BOLOGNA section). HOW TO APPLY FOR THE RESIDENCE PERMIT: 1. Write an to internationaldesk@unibo.it and type PhD programme appointment for the residence permit in the reference. The International Desk will set for you an appointment with Patronato ACLI, via Lame 118/a (Bologna) or with Centro Lavoratori Stranieri CGIL, via del Porto 16/C (Bologna). You will be assisted, free of charge, in filling in the requested forms. It is very important that you go to the appointment on the fixed date and hour. 2. Write an to udottricerca@unibo.it to request a certificate of Enrolment + PhD Programme start and end date. Please use the form provided in Annex 1. WHAT TO BRING TO THE APPOINTMENT: 1. Copy of your passport (blank pages not included). 2. Copy of your enrolment certificate, previously requested to the PhD Unit. 3. Copy of your health/accident insurance. If you have already taken out a health insurance in your home country, which is valid in Italy, please make sure that the Italian Consulate or Embassy has stamped the insurance policy to certify such validity. Without the Consulate or Embassy stamp, it cannot be accepted for the residence permit application. If you have not taken out an insurance yet, you can then choose between: - registering at the Italian National Health Service - buying an INA Assitalia policy available in any post office. For such option, please follow the instructions provided in Annex Your contact details and address in Italy (an Italian mobile phone number, street, city where you live and names printed on both door bell and mail box), where, in case of problems, the Questura can contact you. Please, prepare the above mentioned documents before going to the appointment. WHAT TO DO AFTER THE APPOINTMENT: 1. Go to a tobacconist (tabaccheria) and buy a 16,00 stamp duty (marca da bollo). 2. Go to a Post Office (you can find the list of Post Offices with "SPORTELLO AMICO" entitled to receive residence permit applications in Annex 3) bringing with you: - the envelope containing the application form and the PSE payment slip (bollettino), you received either by ACLI or CGIL (do not seal the envelop but, leave it open); - a 16,00 stamp duty (marca da bollo); - your original passport. AT THE POST OFFICE: 1. Pay the PSE payment slip. Amount: 110,46 2. Submit the form and the stamp duty

2 3. Send the envelope containing all the documents by registered-post (posta raccomandata), indicating the Italian address where the Questura can contact you. Amount: 30,00 The post officer will: - verify your identity (passport) - ask you to sign the first page of the form (sign the form ONLY in front of the post officer) - fix an appointment for you at the Immigration Office (Questura Italian Police Headquarters) - give you a receipt of the residence permit application. Remember to keep the receipt always with you, as an evidence that you have duly requested your residence permit. Please, send a scanned copy of the receipt to the PhD Unit: udottricerca@unibo.it. AT THE QUESTURA: It is of the utmost importance that you go to the Questura on the date and hour indicated. Punctuality is strongly recommended! You must bring with you: - the original copy of your enrolment certificate at the PhD programme, the original copy of your health/accident insurance and copy of the payment receipt - your passport - 4 identical and recent passport-sized photos, on a white background - the residence permit application receipt you received from the Post Office - the document containing the appointment details that you received from the Post Office Please note that: if at the Questura you receive a document reporting in the reference (art.10 bis Legge nr. 241/90), it means that further documents are required. In this case, you should promptly contact the International Desk, during the opening hours. A few weeks after the appointment at the Questura, you can check the status of your residence permit application on typing the code provided in the application receipt. As soon as the residence permit is ready, you have to fix another appointment on order to collect it. Once you collect the residence permit, please remember to send a scanned copy to udottricerca@unibo.it Contacts (Bologna and surroundings only): International Desk: Via Filippo Re 4, Bologna, Italy Tel: ; internationaldesk@unibo.it Mon, Tue, Wed, Fri 9:00-11:15 Tue, Thu 14:30-15:30 For Information on PhD programmes: PhD Unit - udottricerca@unibo.it IF YOU PLAN NOT TO LIVE IN BOLOGNA: Cesena and surroundings Cesena International Relations Office Via Montalti, Cesena (FC) - Italy T F E campuscesena.uri@unibo.it Opening hours student counter: Mon, Tue, Wed, Fri 9:00-11:15 Tue, Thu 14:00-15:00 Forlì and surroundings Forlì International Relations Office Padiglione Melandri ground floor - Piazzale Solieri, Forlì (FC) - Italy T F E campusforli.uri@unibo.it Opening hours student counter: Mon, Tue, Fri 9:00-11:15 Wed 9:00-12:00 Tue, Thu 14:30-15:30 Ravenna and surroundings Ravenna International Relations Office Via Baccarini, Ravenna (RA) - Italy T F E campusravenna.relazioniinternazionali@unibo.it Opening hours student counter: Mon, Tue, Wed, Fri 9:00-12:30 Tue, Thu 14:30-16:30 Rimini and surroundings Rimini International Relations Office Via Cattaneo, 17, first floor Rimini (RN) - Italy T F E campusrimini.relint@unibo.it Opening hours student counter: Mon, Tue, Wed, Fri 9:00-11:15 Tue, Thu 14:30-15:30

3 Annex 1 ALMA MATER STUDIORUM UNIVERSITÀ DI BOLOGNA AREA RICERCA E TRASFERIMENTO TECNOLOGICO SETTORE DOTTORATO Tel. 051/ Fax 051/ udottricerca@unibo.it REQUEST OF CERTIFICATES EXEMPTED FROM THE PAYMENT OF THE STAMP DUTY FOR VISA RESIDENCE PERMIT RESIDENCE PERMIT RENEWAL Surname(s) Name(s) Matriculation number PhD Programme in Italian mobile phone I require the delivery of the documents: by personal delivery directly at PhD office by ordinary mail at the following address: Enrolment + PhD Programme start and end date Enrolment + PhD Programme start and end date + Scholarship Admission to the final exam + expected date or session Bologna / / Signature (clear and in full)

4 How to buy an INA ASSITALIA health insurance Annex 2 1. In a Post Office ask for a blank payment form (Bollettino Postale), and fill it in following the example available here. You can write as amount to be paid: 49,00 Euro for a 6-months long insurance 98,00 Euro for a 12-months long insurance In the lower part, write your personal data (name, surname, address in Italy). 2. Pay the amount due in a Post Office. 3. Send a copy of the payment receipt via fax to INA ASSITALIA ( ), enclosing a clear fax cover sheet with your complete name and personal information (date of birth, place of birth, citizenship, passport number). You can check whether your fax has been received by calling When you ll receive the insurance contract, please read it carefully. Please consider that this insurance will expire on the same day as the stay permit you ll be assigned. Come acquistare un assicurazione sanitaria INA ASSITALIA 1. Presso un Ufficio Postale richiedi un bollettino postale vuoto, e compilalo con i dati indicati nel modello qui sotto. Indica nello spazio relativo all importo da pagare: 49,00 Euro per un assicurazione per 6 mesi 98,00 Euro per un assicurazione per 12 mesi Nelle parti inferiori, inserisci i tuoi dati personali (cognome, nome e indirizzo in Italia). 2. Paga l importo scelto presso un Ufficio Postale. 3. Invia una copia della ricevuta di pagamento via fax a INA ASSITALIA al numero Inserisci prima un foglio con tutti i tuoi dati personali scritti chiaramente (nome, cognome, data di nascita, indirizzo, numero passaporto). Per avere conferma della ricezione del fax puoi telefonare al numero Quado riceverai il contratto di assicurazione, leggilo con attenzione. Considera che questa assicurazione scadrà lo stesso giorno del permesso di soggiorno che ti verrà assegnato. 49,00 or 98,00 Quarantanove,00 or Novantotto,00 49,00 or 98,00 Quarantanove,00 or Novantotto,00 49,00 or 98,00

5 Annex 3 Lista di Uffici Postali con "SPORTELLO AMICO" per la presentazione della domanda di permesso di soggiorno List of Post Offices with "SPORTELLO AMICO" entitled to receive permit of stay applications Comune BOLOGNA Nome - Name BOLOGNA 1 Indirizzo - Address VIA CAIROLI, 9 Orari Apertura - Opening Hours Lun-Ven ; SAB BOLOGNA BOLOGNA 10 VIA ANDREA COSTA, 71 Lun-Ven ; SAB BOLOGNA BOLOGNA 13 VIA CARLO ALBERTO PIZZARDI, 17/A Lun-Ven ; SAB BOLOGNA BOLOGNA 15 PIAZZA LIBER PARADISUS, 19/B Lun-Ven ; SAB BOLOGNA BOLOGNA 16 VIA DI SALICETO, 4 Lun-Ven ; SAB BOLOGNA BOLOGNA 2 VIA SANT'ISAIA, 3/5 Lun-Ven ; SAB BOLOGNA BOLOGNA 20 VIA DELLE ARMI, 1 Lun-Ven ; SAB BOLOGNA BOLOGNA 23 VIA DELL' ARTIGIANO, 32/A Lun-Ven ; SAB BOLOGNA BOLOGNA 24 PIAZZA CLODOVEO BONAZZI, 8/B Lun-Ven ; SAB BOLOGNA BOLOGNA 25 PIAZZA GIOVANNI DA VERRAZZANO, 6 Lun-Ven ; SAB BOLOGNA BOLOGNA 27 VIA DELL' INDUSTRIA, 13 Lun-Ven ; SAB BOLOGNA BOLOGNA 28 VIA DELL' ARCOVEGGIO, 74/2 Lun-Ven ; SAB BOLOGNA BOLOGNA 30 VIA AMATORE SCIESA, 20 Lun-Ven ; SAB BOLOGNA BOLOGNA 31 VIA FIRENZE, 2/C Lun-Ven ; SAB BOLOGNA BOLOGNA 33 VIA GIORGIO VASARI, 30 Lun-Ven ; SAB BOLOGNA BOLOGNA 34 VIA LUIGI PIRANDELLO, 22 Lun-Ven ; SAB BOLOGNA BOLOGNA 35 PIAZZA DELLA COSTITUZIONE, 8 Lun-Ven ; SAB BOLOGNA BOLOGNA 5 VIA PADRE FRANCESCO MARIA GRIMALDI, 6/A Lun-Ven ; SAB BOLOGNA BOLOGNA CENTRO PIAZZA MINGHETTI, 4 Lun-Ven ; SAB BOLOGNA BOLOGNA EMILIA LEVANTE VIA EMILIA LEVANTE, 7 Lun-Ven ; SAB BOLOGNA BOLOGNA PONENTE VIA AURELIO SAFFI, 30/32 Lun-Ven ; SAB BOLOGNA BOLOGNA ROVERI VIA ANTONIO CANOVA, 19/2 Lun-Ven ; SAB