I arrived on a student visa D and need to apply for a residence permit, but I’ll be staying in a hostel for the first month — the apartment lease starts in a month and covers the whole study period. How should I apply in this case? Won’t there be problems because I don’t have a proper address at first?
in KIT (кит) you just put the address of the hostel where you’re living at the time of application — it doesn’t matter that it’s only for a month. We put the address of the apartment where we stayed for the first two weeks; nobody asked why it wasn’t long-term. But when you’re called in for fingerprinting, you’ll need a certificate of housing compliance, and by then you should already have the long-term lease in hand.
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Thanks, that really reassured me. How long does it usually take from submitting the application to the fingerprinting? Do you think I’ll have time to move and get that certificate?
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They usually wait 2–3 months, but it can vary. It depends on the Questura (immigration/police office). One girl said she waited six months in Rome, while in a small town they called her in for fingerprints within a month. So you’ll probably make it — the main thing is to arrange a long-term contract as soon as you move; the certificate is processed in a couple of weeks if the landlord doesn’t drag their feet.
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