Lorenzo de' Medici - art, language and culture since 1973

All persons who come to Italy for a period of less than three months for visits, tourism, business and study no longer require the Permit of Stay (this applies therefore to all students attending Summer Sessions), BUT DO necessitate a Declaration of Presence.

STEP 1.  Please read the following and see which situation below applies to you:

EU (European Union) CITIZENS: you do not have to do the Declaration of Presence. Stop reading.

NON EU CITIZENS:

a.    If you came directly to Italy (that is, you did not touch down in any other country), AND you did get a stamp in your passport at the Italian end when you landed, then you do NOT have to do this Declaration of Presence.  Stop reading.

b.    If you came directly to Italy (that is, you did not touch down in any other country), BUT you did NOT get a stamp in your passport at the Italian end when you landed, then, YES, you MUST do the Declaration of Presence.  See STEP 2 below.

c.    If your flight stopped in either a Schengen* country (see list below in italics) or Switzerland, England or Ireland, then YES, you MUST do the Declaration of Presence (unless your passport was stamped in Italy in which case you do not have to do the Declaration).  See STEP 2 below.

*The Schengen Countries are: Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden.

STEP 2. After you have determined which one of the above applies to you and you have discovered that you MUST do the Declaration of Presence. Here is what you do:

- You will be assisted by Eduitalia. This service costs 18 euro which is deducted from your credit card when you turn in your documents. In order to receive this service you must register on the following link :

http://secure.eduitalia.org/LDMRome/Summer2010

- Once you have registered with Eduitalia, you will be required to bring the following documents to an official meeting (place and date to be disclosed during Orientation):

1.    A copy of the front photo-page of your passport

2.    A copy of the Student Visa page

3.    If you did receive a stamp at border control, bring a copy of that page with the stamp on it

STEP 3. You may be contacted by your LDM advisor if a meeting at the public office Questura will be necessary.