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We wish hereby to confirm that Law No. 68 of 28th May 2007 regarding the permit of stay for periods of stay inferior to 90 days which was passed and came into force on the 2nd of June 2007 after publication in the Official Gazzette and once again modified by a Decree on the 26th of July 2007 is still in force. 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, but necessitate a Declaration of Presence as follows:
If a foreigner comes directly from a country which does not adhere to the Schengen Agreement (i.e. a US student comes directly to Italy), he is not required to make the declaration of presence in that his passport will be stamped by frontier police. It is important for students to ensure that their passports have been appropriately stamped by the frontier police.
If a foreigner comes from a country where the Schengen Agreement is applied he is required to make a declaration of presence within 8 effective days of his arrival at the Questura in the province he is residing in.
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.
This applies therefore to all students attending summer sessions and January Intersession. If a student has to make the Declaration of Presence he will be assisted by Platform 3000. All students who do not come directly to Italy from the US but through a country adhering to the Schengen Agreement must register on the following link before departure for Italy. Registration may also be done once students arrive in Italy: www.platform3000.com/LDM/Summer2008.
Only a photocopy of the front page of the passport is required for the Presence of Stay.
Platform 3000 will assist these students in completing the Presence of Stay module and accompany students to the “Questura” in order to have their Presence of Stay registered and stamped The Platform 3000 fee for this registration service will cost each student Euro 15,00 which will be debited from the student’s credit card.
N.B. The study visa for the period of study is mandatory for all study abroad students.
During Orientation students will be informed of:
- The day for completion of the Presence of Stay module.
- The day on which students will be accompanied to have their Presence of Stay module registered and stamped at the “Questura".
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