Permesso Di soggiorno
posted by Deleted user in Italy forum
Hi Lori,
I am also married to an Italian & unfortunately for me it took about a year since i'm not an EU Citizen & my lawyer messed up things as well! Finally, I approached the Italian Consulate in my home country, had my documents attested by them & flew into Italy, where I did the rest of the paperwork.
I have retained my Indian citizenship (since we also have Single Citizenship), but after coming here, with the help of my husband, I obtained a Permesso Di Soggiorno (permit for long stay), from the Police dept. and the Immigration authorities. Thereafter, I got an Identity Card from the Municipal House of the district & am now a Resident here, though the Permit is for 5 years, initially.
You have to get info from your country & the Italian Embassy before coming since they will have to go through your papers & most probably put their official seal on them (Marriage certificates, Birth certificate, education,etc). These will have to be shown here to the Authorities and the Permit is then given within 2 months or so. However, do check with the Italian Embassy there since laws are different for different countries.
You could tie the knot here in Italy & that will make things a lot easier...especially if you're a Catholic since then the paperwork will be much less!Good luck!