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Permesso di Soggiorno for travelling in EU?

Last activity 12 November 2023 by GuestPoster12113

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zyra_jean

Ciao,

I'm an Indonesian, residence in Italy. Finally received my legal documents for me to stay here in Italy; Permesso di Soggiorno, Carta Identita, etc.

I am wondering, in my carta identita is written is not valid for travelling abroad. I'm thinking to travel in some EU countries, can I just do that with my passport and PDS?

I need more information about this, thanks in advance :)

Jeanny

Cesar77

Once you had a Permesso di Soggiorno you can travel to all the Schengen Area countries for tourism without asking for a Visa and you have to come back in Italy before three months, that's why you have the right to stay in Italy but you don't have the italian citizenship that allows you to travel and stay in EU for as long as you want

zyra_jean

Ok, ic now. Thanks Cesar 77 for the reply :)

nighrage

Zyra_jean, could please let me now if you managed to travel within the Schengen Area countries using your Permesso di soggiorno?

Thanks for your help...

zyra_jean

Ciao Nighrage,
Yup you need the pds to travel to other schengen countries, they even wouldn't check your passport. I traveled without any problem.

nighrage

Thanks a million.:)

davidadams

hi everybody! i live in Italy i've got a permesso di siogiorno and i wanna know if i can go to Ireland. i know that i can't go to England, but don't know how it works about Ireland. thanks

ECS

Ireland isn't Schengen so there will be passport control if you're coming from Italy.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schengen_Area

italianlawyer

Ireland as UK did not sign the Schengen Convention, therefore your Italian permesso di soggiorno will be not allow you to enter  in Ireland.
Anyway, I paste you the website that explain well and indicate a list of countries whose citizens will not need visa to land in Ireland. Otherwise, you will need to obtain the visa by the Irish embassy in Rome.
http://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/mo … eland.html

Ciao

Marco

riazmirctg

i have italian Permesso di Soggiorno ... but i want to go to Ukrain just for visit ... now have i need visa for visit ukrain ? if i need visa , how many need documents for visa ? please

Hasnaa

Hi riazmirctg,

Welcome to Expat.com.

Please note that you posted on an old thread.

For better visibility and interaction, I suggest you to create a new discussion on the Italy forum.

I am sure the members will be able to provide you with useful information very soon.

Thank you

Hasnaa
Expat.com Team

Shakeel sabir

I am pakistani .
I married in italain girl.
Can i go without visa london ?

ECS

Shakeel sabir wrote:

I am pakistani .
I married in italain girl.
Can i go without visa london ?


where are you living and what kind of residence permit do you have?

Jondyton

You need your passport and permesso di sogiorno. Carta d'identita is not valid to travel outside Italy. I hope this is clear to you.

poploli

i am  bangladeshi nationality

i have italian permanent residence  carta soggirno CE ... but i want to go to romania just for visit ... now have i need visa for visit romania ? if i need visa , how many need documents for visa ? please

plase give me anser thank you so much

ghasedakx6

hello i have a question,can i go to spain and from spain go to germany??or i have to come back to italy and fly from there?

GuestPoster115

hi im living in italy and have a permesso di soggiorno, i booked my flight for holland a week ago. but earlier my wallet was stollen including all my travel documents. can i travel with a receipt from the italian post office showing that im renewing my permesso di soggiorno?

amalaah smith

hello i am from congo and i have permisso de sojonour but i have not use it for 1year it will be vailed again

mina.ak

hello,
I am a non-EU and I study in Italy. Recently I have left my passport for UK visa at the Rome embassy. However, I need to travel to Greece in the next days and I wanted to ask whether anybody knows that I can travel with my permesso di soggiorno and carta d'identita? Untill now I have always traveled in Europe with my passport and permesso di soggiorno...any ideas?

jan2

why you like to travel to greece.also you can travel to here

GuestPoster115

As long as u have your permesso di soggiorno u can travel.. based on my experience i always show my permesso and they dont ask for my passport anymore..

Martok78

The Schengen agreement states that there is no passport control at any internal border. That is unless the local police feels the need for a specific control.
Despite what I read in this thread though, PDS is not a valid travel document, nor is the Carta di Identita if you are not an Italian citizen.
In theory you need to carry a valid Passport with you at all times.

Many people travel with PDS and CI within the Schengen area by car or other land transport, also because most of the countries are unaware that CI is a valid travel ID only for Italians.

My friend from Lithuania though, got in trouble in Switzerland without her passport and took her money and stress to get escorted back into Italy.

If you travel by plane, you will definitely need your passport with you.

Cheers
Marcello

oguza

Hi to all,
I have lavoro subordinato visa, and came to Rome to work. I am a non-EU. I had applied for Permesso di Soggiorno today in the post office, I took the reservation for police department. I wonder if I can go Holland, with this papers and my passport.
Thanks you all
Oguza

Martok78

oguza wrote:

Hi to all,
I have lavoro subordinato visa, and came to Rome to work. I am a non-EU. I had applied for Permesso di Soggiorno today in the post office, I took the reservation for police department. I wonder if I can go Holland, with this papers and my passport.
Thanks you all
Oguza


Hello Oguza,
Unless you have a Schengen Visa still valid (which is almost never the case for a work Visa), you cannot travel legally to any other country until the Permesso di Soggiorno has been granted.
It also depends which country you are from however...?

Marcello

GuestPoster115

The reservation u made for the appointment to the questura for permesso di soggiorno and the receipt from the post office is not sufficient as a travel document.. u still need your permesso di soggiorno card which will be given more or less after a month when u go to the questura for paperworks and for thumbmarking .. i suggest u wait for your permesso di soggiorno.. which i did also since im non eu and i travel from italy to holland often . :)

yasaman.M

Hello! I`m Iranian and I have Italian permesso di soggiorno. I want to travel to switzerland. Can I travel with my permesso or I should get a visa?
Thank you

Martok78

Hello!

You can travel to Switzerland with your permesso di soggiorno as long as you carry a valid passport with you.
Ciao

yasaman.M

Grazie mille  :)

simran jit1

I warked in germany . i have Italian PDS CE. My wife has PDS  2 year . can we take the flight from germany to India with PDS.and if this possible and can we arrive in Germany from India.is this possible or not

ryhan stanakzai

Hi I am Ryhan I am from Afghanistan.
I have permesso di soggiorno, I live in Italy I want to go to work in Austria ,so what are the requirements what if you guide me please .

Kabir uddin

Hi
I have 5 years permesso di soggiorno about asolo political in Italy... Now I can work in other countries like norway...
I can work legal Contact work....
anybody know about that. Plz try to give me your information and help me....
Tnx

ECS

Kabir uddin wrote:

Hi
I have 5 years permesso di soggiorno about asolo political in Italy... Now I can work in other countries like norway...
I can work legal Contact work....
anybody know about that. Plz try to give me your information and help me....
Tnx


if you have a permesso di soggiorno in Italy, it doesn't give you any legal right to work in Norway. You have to have a Norwegian work permit to do that, or be an EEA citizen.

for more information on working in Norway, see http://www.udi.no/en/

Kabir uddin

Hi
How are you...
But my permesso di soggiorno is 5 years..
Yesterday day I meet 1 lawyer, he say its possibl to work in other countries...

ECS

If you are sent on assignment by your Italian employer to norway for a brief period and still being paid and residing in Italy, I'm sure it's no problem. However, udi.no makes no mention of a special immigration status for people holding work visas for other EEA member countries. If you want to reside in norway and work for a company based in norway, you need a Norwegian work visa.

Was it a Norwegian or Italian lawyer who told you this?

MARYAMIII

Hi everybody,

I have non EU passport and Italian permesso di soggiorno, can I travel to counries like Serbia, Ukrain, Kroatia, Bosnia,
Albania (mainly Balkan countries)?

would you be so kind to help me?

thanks
Maryam

kawsu

Look this italian sogornno has no used
trow it and go to another country look for a better future.  This people are not helping but eating money. Treating refregis like preasioner. Go to Germany and c u will no this people don't respect humanity.

Sojol

I have premesso de soggiorno in italy, and i find a job in paris, Its possible for me with légale.
suggested me..Pls

STEFFIFI

No, a permesso di soggiorno doesn't allow to work in another european country than Italy. Your company in Paris must make you a work permit.

Sojol

Thanks, but the company make a contract for work , then i can take the work permit..

Bk2

I resident in Italy, please Can I travel to Holland by flight, with my 6 months permesso di soggiorno, carta didentita and my passport? Please help me I want to know, thanks

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