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School meals, school bus, book vouchers, the single allowance, nursery: they all go through the ISEE, and those without one end up in the highest band. It is free at a CAF or online, takes ten working days and expires on 31 December every year. The three things that get applications refused are in here.
Checked on 2 Sep 2026
The application must be filed at least sixty days before expiry, and in most cases it is posted using the yellow kit from the post office. It costs between €116 and €176. From the moment you post it, the receipt gives you the same rights as the permit: to work, to stay registered with the health service, to keep your residency.
Checked on 2 Sep 2026
Since 3 August 2026 the paper identity card has expired all at once, whatever date is printed on it. Until 31 January 2027 it still works for healthcare, public offices and banks; after that you need the electronic one. In Rome the replacement is requested by email to your own Municipio.
Checked on 3 Sep 2026
Everyone explains how to send the request, almost nobody says which level is required and what score you need to pass. They are two numbers, and both are in the decree: A2, and at least eighty per cent of the score. Anyone who already holds an A2 certificate does not take the test at all.
Checked on 1 Sep 2026
Eight working days from entry, and no alarm goes off. The immigration one-stop shop at the Prefettura, the kit at the authorised post offices, the declaration of residence at the municipality: who does what, in what order, and what never to lose.
Checked on 31 Aug 2026
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From Monday 12 October 2026 Bibliobus 1 stops in piazza Santa Giulia, every Monday from 2.30 pm to 6.30 pm. It is a library on wheels: you borrow and return books, sign up on the spot and use the wi-fi. Joining costs nothing and all you need is a valid identity document and your tax code. The stop is a trial and runs to the end of the year: in January the city reviews the timetable based on how many people used it.
Checked on 12 Oct 2026
Sixteen registry certificates plus civil status ones, free, for you and for the people you live with. The 16-euro stamp duty applies only to certain uses, and one question can save you it altogether.
Checked on 30 Sep 2026
To bring your spouse, a dependent adult child or a parent to Italy you need two uninterrupted years of legal residence: Decree-Law 145/2024 requires it. For children under 18 that requirement does not exist. You also need an income starting at 10,651.68 euros in 2026 and a home declared suitable by the municipality. «Legal stay» is not registered residence, and prefectures do not all count it the same way. The clearance takes up to 150 days.
Checked on 16 Sep 2026
Section by section, with the real names printed on the form. The order you fill it in, what you skip, where the permit code goes, and why the signature comes last.
Checked on 19 Sep 2026
With an ISEE below € 9,796 the discount on electricity, gas, water and waste appears on your bill with no application. The one thing to do is renew the ISEE every year: those who do not renew stop receiving it, and usually never notice.
Checked on 11 Sep 2026
«Dedicata a te» is a card for buying food, and there is no application to file: the lists are built by INPS and your municipality from data they already hold. You need to be on the local registry, an ISEE up to € 15,000 and at least three people in the family.
Checked on 11 Sep 2026
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