Can I travel to Italy with an expired permesso di soggiorno? [duplicate]

Can I fly from Turkey to Italy (direct flight) with post office receipt of renewal of permesso di soggiorno; I am not a Turkish citizen? I would like to have a vacation for a week in Turkey, but I am not sure if I can do that.

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Best Answer

It’s your nationality/passport which would allow you to enter Turkey and, for this, you can use its electronic visa application system.

For your return, you would be allowed to take a direct flight to Italy, using your expired residence permit, permesso di soggiorno, and the ricevuta, the receipt, confirming that a renewal application is in process.

The IATA (International Air Transport Association), in its Timatic website for check-in agents (www.timaticweb.com), and in a separate clarification, advises:

Residents of Italy with an expired Residence Permit are permitted to re-enter Italy. They must also have a receipt issued by the Italian Post Office or Police Department proving that they have applied for the new residence permit in less than 60 days after the expiration date. They must return to Italy directly from outside the Schengen area

The IATA statement reflects a Directive of the Italian Government’s Interior Ministry which allows one to leave and return to Italy with an expired Permesso di Soggiorno, as long as one has the “ricevuta.”

You may want to take copies of both linked documents to show airline check-in staff or at Italian Immigration. Should you need to prove that your permesso is being processed, you can do that via the Polizia di Stato site (but do check in advance that you can do so, using the electronic device you'll carry with you).

This only affects your return to Italy; you will not be allowed to transit or enter any other Schengen country.

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Can I enter Italy with expired Permesso?

PAY ATTENTION: If you leave Italy during the summer and come back after the PdS has expired, you have to submit a request for a renewal BEFORE you leave Italy. If you come back after your PDS has expired, the police at the border will not let you in the country.

Can I go outside of Italy with receipts of Permesso Soggiorno?

Once you are granted the standard Permesso, you can travel freely in and out of Italy and the Schengen area provided you always bring along the original Permesso together with your passport. If a standard Permesso is not granted, you can stay in Italy with the receipt and leave the country, but cannot re-enter Italy.

How long can I stay in Italy after my Permesso expires?

After your visa is expired you can stay legally in Italy further 60 days during which you can require the renovation of it. At the end of those 60 days if you have not submitted such request your stay in Italy is nomore legal.

Is it possible to travel with Ricevuta?

So the answer is, you can travel to your home country with your ricevuta but you cannot travel to other Schengen Areas with a permesso di soggiorno receipt.

Travelling with the receipt from questura [ricevuta]or requesting for permesso di soggiorno

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