Travelling to U.K with Italian Soggiorno Ricevuta
I am a student from India studying in Italy. My soggiorno has expired and I have applied to renew it. I didnt get the renewed soggiorno yet and I heard from the authorities It tooks another month to receive it. I have a U.K visa and I would like to visit U.K next week. Can I travel using the reciept of Application?
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You can return to Italy with your receipt, if the date of the receipt is less than 60 days from the date of expiration of your residence permit. Your flight must be directly to Italy without connecting in another Schengen territory.
Timatic, the database which airlines use to verify passenger travel documents, states in part:
- 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.
Of course you must have a Standard Visitor visa to enter the UK. Your residence permit gives you no right to enter there.
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Can I travel to the UK with ricevuta?
If you have sent your first residence permit application and you have been given the Postal receipt (ricevuta) you can travel with it. Please, remember that travelling with ricevuta outside the Schengen area is permitted, while travelling within the Schengen area is possible only if your VISA is still valid.Can I travel with my 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.Can I travel to UK with my permesso di soggiorno?
You can enter the UK without a visa or family permit, with your wife, if your card says "carta di soggiorno di familiare di un cittadino dell'Unione." In that case it is an article 10 card.How do I travel to UK with Italian residence permit?
Can I travel to the UK with an Italian ID Card (residence permit)? No, it is no longer possible for Italian citizens and residents to gain entry into Britain with their national ID or resident permit only. However, they do not need a UK visa for Italians either.Travelling with the receipt from questura [ricevuta]or requesting for permesso di soggiorno
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