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S.A.S.S. - INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS OFFICE Are you an International student and did you choose the University of Genoa to continue your studies in Italy? The international students office (SASS) welcomes you and informs you that its staff is at your disposal and assists you in: • Carrying out the administrative procedures linked to your enrolment • Obtaining all documents useful for a regular stay in Italy (i.e. residence permit, tax code) • Looking for an accommodation. Therefore, we invite you to read carefully the following pages and we remind you that: • You are a university student only when you confirm your enrolment and get your student card • If you are an Extra EU student, you must submit your request of residence permit issue within 8 days from your arrival in Italy • After enrolment confirmation, you must draw up your study plan: the student’s help desk (Sportello dello studente) in your School can help you and give you all the infor- mation you need. • You must activate your mailbox (following the instructions you can find at the fol- lowing link https://servizionline.unige.it/mail/) so that you will be allowed to receive all communications from the university • You must submit the ISEE certification: find out how you can do that and check the deadlines on UNIGE website (www.studenti.unige.it/tasse/certificazione/) • You must give your address in Genoa and your mobile phone number to the SASS office as soon as possible. WHAT CAN YOU FIND IN THIS BROCHURE? Location of the courses.............................................................................................................. 3 The residence permit (issue and renewal, required documents, costs) .................................. " The tax code ................................................................................................................................ 4 Accomodation (city areas and costs) ......................................................................................... " Courses of Italian language (types and beginning dates) ......................................................... " University canteens (locations) ................................................................................................. 5 Health assistance (where to go and who to contact) .............................................................. " The bank account ........................................................................................................................ " Bus/Train season tickets (types and costs) .............................................................................. 6 Italian mobile phone companies................................................................................................. " Useful links ................................................................................................................................... " Information on safety ................................................................................................................. 7 Cost of living (main expenses) .................................................................................................... " S.A.S.S. INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS OFFICE COURSES MAIN LOCATIONS rights related to the possession of a residence permit and certifies that • Architecture - Stradone S. Agostino – Historic centre you correctly submitted your application but, unlike the residence per- • Economics - Via Vivaldi - Darsena mit, it does not allow you to travel to another Schengen area country. • Pharmacy - Viale Benedetto XV – S. Martino area • Law – Via Balbi – Historic centre The owner of a residence permit for study purposes (university or • Engineering -- Via all’Opera Pia – Albaro district training) is allowed to: • Arts and Philosophy – Via Balbi – Historic centre • travel to the other Schengen area countries for period shorter than • Foreign languages and literatures – P.zza S. Sabina – Historic centre three months without fulfilling any formal obligation; • Medicine and surgery - Viale Benedetto XV – S. Martino area • submit application for family reunion; • Education - C.so A. Podestà – Carignano district • be registered with the Health National Service; • Mathematical, Physical and Natural Sciences - V.le Benedetto XV – S. • have a part time job like Italian citizens, provided that he/she does Martino area not work more than 20 hours per week; • Political science - Via Balbi – Historic centre • enjoy all the welfare benefits deriving from a regular employment contract. RESIDENCE PERMIT MAIN STEPS After filling in the form contained in the residence permit kit, you will have If a student holds a visa for study purposes and stays in Italy for more to go to the post office and send it. The Post Office will fix an appointment than 90 days, he/she must request a residence permit. If he/she does not for you to go to Questura where you will be fingerprinted. Approximately complete his/her studies before the residence permit expires, he/she will 40 days later, you will be able to get your residence permit card. have to request the renewal of his/her residence permit. The residence permit is issued to foreign citizens coming from Extra EU Documents required for the issue of a residence permit for study countries who attend a course – university or training course – In Italy, purposes: after they were granted a visa for study purposes from the Italian Embassy • The Kit for the request of residence permit, which can be collected for or Consulate in their country of origin or residence. Every year, a limited free at SASS Office; number of places is available for International students who want to enrol • Copy of all the pages of the passport; in University or training courses in Italy, in relation to the maximum num- • Copy of the certificate attesting the enrolment in the course of study; ber of visa for study purposes that can be granted. • Copy of the health insurance policy (valid in Italy for the time of validity of the residence permit) against disease and/or accidents. ISSUE AND RENEWAL When you enter Italy with a visa for study purposes, you must submit your Documents required for the renewal of a residence permit for request of residence permit to the competent Questura, through the kit study purposes: available at SASS Office. • The Kit for the request of the residence permit, which can be collected The first residence permit for study purposes, issued to university for free at SASS Office; students who entered Italy with a visa – including students attending a • Copy of all the pages of the passport; master or Phd course – has a limited duration, usually corresponding to • Copy of the certificate attesting the positive result of at least one exam entry visa expiration. for the first renewal and of at least 2 exams for the following renewals; • You must submit your first request of residence permit within the first • Copy of the health insurance policy (valid in Italy for the time of validity 8 days from your arrival in Italy, whereas you must submit your request of the residence permit) against disease and/or accidents; of renewal within your residence permit expiry date. • Copy of the documents testifying the availability of appropriate finan- • The receipt of your request of issue/renewal entitles you to enjoy all the cial means for the time of validity of the residence permit; - 3 - • Copy of the expiring residence permit. Arts and Philosophy, Foreign Languages and Literatures, Architecture, Economics, Law, Political Science and Education Costs for the residence permit issue/renewal • € 16 revenue stamp (to be purchased at any tobacconists’) The average price for single rooms ranges between 300 and 350 € per month • € 110,46 cost of the electronic residence permit, valid up to 1 year depending on the district and on the level of comfort required (restored apart- (pre-printed postal payment slip) ment, internet, wi-fi, lift, terrace); the average price for double room is 250-300 • € 30 cost of the acceptance of the request for the residence permit is- € per person per month. sue/renewal (to be paid at the post office when you submit the filled kit) The price of an entire flat ranges between 500 and 700 € per month. Stu- dents should ask their landlord to subscribe a rental agreement. A facsimile Note: The International student who enters Italy for the first time and applies for the issue of a one- is available at SASS office. year-long residence permit must subscribe the integration agreement. The integration agreement is a measure taken to enhance the integration of foreign citizens in Italy. The University of Genoa supports International students in their accom- University students are exempt from attending the test of knowledge of the Italian language and civic modation research, but does not guarantee nor reserve any kind of Culture and life in Italy. accommodation. Students interested in university residences should contact SASS office EU students, who have been staying in Italy for more than 3 which will forward their request to ARSEL (Regional Agency for Education months, must apply at the Civil Registry office in order to be regi- Services and Work), the body in charge for this kind of accommodation. stered and receive a certificate confirming their stay. Bed & Breakfast, residences and religious accommodations can be alterna- tive solutions, particularly for short stays. A list of these types of accom- modation is available at the SASS office. TAX CODE The Tax Code is an Italian document and you need it when: