Residenza in Firenze: anagrafe, documents and the check
How to register your residenza (residence) in Firenze via the Ufficio Anagrafe: filing channels, appointments, documents and the CIE from the comune's own pages (checked 11 October 2026); whether the ricevuta of a filed permesso is accepted, from community experience.
Updated: - permesso.love editorial team
In brief: residenza in this comune
- Region: Toscana
- First registration online: No
- CIE: 22 euro (16.79 ministry fee + 5 fixed fee + 0.21 clerical fee); after loss - 27 euro.
- Registers on the ricevuta?: Per the community there are few Florence stories in the corpus, so rely on the general rule: some offices open a residenza on a ricevuta, others ask for the permesso or a questura endorsement of the ricevuta.
Official: residenza with the comune of Firenze
A paraphrase of the comune of Firenze's own pages for non-EU citizens arriving from abroad; checked 11 October 2026. Where it differs from the community experience below, go by the comune.
- First registration online
- No. ANPR online is only for people already in ANPR; from abroad - email/PEC or registered letter.
- Anagrafe appointments
- No appointments: there is no in-person or phone service for residence, only email/PEC, letter or fax.
- Carta d'identità (CIE)
- By appointment only at the Punti Anagrafici Decentrati: the comune agenda (servizi.055055.it) or phone 055055; for PAD Parterre Cubo 1 and Piazza Alberti also the ministry agenda prenotazionicie.interno.gov.it. Walk-in only for documented urgencies. 22 euro (16.79 ministry fee + 5 fixed fee + 0.21 clerical fee); after loss - 27 euro. Issued to residents of the comune; for foreigners only as not valid for travel abroad. It is mailed within 6 working days.
- Residence certificate
- Online on the ANPR portal (16 euro stamp duty via PagoPA) or the comune's Certificati On line portal; at a desk by appointment, 16 euro plus 0.52 fee.
Where and how to file
- Email or PEC to iscrizioni.anagrafe@pec.comune.fi.it - you do not need your own PEC, ideally one PDF.
- By registered letter to Palazzo Vecchio (address on the page).
- Online on the ANPR portal with SPID, CIE or CNS - for people already in ANPR, i.e. previously registered in Italy.
- There is no in-person desk for this service.
- By fax to 055 2616903 (the comune does not guarantee a fax will be legible).
Documents on the comune's list
- the application form, every page, signed by all adults
- for arrivals from abroad: copies of the passport and permesso of every family member, children included
- an expired permesso works together with the postal ricevuta of a renewal filed on time
- the Allegato A documents for non-EU citizens
Terms as the comune states them
Registration in 2 working days, checks within 45 days (the municipal police verify the address). Residenza runs from the date the comune receives the documents. A refusal can be appealed to the Prefetto within 30 days. Free.
- The TARI waste-tax declaration (ALIA Firenze) can be sent together with the residence declaration.
Comune page: Residenza cittadino straniero (non comunitario)CIE: Carta di identità elettronica (CIE)Registry certificates
The permesso is filed with the questura, not the comune: the Firenze questura: Ufficio Immigrazione hours and booking. Already registered in Italy and moving? Changing your residenza within Italy: online via ANPR.
On a ricevuta, or is the permesso required?
Per the community there are few Florence stories in the corpus, so rely on the general rule: some offices open a residenza on a ricevuta, others ask for the permesso or a questura endorsement of the ricevuta. If your address is not accepted, the fallback is an ospitalita. Verify requirements with the comune.
Timelines and the vigile check in Firenze
Registration, the vigile check and the certificateThe Firenze anagrafe: community-reported quirks
There is little Florence-specific detail in the community; the picture is the general one for Tuscany and the country. People advise doing the residenza right after filing for the permesso, since the CIE, the tessera sanitaria and the ISEE depend on it. After filing a vigile checks the address, then the certificate can be requested. Confirm details with the comune.
What residenza gives you
Once residenza is registered in Firenze, the carta d'identita (CIE), SSN enrolment and the tessera sanitaria, the ISEE for benefits, driving school and the prima casa tax break open up.
Anagrafe in other cities and the strictness flagThe Firenze anagrafe as applicants describe it
In Florence I did not find any special anagrafe tips in the chats, so I just went through the general path: the request, the address check, then the residenza certificate for the other documents.
Questions about residenza in Firenze
Can you register in Florence on the ricevuta?
Per the community there is little settled practice for Florence specifically. By the general rule some offices open a residenza on a ricevuta, others ask for the permesso. If your address is refused, people make an ospitalita. Verify requirements with the comune - lived experience, not a guarantee.
Further reading
Anagrafe in other cities
Not legal advice. Where to verify
All anagrafe and residenza