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Can I travel from Italy with an expired permesso?

Theme: Permesso and the questura · from messages of 2022-2026

In short

With an expired permesso, leaving Italy is only possible to your home country on a direct flight.

What the chats answered

With a richiesta, you can only leave for your home country on a direct flight. If you leave Italy and stay in another Schengen country, you may become illegal, as your stay in Italy will be considered unlawful.

Some participants share experiences that with a richiesta and a valid visa D, you can travel to other Schengen countries, but this carries risks. There may be checks, especially in meticulous countries.

If you have a temporary permesso, you can leave and return to Italy, but with a richiesta, this is only possible to your home country. It's important to remember that questions may arise upon return.

Built from 18 similar questions and 16 answers across 2 chats; retold and anonymised, disagreements kept as a spread of opinions.

Where to verify

The current procedure and amounts are on questure.poliziadistato.it; the answers above are community experience from different years. Short curated answers on the theme - FAQ: Permesso and the questura.

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This retells what chat members wrote; it is not official information and not legal advice.