Brescia questura: how long to wait for the permesso
How long the permesso di soggiorno takes in Brescia, from community experience. Figures are approximate and community-reported - verify with the questura itself.
Updated: - permesso.love editorial team
In brief: community data
- Fingerprints (impronte): about a year or more
- Plastic card: 6+ months
- Community-reported speed: slow (4 chat mentions)
- Region: Lombardia
Wait for fingerprints
about a year or more
from filing the KIT to the impronte appointment, community-reported
Wait for the card
6+ months
from fingerprints to the ready plastic permesso, community-reported
Quirks of this questura
A long appointment queue, and after fingerprints the plastic drags another six months with ricevuta renewals. For marriage in some comuni the nulla osta must be legalized at the Brescia Prefettura.
Community voices
My status changed in June 2024, the fingerprint appointment was set for July 2025; I gave prints and months later the plastic permesso is still not here.
I applied by post in February, fingerprints in July, half a year on still no permesso - the ricevuta was already extended once for three months.
Quotes are paraphrased and anonymized; lived experience, not statistics.
FAQ
How long is the permesso wait in Brescia?
By community experience the Brescia fingerprint appointment takes about a year or more, and the card another six months plus after prints. Community-reported and changeable - verify with the questura.
What if the Brescia card is long overdue?
By community experience you live on the ricevuta meanwhile: it gets extended, for example by three months, until the card is ready. Travelling on the ricevuta is its own topic - study the rules in advance.
Does the nulla osta need legalization for a wedding in Brescia?
By community accounts some comuni require the pre-wedding nulla osta to be legalized at the Brescia Prefettura - check your comune's requirement in advance.
How many Russians hold a permesso in the province of Brescia: ISTAT data
On 1 January 2025 Russian citizens held 1,010 permessi di soggiorno in the province of Brescia, #8 of the 103 provinces in the ISTAT table. In 2023: 937; 2024: 1,019. Across Italy Russian citizens held 47,035.
| Citizenship | 1 Jan 2023 | 1 Jan 2024 | 1 Jan 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Russia | 937 | 1,019 | 1,010 |
| Ukraine | 11,354 | 11,432 | 11,323 |
| Georgia | 40 | 37 | 37 |
| All non-EU citizens | 120,085 | 114,186 | 107,825 |
Source: ISTAT, "Permessi di soggiorno al 1° gennaio - Provincia e cittadinanza" (dataset 29_348_DF_DCIS_PERMSOGG1_5); data at 1 January 2023-2025, retrieved 2026-09-25. Non-EU citizens only.
How long the permesso takes after fingerprints: chat data
Across Italy: 67 reports, median 45 days (first permesso 44 days over 49 reports, renewal 66 over 18). The whole way from posting the KIT to the card has a median of 214 days, over six months for 30 of 50.
- under 1 month16
- 1-2 months20
- 2-3 months13
- 3-4 months3
- 4-6 months8
- 6-9 months6
- over 9 months1
Waits read by hand in open chat messages 2022 - June 2026 (snapshot 2026-06-23); lived experience, not questura statistics. To check whether your card is ready: how to check if your permesso is ready.
How the process goes and where to check
The questura assigns fingerprints by the address on your KIT, then prints the plastic card. Track the application status on the Polizia di Stato site.
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Not legal advice or official statistics - community observations across different years. Verify timing and procedure on questure.poliziadistato.it and with the questura itself.
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