Genova questura: how long to wait for the permesso
How long the permesso di soggiorno takes in Genova, 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): from 5 months to a year or more
- Plastic card: from 2 weeks to several months
- Community-reported speed: slow (22 chat mentions)
- Region: Liguria
Wait for fingerprints
from 5 months to a year or more
from filing the KIT to the impronte appointment, community-reported
Wait for the card
from 2 weeks to several months
from fingerprints to the ready plastic permesso, community-reported
Quirks of this questura
A very overloaded questura: entry is only allowed with an appointment for that specific day, the live queue forms from the night before, and the PEC often goes unanswered. After the status shows "ready" online you must email separately to request the card pickup date.
Community voices
In Genova you cannot get into the questura - the officer at the door only lets you in with an appointment for that day, and I have been waiting almost a year for fingerprints.
In Genova, once the status shows "ready" online you email them, and within a day an SMS arrives with the pickup date - mine came about 10 days later.
We gave fingerprints in October and are still waiting for the card; to our lawyer's letters the questura only replies "the case is in progress, keep waiting".
Quotes are paraphrased and anonymized; lived experience, not statistics.
What the chats say about the Genova questura
When the status on the questura website changed to “ready,” I sent an email to the required address with my details. Within the day I received an SMS with the appointment date to pick up the card; my appointment was scheduled 10 days after the email.
Where people most often go wrong
- At the questura they would not accept us without an appointment and SMS confirmation, even if we arrived early. (2 messages)
- For fingerprints, they gave a date many months after the submission, and the wait was very long. (2 messages)
Paraphrased messages from the community chats, no names; everyone's timing differs - check your status on the police site.
FAQ
How long is the permesso wait in Genova?
By community experience Genova fingerprints take from 5 months to a year or more, and the card from 2 weeks to several months after them. The questura is heavily overloaded; community-reported figures - check current data.
Will the Genova questura let you in without an appointment?
By community accounts no: entry is allowed only with an appointment for that specific day, the live queue forms overnight, and PEC emails often go unanswered.
How do you collect the ready permesso in Genova?
Once the site shows "ready", by community experience you email separately to request the pickup date - an SMS arrives within a day, and the card is handed over about 10 days later.
How many Russians hold a permesso in the province of Genova: ISTAT data
On 1 January 2025 Russian citizens held 895 permessi di soggiorno in the province of Genova, #10 of the 103 provinces in the ISTAT table. In 2023: 933; 2024: 804. Across Italy Russian citizens held 47,035.
| Citizenship | 1 Jan 2023 | 1 Jan 2024 | 1 Jan 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Russia | 933 | 804 | 895 |
| Ukraine | 5,990 | 6,048 | 6,243 |
| Georgia | 92 | 79 | 104 |
| All non-EU citizens | 66,716 | 59,793 | 62,447 |
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.
Other questure in Liguria
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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