Napoli questura: how long to wait for the permesso
How long the permesso di soggiorno takes in Napoli, 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 2 months to a year
- Plastic card: 1.5-2 months
- Community-reported speed: mixed (14 chat mentions)
- Region: Campania
Wait for fingerprints
from 2 months to a year
from filing the KIT to the impronte appointment, community-reported
Wait for the card
1.5-2 months
from fingerprints to the ready plastic permesso, community-reported
Quirks of this questura
Timelines vary wildly - some wait just over a month for fingerprints, others nearly a year. At the appointment they re-request the full KIT document set, so bring all originals and copies and do not surrender originals.
Community voices
At the Napoli questura they asked me for every document again, as if the KIT had never been submitted. Bring originals and copies of everything and never hand over an original.
It all depends on the questura - I heard Sardinia issues permessi in a couple of months, while in Napoli I waited a whole year just for fingerprints.
Quotes are paraphrased and anonymized; lived experience, not statistics.
What the chats say about the Napoli questura
When I handed in the papers at the Naples questura, they had already taken my fingerprints, and they also recorded my height and eye color.
I’m in Naples now, and they called me for fingerprints on March 16. My ricevuta is valid until May, that is, 9 months.
At our questura in Naples, they asked for the entire package as if they had received nothing at all. So it really is right to bring both the originals and the copies, and not hand over the originals.
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 Napoli?
By community experience timelines vary wildly: fingerprints come anywhere from 2 months to a year, and the card takes 1.5-2 months after them. That is a spread of personal stories, not a rule - verify with the questura.
What documents should you bring to fingerprints in Napoli?
By community accounts the appointment re-requests the full KIT document set - bring all originals and copies, and never hand over an original.
Why do Napoli questura timelines differ so much?
The corpus holds stories of fingerprints in just over a month next to a full year of waiting - much depends on the motive and the office load. By community experience timelines shift, so build in a buffer.
How many Russians hold a permesso in the province of Napoli: ISTAT data
On 1 January 2025 Russian citizens held 1,772 permessi di soggiorno in the province of Napoli, #3 of the 103 provinces in the ISTAT table. In 2023: 1,735; 2024: 1,699. Across Italy Russian citizens held 47,035.
| Citizenship | 1 Jan 2023 | 1 Jan 2024 | 1 Jan 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Russia | 1,735 | 1,699 | 1,772 |
| Ukraine | 30,078 | 30,302 | 31,646 |
| Georgia | 700 | 1,017 | 1,301 |
| All non-EU citizens | 102,011 | 105,871 | 120,317 |
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.
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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