Savona questura: how long to wait for the permesso
How long the permesso di soggiorno takes in Savona (Liguria), from community experience.
In short
Fingerprints (impronte): 2.5-8 months and lengthening. Plastic card: 3 weeks - 6 months.
Community-reported, 51 chat mentions.
Updated: - permesso.love editorial team
Official: the Savona questura's Ufficio Immigrazione
From the questura website, checked 11 October 2026. Where the community experience below differs, go by the questura.
- Address
- Via dei Partigiani 2, 17100 Savona
- Phone
- 019 85501
- PEC
- dipps180.00p0@pecps.poliziadistato.it
- Hours
- Since 01.04.2026: Mon 08:30-12:30 by appointment and 14:30-17:30; Tue 08:30-11:30 by appointment; Wed 08:30-12:30 and 14:30-17:30 by appointment; Thu 08:30-12:30; Fri 08:30-12:30 by appointment.
- Collecting the permesso
- Collection, adding documents and information on your own case: Monday 14:30-17:30 and Thursday 08:30-12:30.
- Enquiries
- Phone information on Tuesdays and Thursdays 12:30-13:30.
In brief: community data
- Community-reported speed: mixed (51 chat mentions)
- Region: Liguria
Wait for fingerprints
2.5-8 months and lengthening
KIT filed, waiting for the impronte appointment (community-reported)
Wait for the card
3 weeks - 6 months
fingerprints given, waiting for the plastic permesso (community-reported)
Quirks of the Savona questura
The staff get near-unanimous praise: friendly, some speak English. But the calendar is unpredictable: early accounts had fingerprints in 3 weeks to 2.5 months, recent ones in 6-8 months; the card takes 3 weeks to half a year. At lavoro autonomo fingerprints the main applicant is often asked only for the passport and ricevuta, while reunified family members get asked for the housing certificate and the sponsor's income declaration; a missing certificate can be brought later without a new appointment.
The Savona questura as applicants describe it
We mailed the kit a few days after entering in mid-March, and fingerprints were set for early June. The staff at the window were friendly, some even switched to English.
My kit went out in February, fingerprints came only at the end of October, and I collected the card in April - the whole loop took over a year. And yet a very polite signora always answered the phone.
At fingerprints, as the main lavoro autonomo applicant I was asked only for my passport and ricevuta, my wife for the housing certificate and my income declaration. We spent about three hours at the questura, but our family of three got the cards just a month later.
What the chats say about the Savona questura
I didn’t receive either an SMS or a call saying it was ready. I found out it was ready when I was renewing my insurance at the ASL. At the questura they told me to come today from 3 to 5 p.m. — maybe you can just show up during pickup hours, but that depends on the office.
They gave us an appointment date about 2 weeks after we gave our fingerprints. I don’t know exactly which office it was; for Savona I only remember the address, but it’s better to check online where they schedule it.
Paraphrased messages from the community chats, no names; everyone's timing differs - check your status on the police site.
Questions about the Savona questura
How long is the permesso wait in Savona?
By community experience the spread is wide: fingerprints have come both 2.5 months and 6-8 months out (recent cases closer to the latter), and the card takes 3 weeks to six months after them. Track the status on questure.poliziadistato.it.
What documents does Savona ask for at fingerprints?
By community accounts the main lavoro autonomo applicant is often asked only for the passport and ricevuta; a reunified spouse for the housing suitability certificate and the sponsor's income declaration. A missing certificate could be brought later without a new appointment.
Is the Savona questura fast or slow?
The community paints it as "pleasant but with an unpredictable calendar": nearly everyone praises the staff, while the waits have grown over time - from 3 weeks to fingerprints in early stories to 6-8 months in recent ones. The full loop has taken anywhere from ~3.5 to 14 months.
How many Russians hold a permesso in the province of Savona: ISTAT data
On 1 January 2025 Russian citizens held 318 permessi di soggiorno in the province of Savona, #46 of the 103 provinces in the ISTAT table. In 2023: 303; 2024: 301. That is 0.7% of the 47,035 permits Russian citizens held across Italy.
To set against the chat waits below: the chats hold 4 reports of the wait from fingerprints to the card for the Savona questura, against 318 permits held by Russian citizens in the province.
| Citizenship | 1 Jan 2023 | 1 Jan 2024 | 1 Jan 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Russia | 303 | 301 | 318 |
| Ukraine | 2,418 | 2,465 | 2,578 |
| Georgia | 5 | 10 | 7 |
| All non-EU citizens | 19,387 | 18,272 | 20,130 |
Source: ISTAT, dataset 29_348_DF_DCIS_PERMSOGG1_5, retrieved 2026-09-25; non-EU citizens only.
How long the permesso takes after fingerprints at the Savona questura
For the Savona questura the chats hold 4 reports: from fingerprints to the ready card took a median of 128 days, from 91 to 170.
Savona questura: where to check the status and what to read
- The Savona questura on the police site - address and notices
- How to check if your permesso is ready
- The KIT and permesso: filing, timing, fingerprints
- Travel on the ricevuta while you wait
- Tool: processing-time ranges by stage
- Types of Italian residence permits: which permesso you get
- questure.poliziadistato.it - official application status
Other questure in Liguria
Community observations across different years, not official statistics or legal advice.
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