Trento questura: how long to wait for the permesso
How long the permesso di soggiorno takes in Trento, 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 2 months
- Plastic card: little community data
- Community-reported speed: fast (8 chat mentions)
- Region: Trentino-Alto Adige
Wait for fingerprints
about 2 months
from filing the KIT to the impronte appointment, community-reported
Wait for the card
little community data
from fingerprints to the ready plastic permesso, community-reported
Quirks of this questura
One of the fastest reported - fingerprints roughly 2 months after sending the KIT. Responsive on PEC (they call back the next day), but may freeze the case until you bring a residence certificate from the comune.
Community voices
In Trento they gave fingerprints about two months after we mailed the KIT - quick.
We first filed the KIT in Trento, then found a flat in another city and wrote both questure on PEC; Trento called back the very next day.
Quotes are paraphrased and anonymized; lived experience, not statistics.
What the chats say about the Trento questura
I first submitted the kit in Trento, then rented housing in Cuneo. I wrote to the questure by PEC: from Trento they called me back almost immediately and confirmed the submission. A week later I checked with Cuneo, there they also confirmed it and gave a new biometric appointment date, even earlier.
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 Trento?
By community experience Trento gives fingerprints about 2 months after the KIT is mailed - one of the fastest questure reported; on the card timing there is little community data. Check current reports.
Does the Trento questura answer PEC emails?
Yes - by community experience it is notably responsive: a PEC email can get a call back the very next day.
What can freeze your case in Trento?
By community accounts the case can be frozen until you bring a residence certificate from the comune - sort it out in advance.
How many Russians hold a permesso in the province of Trento: ISTAT data
On 1 January 2025 Russian citizens held 435 permessi di soggiorno in the province of Trento, #28 of the 103 provinces in the ISTAT table. In 2023: 398; 2024: 384. Across Italy Russian citizens held 47,035.
| Citizenship | 1 Jan 2023 | 1 Jan 2024 | 1 Jan 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Russia | 398 | 384 | 435 |
| Ukraine | 4,287 | 4,196 | 4,287 |
| Georgia | 136 | 136 | 202 |
| All non-EU citizens | 32,243 | 30,875 | 35,366 |
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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