Trieste questura: how long to wait for the permesso
How long the permesso di soggiorno takes in Trieste, 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 6 months
- Plastic card: 2-2.5 months
- Community-reported speed: medium (10 chat mentions)
- Region: Friuli-Venezia Giulia
Wait for fingerprints
about 6 months
from filing the KIT to the impronte appointment, community-reported
Wait for the card
2-2.5 months
from fingerprints to the ready plastic permesso, community-reported
Quirks of this questura
Strict on housing - they require a real rental contract or ospitalita, and Booking or Airbnb bookings are rejected. Some of the Gorizia overflow lands in Trieste by address.
Community voices
Trieste wanted a proper rental contract to certify the nulla osta - Booking and Airbnb do not count, and without a permesso who gives you a contract?
We mailed the KIT in late August, got a questura appointment for early March, an extra document bumped it to late March; by 21 May the site showed the card ready to collect.
Quotes are paraphrased and anonymized; lived experience, not statistics.
FAQ
How long is the permesso wait in Trieste?
By community experience Trieste schedules fingerprints in about 6 months, and the card is ready 2-2.5 months after them. Approximate, community-reported figures - check current data.
What housing does the Trieste questura accept?
By community accounts you need a real rental contract or an ospitalita - Booking and Airbnb reservations are rejected, including for certifying the nulla osta.
Why does Trieste sometimes see extra applicants?
Some of the Gorizia overflow lands in Trieste by address, so the queue can run longer than expected. A community observation, not official data.
How many Russians hold a permesso in the province of Trieste: ISTAT data
On 1 January 2025 Russian citizens held 290 permessi di soggiorno in the province of Trieste, #52 of the 103 provinces in the ISTAT table. In 2023: 242; 2024: 269. Across Italy Russian citizens held 47,035.
| Citizenship | 1 Jan 2023 | 1 Jan 2024 | 1 Jan 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Russia | 242 | 269 | 290 |
| Ukraine | 1,885 | 2,012 | 2,094 |
| Georgia | 142 | 182 | 252 |
| All non-EU citizens | 18,195 | 18,646 | 20,115 |
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 Friuli-Venezia Giulia
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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