Venezia questura: how long to wait for the permesso
How long the permesso di soggiorno takes in Venezia, 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): up to 12 months
- Plastic card: about 6 months (renewal)
- Community-reported speed: slow (33 chat mentions)
- Region: Veneto
Wait for fingerprints
up to 12 months
from filing the KIT to the impronte appointment, community-reported
Wait for the card
about 6 months (renewal)
from fingerprints to the ready plastic permesso, community-reported
Quirks of this questura
They hand out queue tickets at the entrance, and without an appointment you may not be let inside. They are strict with students (scolding for a missing tessera sanitaria) and ask non-students for two years of housing contracts.
Community voices
Applied for renewal in October, the site glitched and the university confused the documents, in the end they turned me away over a hospitality letter nobody had warned about.
My daughter submitted in September and got the fingerprint date exactly a year later; last time a renewal took no less than six months.
Quotes are paraphrased and anonymized; lived experience, not statistics.
What the chats say about the Venezia questura
I filed in January, and they only scheduled my fingerprints for January 2025 — a case like mine.
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 Venice?
By community experience Venice schedules fingerprints up to 12 months after filing, and a renewal took about six months. Community-reported figures that shift - verify with the questura.
Will the Venice questura let you in without an appointment?
Queue tickets are handed out at the entrance, and without an appointment you may not be let inside. By community advice come with a booked appuntamento and the full document set.
What housing papers does the Venice questura ask for?
By community accounts non-students are asked for two years of housing contracts, while students get scolded over a missing tessera sanitaria. Requirements vary by case - clarify in advance.
How many Russians hold a permesso in the province of Venezia: ISTAT data
On 1 January 2025 Russian citizens held 709 permessi di soggiorno in the province of Venezia, #16 of the 103 provinces in the ISTAT table. In 2023: 625; 2024: 664. Across Italy Russian citizens held 47,035.
| Citizenship | 1 Jan 2023 | 1 Jan 2024 | 1 Jan 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Russia | 625 | 664 | 709 |
| Ukraine | 8,028 | 7,875 | 7,835 |
| Georgia | 243 | 232 | 261 |
| All non-EU citizens | 63,530 | 58,982 | 60,176 |
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 Veneto
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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