Verona questura: how long to wait for the permesso
How long the permesso di soggiorno takes in Verona, 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): 12-17 months
- Plastic card: about 4 weeks
- Community-reported speed: slow (35 chat mentions)
- Region: Veneto
Wait for fingerprints
12-17 months
from filing the KIT to the impronte appointment, community-reported
Wait for the card
about 4 weeks
from fingerprints to the ready plastic permesso, community-reported
Quirks of this questura
The community calls it legendary for extremely long waits: a year or more between KIT submission and fingerprints is common, and PEC emails can go unanswered for months. The card is issued for 2 years counted from the date the KIT was mailed.
Community voices
I mailed the KIT in July and fingerprints were set for November the next year - nearly a year and a half of waiting, I will get the permesso right at the end of its validity.
I waited almost a year for fingerprints, but after them the card came in about four weeks.
We have been writing to the questura from a lawyer PEC for almost six months with no reply at all, a complete dead end.
Quotes are paraphrased and anonymized; lived experience, not statistics.
What the chats say about the Verona questura
Hello! Sharing my experience getting a residence permit: the notification didn’t arrive, but the status was already on the website. We came, stood in line, they let us in, and immediately issued the document without any extra questions. It’s better to check the website regularly yourself, because messages don’t always arrive.
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 Verona?
By community experience 12-17 months pass in Verona between mailing the KIT and fingerprints - among the longest waits in the country - while the card follows in about 4 weeks after prints. Community-reported, check current data.
Does the Verona questura answer PEC emails?
By community accounts PEC emails can go unanswered for months, even those sent from a lawyer address. Plan for a long wait and use the official status channels.
For how long is the permesso issued in Verona?
By community experience the card is issued for 2 years counted from the date the KIT was mailed - so with the long wait a noticeable share of its validity burns off before pickup.
How many Russians hold a permesso in the province of Verona: ISTAT data
On 1 January 2025 Russian citizens held 638 permessi di soggiorno in the province of Verona, #17 of the 103 provinces in the ISTAT table. In 2023: 714; 2024: 640. Across Italy Russian citizens held 47,035.
| Citizenship | 1 Jan 2023 | 1 Jan 2024 | 1 Jan 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Russia | 714 | 640 | 638 |
| Ukraine | 3,715 | 3,769 | 3,736 |
| Georgia | 185 | 179 | 165 |
| All non-EU citizens | 73,217 | 66,781 | 66,766 |
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.
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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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