Add your permits and trips abroad. We'll show when to renew, when you can get the long-term permit and citizenship, and whether you're an Italian tax resident — with the law behind every date.
Used for your tax-residency day count and citizenship date
Add every permit you've held, oldest first. Dates are on the front of each card.
Leave empty if you haven't applied for your current renewal yet.
Log trips abroad longer than a weekend. They count against both the long-term permit and tax residency.
The days you leave and come back count as days in Italy. Future trips can be added to plan ahead.
Besides 5 years, you'll need these when you apply
Countdowns from today
Permanent status — no employer, no renewals except a new card every 10 years
Presence test from 2024: 183 days (184 in a leap year)
What usually goes in the envelope
Track it at questure.poliziadistato.it/stranieri and portaleimmigrazione.it. Documents and fees vary by permit type and Questura.
Prepare these before your 5-year date
Plain-English answers, with the law behind them
No. Your 5-year count starts from your first valid permesso di soggiorno. Time in Italy without a permit doesn't count, even if you were living here.
Yes. Since D.Lgs. 152/2023 a Blue Card holder may carry on self-employed work alongside their highly qualified job (art. 27-quater c.13-ter TUI). After 12 months you can also change employer freely. Leaving employment altogether means changing to a different permit — get professional advice before you resign.
Not if there's no gap: the long-term count looks at continuous legal stay with valid permits, whatever the type. A gap between permits that isn't covered by a timely renewal receipt can restart the count — the planner flags these.
After 12 months you can apply for a Blue Card in a second EU country (except Denmark and Ireland) with a qualifying job there, applying within a month of arrival. Blue Card years can be added up towards EU long-term status, but the final 2 years must be in the country where you apply — and your Italian 5-year count stops.
No. From 2024 you're tax resident if, for most of the year, any one of these applies: you're physically present, you're registered at the comune (a presumption you can rebut), you have your habitual abode here, or your centre of personal and family life is here. Days abroad alone don't make you non-resident.
Some steps — changing permit type, a late renewal, a gap in your permits — are worth a one-off consultation with an immigration lawyer or a free patronato desk. We can point you to English-speaking help.
Ask for a referral →Rules last checked . This is a planning tool, not legal or tax advice. Questure apply some rules differently — always confirm with the Questura, a patronato or a qualified professional.