1527 Permessi di soggiorni per pensionati

Hi all,
As we are getting on (well he is and I'm trailing in his wake) and are classed as pensioners in England just what category do we come under when we go to the questura for a P di S?
All the stuff I have been reading from our local questura
([url]http://questure.poliziadistato.it/Cosenza.nsf[/url])
seems to only be dealing with tourists, students, workers or those looking for work and we don't really fit into any of those slots.

Interestingly they seem to have a system that, once you have made your application, you can check online to see whether your P di S is available for collection (to save long, unnecessary queues...).
Sounds like a great idea, wonder whether it works?

We were going to apply for our Permesso di Soggiorni when we go over at the end of this month on the basis that we are 'oldies' with E111s (new-fangled plastic cards) and 'independent means' ie company and state pension and, although our next trip will be a short one, we are expecting to spend big chunks of time in Italy in the near future so we want to 'get it right' when we go to do the business.

Any advice, please?
Ta Lesley & Brian

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General chat about Italy

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Thu, 10/06/2005 - 21:52

Wow congratulations a Senator, how does that happen?

Peggy ;)

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Thu, 10/06/2005 - 22:40

We moved here permanently in May and it sounds like we are similar in age. I'm 56(Lyn ) and Alex is 62 (early retirement).
We just took all our papers along to Questura and they did it all...no mention of catorgories. It was ready in a month but no-one mentioned about being able to access info on-line but it wasn't really necessary.
We just filled in the forms and they took photos copies of all our documents and the photos and actually gave us a date to go back and collect it.

We took:

Proof of income (private pension-haven't got state one yet)
Proof of ownership of house we bought
E106 and E111
Birth and Marriage certificates
Passports
Photos (just a tip...where we are there are no photo booths ...you have to go
to a photographer for passport type photos so bring a load with you just in case you need them for other things.)

They just sifted through and took the things they needed.
Apart from the dreadful queue, it was really quite painless...although form took a long time to complete, but they did that at the counter.

I think that was it, but perhaps someone else will advise if anything else needed.
Hope this helps :)

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Fri, 10/07/2005 - 03:42

[QUOTE=Sweetpeg]Wow congratulations a Senator, how does that happen?

Peggy ;)[/QUOTE]

Hi Peggy,
I think it's when you have made more than 100 posts.
Not be long until you are a Senator, then :)

Best wishes, Lesley

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Fri, 10/07/2005 - 03:51

[QUOTE=alex and lyn]
We just filled in the forms and they took photos copies of all our documents and the photos and actually gave us a date to go back and collect it.

[/QUOTE]

Hi Alex & Lyn,
Many, many thanks for your post.
I shall have to dig out some paperwork to take with us and get some photos taken (and I hate having my photo taken :( ).

Do you speak Italian well?
My other concern is that our Italian is very limited at the moment and almost no-one speak English where we are so do you think we will be able to make ourselves understood enough to even fill in the form?

Lesley & Brian

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Fri, 10/07/2005 - 04:46

I speak 'OK' Italian but am by no means fluent , so I do struggle sometimes with the 'official and technical ' stuff. :rolleyes:

There was someone at our Questura who spoke English and the lady at the counter actually filled out the form as we stood there....just a very big form! :eek:

Not sure if this is general...but bear in mind , they are dealing with lots of Nationalities at any Questura ,so maybe languages are a requirement for the job.
Our Questura is Brindisi in Puglia...and as I have said before , generally all officials we have dealt with have been very helpful.....most official stuff is long-winded...but helpful !!!!! :)