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How to register at the town hall in Italy

In Italy you register your address, la residenza, at the Comune’s registry office, l’Ufficio Anagrafe. Say “Vorrei fare la residenza”, bring your passport and rental contract, and check your Comune’s website for anything else it asks for. A municipal officer usually visits later to check you live there. Once it’s confirmed, you can ask for a certificato di residenza.

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You go to the Comune’s registry office, the Ufficio Anagrafe, with your rental contract to register your address, which other paperwork often asks for.

Sound on: the registry clerk speaks Italian. You choose what to say back, and Frasa tells you why it works.

The conversation

  1. At the Comune’s Ufficio Anagrafe, you walk up to the information desk.

    You

    Vorrei fare la residenza.

    I’d like to register my address.

  2. Registry clerk

    Prima deve prendere un numero.

    You need to take a number first.

    You

    Dove si prende il numero?

    Where do I take a number?

  3. Registry clerk

    Il suo passaporto, per favore.

    Your passport, please.

    You

    Questo è il mio passaporto.

    This is my passport.

  4. Registry clerk

    Ha il contratto d'affitto?

    Do you have your rental contract?

    You

    Sì, ecco il contratto.

    Yes, here’s the contract.

  5. Registry clerk

    Compili questo modulo, per favore.

    Please fill in this form.

    You

    Non capisco questo modulo.

    I don’t understand this form.

  6. Registry clerk

    Controlli che tutti i dati siano corretti.

    Please check that all the details are correct.

    You

    Scusi, il mio cognome si scrive con due elle.

    Sorry, my surname is spelt with two Ls.

Key phrases

  • Devo registrare il mio indirizzo.

    I need to register my address.

  • Posso fare la residenza a questo indirizzo?

    Can I register my address here?

  • È questo l'ufficio giusto?

    Is this the right office?

  • Dove si prende il numero?

    Where do I take a number?

  • Quali documenti devo portare?

    What documents do I need to bring?

  • Ecco i miei documenti.

    Here are my documents.

  • Devo portare anche una fotocopia?

    Do I need to bring a copy as well?

  • Posso avere una ricevuta, per favore?

    Can I have a receipt, please?

  • Quando avrò una risposta?

    When will I get an answer?

  • Mi serve una lettera che confermi che abito a questo indirizzo.

    I need a letter confirming that I live at this address.

Good to know in Italy

How residenza usually works

  1. 1

    File the dichiarazione di residenza at the Ufficio Anagrafe. Many Comuni also accept it by email or online.

  2. 2

    A municipal officer usually visits to check you live there.

  3. 3

    Once it’s confirmed, you can ask for a certificato di residenza.

Comune, not Questura

The residence permit, il permesso di soggiorno, is a separate process through the Questura. The Comune handles your address.

Be easy to find

Put your name on the doorbell and the letterbox. The officer who checks your address needs to find you.

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