Request or renew your passport at the Post Office: from March 11, you will be able, for the moment on an experimental basis, in municipalities with less than 15,000 inhabitants, where more than 16 million Italians live.
Passport: waiting times in cities
We know that, especially after the years of the pandemic, applying for or renewing a passport at authorized police stations has become a challenge. Almost everywhere in Italy you have to wait months to make an appointment.
According to consumer associations, during the years 2022 and 2023, the inability to obtain a passport caused the cancellation of at least 167,000 trips, with economic damage estimated at 300 million euros.
Cities with the longest wait times
At the end of February 2024, the Sunday 24 hours published a survey on waiting times to apply for a passport in regional and provincial capitals: the offices most in difficulty are those of Bari And Cosenza. Also for Turin it is difficult to reserve: the police station releases 500 new places every morning, but they fill up immediately.
The situation is similar to Milan, where waiting times are at least 90 days. HAS Rome to make an appointment online, you have to wait at least until May, while a Florence three or four weeks are enough.
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Cities with the shortest wait times
The cities with the shortest waiting times are Genoa, Palermo, L'Aquila, Aosta, Trieste And Power where, the wait is only four days.
How to make an appointment for a passport
To make an appointment for the issuance of a new passport, or to renew an expired or expiring passport, you must present yourself with your identifiers. Spider (the public digital identity system) in the portal Online passportdirected by State Police. From there, you can consult the appointments available in your town or city of residence, and book.
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Passport at the post office: how to do it
From March 11, it will be possible to request or renew your passport also in Italian post offices in municipalities with less than 15,000 inhabitants. We will thus try to reduce waiting times to obtain passports.
Passport at the Post Office: where to do it
In October 2023, Italian post presented the project Polishto enable you to manage the application and issuance of passports in the post offices in municipalities with less than 15,000 inhabitants. In a first phase, the experiment involves nearly 7,000 offices in as many medium-sized and small municipalities.
In the future, however, it cannot be ruled out that it could also be extended to larger cities. For the moment therefore, 16 million citizens will be involved who will be able to avoid long journeys and trips to reach police stations to fill out and collect passports.
In 2023 in Italy more than 2,700,000 passports were issued, one million more than the consolidated trend of previous years.
Passport at the post office: what documents to bring
To get your passport, simply hand it over to the operator at your nearest post office Common a valid identity document (it is suggested to bring with you, in addition to the original, also a photocopy of the document); the tax code; two identical and recent identity photos. To issue a new passport, due to deterioration or expiration of validity, the old passport must be returned.
Passport at the Post Office: how much does it cost
As with the appointment at the police station, you will also have to pay the payment slip for payment at the Post Office. ordinary passport for the sum of 42.50 euros it's a tax stamp of 73.50 euros as an administrative contribution (at all tobacconists).
The amounts to be paid for the issuance of a passport for a minor (C/C sheet and electronic stamp) are the same as for adults.
For the home delivery it is necessary to add the cost of a Insured shipping, equal to 8.50 euros (weight up to 100 g).
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Passport at the post office: fingerprints and photos
At this point, the same post office operator will collect the citizen's information and biometric data (fingerprints and photos) and then send the documentation to the post office. Police reference.
Passport to the Post Office: home delivery
The new passport can also be collected at the police station, at the post office or received directly at home where, as we have seen, it is sent with an insured registered letter. In the latter case, in all likelihood, delivery times will be extended.
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Digital identity card at the Post Office
The mystery of the Interior recently highlighted that in the coming months it will also be possible to request the electronic identity card and the services of theRevenue Agency close to local post offices.
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