Other Information (Health, Tax code, Permit of stay)

FISCAL CODE – CODICE FISCALE
The Fiscal Code (Codice Fiscale) is used for the identification of the citizens in the Italian territory and is necessary for the relationships with the authorities and the public administrations but, also, in order to use several services, such as bank accounts , Italian mobile phones cards, and so on.

 

It can be requested, with a valid identity document, to the office of “Agenzia delle entrate, Ufficio Rilascio Codici Fiscali”, in L’Aquila this office is located in Via Filomusi Guelfi, near Via XX Settembre, one of the most famous streets of the town; phone number 0862 6481.  The Fiscal code is immediately released.

HEALTH
Italy has a public health care system named National Health Service (NHS); it’s articulated in Local Health Areas (ASL – Azienda sanitaria Locale).

As concerns the European Community students, they must arrive in Italy provided with the European Health Insurance card, which in Italian is called TEAM (Tessera Europea di Assicurazione Malattia). This card allows them to obtain the necessary care for their health, in the same way as Italian citizens: doctors connected with the public health system, admission to hospitals, first aid, etc.  Please take into consideration that each service foresees the payment of a fee (ticket), just as for the Italian people. In case the student doesn’t have or bring with them the TEAM card, he has to pay the whole amount for the services; which can be very expensive.

For non-Community citizens it is strongly recommended to stipulate a suitable insurance policy for health risks.  In any case, they can enroll themselves to the National Health Service, by the payment of a tax of € 149,77 for each solar year; they have to bring to the Office in charge also copies of:

  • Identity document,
  • Italian Residency Permit,
  • Fiscal Code,
  • Certificate of enrollment to our Academy,
  • Receipt of the payment of the above mentioned tax (€149,77).

Anyway, once arrived in our Institute, the students can obtain further information by the office in charge for the Health Services for foreign people, which is situated in: Edificio ex ONPI, Via Cardinale Mazzarino, località Torrione, L’Aquila. This Office is the same which manages the enrollment to the National Health Service (Azienda Sanitaria Locale – Ufficio scelta e revoca del medico); phone number 0862 368937.

 

MEALS
The Erasmus incoming students can use the main University Cafeteria to have full meals at a very low price. This is possible by using a card, released by the local A.D.S.U. (Enterprise for University Students Rights and Services). The cafeteria is very near to the Academy.

 

RESIDENCY PERMIT IN ITALY
If the student is a non-Community citizen and they have already been accepted by the Academy of Fine Arts of L’Aquila as a student for a period of over 90 days, they must ask for a Residency Permit, within 8 days  starting from their arrival in Italy. The request has to be made  through a kit of documents, which the student can obtain and fill in with the help of the assistance offices of ACLI Association, which is located just near the Academy, at the address: Via Leonardo da Vinci, 10 (www.aclilaquila.it).

The offices are open from Monday to Friday as follows: from 8:30 to 13:30 and  from 15:30 to 17:30.

To complete the kit, the student must bring with him:

  • A tax stamp (marca da bollo) of €16,00;
  • The passport and the copies only of its stamped and written pages;
  • A copy of the insurance document, for covering health and accident risks;
  • A copy of the acceptance letter issued by the Academy, approved by the Italian Embassy.
  • The student must communicate their Italian address, too.

Once filled in the documents contained in the kit, the student must hand it to a Post office, in order to place the request and to obtain an appointment for the signaling at the local Police Station.

The costs to sustain are:

  • € 30,00 for the sending of the kit by post;
  • € 30,46 as a tax to pay through a postal payment form.

 

There is a Post office near the Academy, in Via Leonardo da Vinci, just in front of the Academy.

The Post office will issue a receipt of the sent documents. This receipt is very important for the student, since it attests that they have sent the needed documents to have the Residency Permit.

 

After the sending of the kit, the student must wait a letter which fixes an appointment finalized to obtain the Permit itself.  It’s very important to respect this appointment.  To the appointment with the Police officers, it’s necessary to bring:

  • A copy of the documents of the kit,
  • A certificate which attests the enrollment to the Academy,
  • 4 identical photos in passport format,
  • The receipt obtained at the Post office,
  • The letter concerning the convocation;
  • A copy of the lease contract (contratto di affitto) or communication of the provisional place of stay (comunicazione di ospitalità).

It’s very important, in order to avoid useless convocations,  that the full name of the student is evident on the doorbell and on the letter box of the flat he has indicated as the address where  he wants to receive  communications; take also into consideration that if the address should change in the meantime, the student has to communicate this to the Police station, with a registered mail, in order to allow the sending of  the convocation letter to the actual address. Please remind that:

  • The student has to keep the receipt which the Post office gives them until the release of the Residency Permit, since it is the proof that they have already requested the Permit itself;
  • The student must give this document (the receipt) to the Secretary of the Academy, in order to complete their enrollment procedure and to also give a copy of the Residency Permit, once obtained.

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