Permesso di Soggiorno for Students in Italy: What Nobody Tells You in the First 8 Days. Ciao! Come state? You just landed in Italy. Your suitcase is still half-unpacked. You’re running on excitement and maybe a little jet lag. And then someone says: “Hai già fatto il permesso di soggiorno?” …No. You haven’t. You didn’t even know where to start. I remember that feeling very well. My first week in Ancona in 2013, I had a visa, a university registration, and absolutely no idea what to do next. Nobody handed me a checklist at the airport. Nobody explained that the clock was already ticking. So let me be that person…