- Visa
- US citizens and British citizens need no visa for stays of up to 90 days in any 180-day period.2
- Report within
- Arriving from another Schengen country, you report your presence to the local Questura, the provincial police headquarters, within 8 days.34
- Tax line
- Being present in Italy for most of the tax year, counting parts of a day, makes you tax resident.5
How long can I stay in Italy?
Your days in Italy come out of the same Schengen count as Paris or Madrid. What Italy adds is paperwork: it wants to know you are here, and staying with a friend means you tell the police yourself.
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The declaration of presence
Italy asks for a dichiarazione di presenza, and where you file it depends on how you arrive. Flying in from outside the Schengen area, you declare your presence to the border authority on entry.4 Come in by train or road from France, Austria or Switzerland, and the deadline in the card above starts the day you reach Italy.
In a hotel or other reception facility, the registration form you sign at check-in counts as your declaration.3 A friend's spare room has no front desk to do it for you.
It is easy to treat as a formality. The law does not. Not declaring, unless the delay was down to force majeure, is grounds for expulsion.6
Worked example
Paris first, then a friend's flat in Rome
- You fly into Paris on 1 May 2027, your first day of stay in the area, and take the train to Rome on 5 May.7
- You came from France and you are staying with a friend, not in a hotel, so the declaration at the Questura is yours to make within 8 days of reaching Italy.3
- Your days run from 1 May in Paris, not from Rome: with no other Schengen days in the window, 29 July 2027 is your last day.17How we count: 1 May to 29 July 2027, both days included, is 90 days.
Questions people ask
Does the day I arrive in Italy count?
The day you enter and the day you leave both count as days of stay.7
What happens if I overstay in Italy?
An overstay can bring an entry ban, which in principle lasts no more than five years.8
How can I stay in Italy longer than 90 days?
An EU residence permit or a long-stay visa lets you stay longer than 90 days, outside this count.9
Your own count
The Paris days and the Rome days sit on one list, and the list is what the border checks.
Staytill, the iPhone app that counts your days in Italy and how many you have left Schengen 90/180 rule: how to count your daysItaly tax residency: the 183-day presence rule
Other destinations
How long can I stay in Spain? 
How long can I stay in France? 
How long can I stay in Greece? Sources
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For intended stays on the territory of the Member States of a duration of no more than 90 days in any 180-day period, which entails considering the 180-day period preceding each day of stay
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Nationals of third countries listed in Annex II shall be exempt from the requirement set out in Article 3(1) for stays of no more than 90 days in any 180-day period.
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aliens arriving from countries which apply the Schengen Agreement must report their presence to the local Questura (central police station in the province) filling out the relevant form (dichiarazione di presenza), within 8 days of their arrival; for those staying in hotels or other reception facilities the registration form submitted to the hotel management upon check-in, signed by the foreign guest on arrival, constitutes the declaration of presence.
- Law 68/2007, art. 1(2) · Being rechecked
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Al momento dell'ingresso o, in caso di provenienza da Paesi dell'area Schengen, entro otto giorni dall'ingresso, lo straniero dichiara la sua presenza, rispettivamente all'autorità di frontiera o al questore della provincia in cui si trova
On entry or, when coming from Schengen-area countries, within eight days of entry, the foreigner declares their presence to the border authority or to the questore of the province where they are, respectively. -
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Ai fini delle imposte sui redditi si considerano residenti le persone che per la maggior parte del periodo d'imposta, considerando anche le frazioni di giorno, hanno la residenza ai sensi del codice civile o il domicilio nel territorio dello Stato ovvero sono ivi presenti.
For income tax, residents are the people who, for most of the tax period, also counting parts of a day, have their residence under the civil code or their domicile in the territory of the State, or are present there. - Law 68/2007, art. 1(3) · Being rechecked
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In caso di inosservanza degli obblighi di cui al comma 2, salvo che il ritardo sia dipeso da forza maggiore, lo straniero è espulso ai sensi dell'articolo 13 del citato testo unico di cui al decreto legislativo 25 luglio 1998, n. 286
If the duties in paragraph 2 are not met, unless the delay was due to force majeure, the foreigner is expelled under Article 13 of the Consolidated Immigration Act (Legislative Decree 286/1998). -
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the date of entry shall be considered as the first day of stay on the territory of the Member States and the date of exit shall be considered as the last day of stay
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The length of the entry ban shall be determined with due regard to all relevant circumstances of the individual case and shall not in principle exceed five years.
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If you hold an EU residence permit or long-stay visa, you are not subject to the 90/180-day rule, as these documents allow you to stay longer than 90 days.
Checked against Schengen Borders Code, Art. 6 · Regulation (EU) 2018/1806 · Law 68/2007 · TUIR, art. 2 on 25 Oct 2026 Updated 26 Oct 2026 Being rechecked
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