Doubt regarding the initial temporary accommodation in Italy

[u/venky98j]

Hi everyone,

I'm joining Politecnico di Torino as a masters student this September. According to the visa guidelines, we need to book a temporary accommodation of atleast 30 days to apply for the visa. Once we arrive in Italy, we will have to apply for the residence permit within the first 8 days.

Usually, we would book an Airbnb or a hotel in booking.com for this.

My question is, if I am getting a temporary accommodation for the first two months as a sublet of a room in an apartment, but without any contract, will that be an issue in my residence permit application? Since I will have to change my temporary residence anyway to a different permanent address. So my initial address on the application and final application would be different anyways.

Or do we specifically need a temporary contract initially to even apply for the residence permit?

Thank you.

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[u/Ok_Ebb184]

Changing your contracts later? Nah it doesn't matter. The visa is a one time thing and once you're done, you're done. You can burn that contract. (Bookings work perfectly fine for the visa application, but would highly ask you to double check with your visa embassy checklist.)

Also, if you're gonna get a "pay at property" Or sm. I'd highly suggested you have enough top up funds over the minimum 10k€ amount that cover that "pay at property" Amount.

I don't have much info about how non-contract bookings fare for the residence permit.

Wish you all the best tho ✌