ITALY Readers's Tips - No worries, no need for such a thing if you are a tourist.olice do check names in hotel registries, always did (and in the old days travellers had to leave passports with frontdesk staff overnight and police showed up in the middle of the night you may have seen this in old movies.owadays you can ask for your passport back, you will get it as soon as staff has had time to do formalities, and you certainly never have to talk to a policeman (unless you want to chat one up The white uniforms in summer have impressed many a tourist.. What do you mean and34; registered us with the U. State Departmentand34;and32; how and why Never heard of such a thing.ou got me curious now.

If you are going to be in Italy for an extended period of time (over a month, you should register with the police department and get a Permesso di Soggiorno. a permit of stay. However, if you are going to be there for less time, you shouldn't need it.: Make that 90 days, not 30 as a tourist you don't even need a visa for stays of less than 90 days, let alone a permesso di soggiorno (unless you are looking to work: Nel caso di ingresso (per un periodo non superiore a 90 giorni per motivi di turismo, affari, gara sportiva, invito, il visto non deve essere richiesto dai cittadini appartenenti ai seguenti Paesi: • Andorra • Costa Rica • Nicaragua • Argentina • Croazia • Nuova Zelanda • Australia • El Salvator • Panama • Bolivia • Giappone • Paraguay • Brasile • Guatemala • Romania • Brunei • Honduras • Singapore • Bulgaria • Israele • Stati Uniti • Canada • Malesia • Uruguay • Cile • Messico • Venezuela • Corea del Sud • Monaco

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