The validity of all permits, authorizations, certificates, clearances with an expiry date between January 31, 2020 and April 15, 2020 has been extended until June 15, 2020. As a consequence, residence permits (permessi di soggiorno) with an expiration date between January 31, 2020 and April 15, 2020 will be valid until June 15, 2020. Applications for renewal can therefore be applied until after 60 days from June 15, 2020.

AREAS CONCERNED BY THE DECREE 1. Are there any differences within the country? No, after the March 9th decree, all measures and regulations apply to the entire country of Italy and they are effective from March 10th until April 3rd.

On March 9, 2020 the Italian Government approved by decree the urgent measures indented to contain the spread of the coronavirus outbreak within the whole Country (the Decree).

On March 8th, the Italian government has published a decree with new measures to contain the spread of COVID-19 across Italy. The government has extended the Red Zones and implemented new measures on those areas in the North of Italy.

On March 2, 2020 the Italian government published a Law Decree with immediate effect containing measures to support families, workers and companies with respect to the COVID-19 outbreak (Law Decree 2 March 2020, n. 9).

Due to the outbreak of coronavirus in northern Italy, the majority of public offices in the area have closed to the public until further notice. Delays will occur with respect to any activities where personal presence is required such as approval and collection of work permits, police appointments and in general any appointments scheduled with public offices to submit/collect documents.

In light of the current Coronavirus alert, the Italy Visa Application Centres in the People's Republic of China will remain closed until 9 February 2020 included. At present the offices are due to reopen on 10 February 2020 however, the re-opening date may change, subject to further notifications from authorities.

In 2019, in addition to facing a substantially stagnant market and economy, the Italian banking system also had to deal with new rules and instructions issued by Central Authorities with significant economic, financial and organizational impacts.

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