Passports, at the deadline they will no longer be renewable (but they will be requested again): here’s what changes
News also for identity cards, which become valid for expatriation (also to non-EU countries). Produce false documents, or attempting a theft of identity, will become more difficult
The new ones passport with microprocessor with biometric data (including photography and fingerprints) will no longer be renewable, but at the deadline they will be requested from scratch.
The Identity cardsInstead, they become valid for expatriation (also to non-EU countries) thanks to new bilateral agreements.
These are some of the innovations contained in the bill connected to the maneuver 2025 and landed on March 28 in the Council of Ministers. Novelty that align Italy a what has already been requested by the European Commissionwhich in November 2024 had presented a proposal to introduce the digitization of passports and identity cards for the purpose of « simplify borders controls»And » unlock « the potential of new digital services.
With the new rules, the security measures related to the release of the expatriation documents are also strengthened in order to avoid as much as possible the identity theft and the counterfeiting of documents. At the same time, the bureaucracy is simplified for the release of a copy of the passport in case of theft or loss while you are abroad.
Retouching to penalties and goodbye to the collective passport
The retouching to the legislation also concerns the penalties: According to the new provisions, the Fines for those who leave the country without a valid passportadapting them to the trend of inflation and decriminalizing some minor infringements.
As regards the identity card, in the event of legal impediments to apatter, a annotation will be affixed to the document that warns the impossibility of using it for expatriation.
Finally, the collective passportin reality already in disuse, because it does not comply with European standards. The collective passport was an identity document that allowed a group of people to travel abroad for cultural, religious, sporting or tourist reasons. It was intended for groups of people from a minimum of 5 to a maximum of 50 and was « useless »: that is, it was worth only for a trip.
The interventions on the registry of Italians abroad
Complementary to the reform on the documents for expatriation is that ofRegistry of Italians residing abroad (Aire). The executive thus aims to make the procedures for the registration of Italians abroad more efficient, going to align the information in possession of the consular offices with those of the ANPR, the national registry of the resident population. In fact, with these changes, the perimeter of citizens who can register expands optional to AIRE.
