ISEE Procedure

The ISEE application procedure ISEE is the same for Italian citizens and not-Italian citizens. However, non-Italian citizens must complete some preliminary procedures, like appointing Italy as their Residence country or other options described below. In this context, a resident in Italy is a person who has been registered at the registry office (in Italian “ufficio anagrafe") and has a valid permit of stay.

ISEE application can be done online (INPS). In this case, a SPID, a CIE (carta d'identità elettronica), or a PIN DISPOSITIVO (which nowadays is available only for people with residence outside Italy) is required.

You can find the same information in section 12.3 of the Vademecum.

Information for all

You can obtain the ISEE on your own from here.

If it is your first ISEE, we strongly recommend you to call a CAF (center for fiscal assistance) to schedule an appointment. Any CAF is fine, though the student representatives recommend the CAF-UIL (Via Polonio 5, tel.:+39040638251) and CAF-CISL (Piazza Dalmazia, 1, tel.:+390406791311). There, you should present the documentation needed and ask for the “reduced ISEE for Ph.D. students" (in Italian “ISEE ridotto per dottorandi").“ISEE ridotto" takes into account only your personal financial resources without considering your entire family. It is very likely that it will allow you to benefit from a greater discount. All the process will likely be in Italian, ask an Italian friend or one of the representatives for help if necessary. They can also help you in case the CAF incorrectly refuses to ask for the “ISEE ridotto".

The following is a list of what you have to provide to get your ISEE:

• your fiscal code (“Codice Fiscale”)
• a valid identity card
• your income of two years ago (i.e., in 2023 you should provide your income for the year 2021) even if they were not taxed (i.e.: you should provide your Ph.D. fellowship, which can be found at this website -access with usual SISSA credentials-, and eventual part-time positions at Universities and/or SISSA)
• owned property for residential purposes two years ago
• balance and average stocks of all your bank accounts regarding 2 years ago
• certification of any disabilities
• vehicles registration numbers (if they have 500 cc or more), boats owned

Note that if you present documents which display currencies different from the euro you have to convert them according to the average annual exchange rate.

This website lists all CAF offices that have an agreement with ARDiS. Make sure to choose a CAF located in Trieste!

Information for Not-Italian residents only

If you belong to this category, you can take three different roads.

• 1) ask for PIN DISPOSITIVO and obtain the ISEE through INPS website
• 2) obtain a SPID or a CIE and obtain the ISEE through INPS website. This procedure is very long, in the case you need a permit of stay:

1. Obtain the permit of stay and the health insurance card
2. Once you have the permit of stay card, you can start the procedure to move you residence in Italy (it will take around 45 days to be completed)
3. Take an appointment for CIE (cost of 22€)
4. (Eventually ask for SPID but CIE should be enough)
5. obtain the ISEE through INPS website

• 3) Do the Residence procedure and call a CAF. Provide them with the documentation needed. These documents must be either translated or certified by an Italian consulate in your home country.

Now you can read the section above "Information for all".

There is also a possibility to obtain the ISEE for students without asking for a residence in Italy (although this is not highly advised since the residency in Italy will simplify your life with many other bureaucratic procedures as well!). In order to do so you would have to ask for so-called "Calcolo IUP - Indicatore Parificato per studenti stranieri" (equalized indicator for foreign students). The list of documents is as follows:

• Valid identity document (either an identity card or the passport with the residence permit)
• your fiscal code (“Codice Fiscale”)
• the document from your university with the indicated amount of scholarship (if any) you were receiving two years ago (e.g., if now is 2023, the document must indicate the total value regarding the year 2021)
• the document that indicates your family nucleus at the time of presenting the application (by family nucleus is meant the list of people that live in the same house as the applicant's residence; also if either of the parents does not have the same residence as you they need to be included as well, the ONLY exception is if your parents are legally divorced).
• each family nucleus member's income of two years ago (i.e., in 2023 you should provide the income for the year 2021)
• balance and average stocks of all your bank accounts regarding 2 years ago
• owned property for residential purposes and/or paid rent at the end of the period of 2 years ago
• any bank loan for purchasing or construction of any type of real estate - the sum remaining at the end of the period of 2 years ago
• any other documents that contain financial obligations like investments and others at the end of the period of 2 years ago

ALL DOCUMENTS MUST BE OBTAINED IN YOUR HOME COUNTRY OR THROUGH CONSULATES IN ITALY IN THE YEAR OF APPLICATION. YOU MUST SUBMIT ALL THE ORIGINALS AND THEIR VERIFIED TRANSLATIONS.

If you choose to undergo such a cumbersome procedure, we strongly advise contacting the Students' Secretariat or the International Students' Representative.