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If you are a non EU/EEA citizen or you are not of Swiss nationality, in order to apply for the visa (in some cases) and the permit of stay, you have to underwrite a private health insurance policy for the entire duration of your stay in Italy.
Once in Italy you can register with the SSN! Registration with the SSN is voluntary.

Before your departure to Italy, please check if:
- your private insurance in your country is valid also in Italy
- your National Health Insurance is valid also in Italy

Here follows more information

Do you have a private insurance in your country?
You must know that private insurances from your country are not accepted at the Questura, unless you have an official paper from the Italian Embassy or Consulate from your country that certifies the validity of your insurance. Moreover, according to the Italian health system, an insurance must satisfy the following requirements:
- cover expenses in case of emergency treatment and urgent hospitalisation;
- cover the entire duration of your stay in Italy;
- provide for the policy-holder's repatriation to their country in case of serious illness;
- be either in English or translated into Italian and authenticated by the Italian Embassy/Consulate;
- be valid throughout the Schengen area.
N.B The policy should cover the entire period in Italy.
For further information, vist the website of Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and ask the Italian Diplomatic and Consular Representations in your country of residence.

Is your home health insurance valid also in Italy?
If you are entitled to health insurance in your country of origin and your home country has signed bilateral agreements or conventions with Italy (such as Argentina, Australia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brasil, Croatia, Kosovo, FYROM, Montenegro, Serbia, Tunisia, Vojvodina, etc.) BEFORE leaving you should get the specific form for the extension of the coverage from your country to Italy.
Once in Italy, this paper must be submitted to ASL which will issue a confirmation of health coverage in Italy.
If you need more information on bilateral agreements and conventions between Italy and other countries, please visit the following webpage of the Italian Ministry of Labour, Health and Welfare (available only in Italian).

Attention: if the health service from your country does not entitle you to be covered also in Italy, ask the Health Organisation of your home country to provide you with a paper stating this, so that you are then entitled to register with the Italian Health Service once you are in Italy by paying € 149,77 per calendar year.

Do you want to know more?

In Trieste: 
PUNTO INFORMATIVO STRANIERI at ASL 1 Triestina
At "Punto Informativo Stranieri" the multilinguistic staff will be at your disposal. 
Via Giovanni Sai, 7 - Comprensorio di San Giovanni - 1° Floor (room 138)     
Tel. +39 040 3997584;
Opening hours: from Monday to Friday 2 pm - 6 pm 
For more information: Punto Informativo Stranieri (available only in Italian)

In Udine:    
AZIENDA PER I SERVIZI SANITARI n°4 MEDIO FRIULI 
At "Anagrafe Migranti ed Assistenza Internazionale"      
Via San Valentino, 20 - Udine
Tel. +39 0432 553874; e-mail: anagrafe.dist.udin@ass4.sanita.fvg.it        
Opening hours: from Monday to Friday 8.30 am - 12.30 am; Wednesday 8.30 am - 5 pm
For more information: Anagrafe Migranti ed Assistenza Internazionale (available only in Italian) 

Source: Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, ASL 1 Triestina; Azienda per i Servizi Sanitari n°4 Medio Friuli, Italian Minsitry of Labour, Health and Welfare

Useful addresses in Trieste

• Punto Informativo Stranieri

Useful addresses in Udine

• Anagrafe Migranti ed Assistenza Internazionale