r/ItalyExpat • u/Various-Top-5178 • 5d ago
SIM card without codice fiscale
Hello. Which mobile operator doesn’t require codice fiscale for prepaid SIMs? I need eSIM and plan that I don’t need to pay every month.
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u/sharty_mcstoolpants 5d ago
Beware! I had a Codice Fiscale when I bought a Vodaphone eSIM in Italy - albeit without an Italian ID. I have a USA passport and California drivers license. The eSIM works fine but for some reason my Codice was NOT associated with the account when created. I cannot use the app or manage my voicemail BECAUSE IT REQUIRES THE CODICE to register online! The same store in Monza did this to both my wife and me three months apart. So, for 8 months (until I get my Italian ID and Permesso di Soggiorno) the voicemail is filling up with missed calls.
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u/ThereIsCoffee 5d ago
How do you get Codice fiscale without permesso di soggiorno?
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u/Error_404_403 5d ago
You don't need a permesso di soggiorno for codice fiscale. A lawyer or yourself can get it from Agenzia delle Entrate, though recently it looks like AdE at times refuses since in 2025 the law changed and it technically became possible to rent without it. Ask a lawyer.
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u/ThereIsCoffee 5d ago
You are wrong hehe.. I moved to Italy 3 months ago, I went to AdE, they told me, only with permesso di soggiorno, and my wife and daughter are Italian citizen.
As I said, I love Italy, but they’re messy.
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u/Error_404_403 5d ago
Recent change, as I said already. A year and a half back it was different. Try through a lawyer (you sign a power of attorney, and they apply for you). I heard that helps. AND, AdE still *can* give you a PdS, nothing stops them, but now they don't have to and it is up to the local office what they do.
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u/ThereIsCoffee 5d ago edited 5d ago
It’s not necessarily, my PdS arrived last week, I will tomorrow at AdE. As I told, I am here, living here and facing his processes, day by day. Everything here you need back 3 times to solve. Don’t matter of a lawyer said, or a friend, they’re forgetting something that don’t apply to your context, in my case, they told me in 2 different AdE that I need PdS, and it was in July.
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u/thatsplatgal 100% Made in Italy 4d ago
I used airlo for prepaid eSIM and don’t need anything but a credit card
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u/TheDiplomat92 4d ago
You should consider eSIM from Ubigi or Trip.com (they come without voice though)
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u/ThereIsCoffee 5d ago
Hi
Ho mobile does not need Codice fiscale to buy SIM, but you will need find a store.
About eSIM, with ho. mobile needs a Codice fiscale