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Practical instructions: First assistance contribution for asylum seekers

Who may ask for contribution
The foreigner that required international protection recognition and has the right to reception and for whom it’s not possibile to find a place among the centres financed by the “Fondo Nazionale per le Politiche e i Servizi dell’Asilo” (= National Fund for Asylum politics and services) namely the government centres.
The applicant then must be in a poverty state verified by the Police Office.

How to ask for contribution
You need to submit a contribution enquiry on unstamped paper, with a copy of the visa enclosed, to the Foreigner office of Questura (=Police headquarters) which will send it to Prefecture – U.T.G. (=Government Territorial Office) qualified for deciding on the instance.

The contribution beneficiaries
The contribution is supplied to applicant and to every family unit member for the time necessary to find a place in a reception organization, or for a maximum of 35 days, with a daily amount of € 27,89 a head, in 2 advance instalments:

– the first one is for 20 days for an amount of € 557,80 a head;
– the second one is for the remaining 15 days for an amount of € 418,35 a head.

The second instalment is supplied only if reception isn’t available between the first and the second supply. Otherwise, the contribution supply will be suspended without the need to reimburse the amount already cashed in. If asylum seeker refuses the entrance on reception organization, the contribution will be stopped.
The second instalment is not paid if – during the first 20 days – the territorial commission for the recognition of asylum seekers status intervenes.

How to cash in the contribution
The applicant must attend at Tesoreria Provinciale (=Provincial Treasury) – or Banca d’Italia – with a valid ID. If the first assistance contribution has been refused, the person concerned can submit a recourse, in unstamped paper, within 30 days, to the Ministry of the Interior.

Normative References:
Decreto legislativo (=Legislative decree) 28th november 2005, n. 140 art. 6 co. 7
Decreto Legge (=Decree law) n. 416 of 30th december 1989, converted with modification from the Law n. 39 of 28th February 1990 art. 1-sexies. Co. 3 c)
Decreto del Ministero dell’Interno (=Ministry of the Interior decree) of 28th november 2005 art. 14

Translated by Alessia Bertin