It may not be easy or cheap to open a bank account in Italy. Before your departure, we recommend you to contact a bank in your home country and ask for suggestions on cheap money withdrawal abroad, (i.e. using a debit card/pre-paid card provided with IBAN/SWIFT codes).

In order to open a bank account the following documents are usually necessary:

• Valid passport;
• Enrollment certificate;
• Italian tax code (codice fiscale);
• Residency Certificate, which is issued at the Town Hall offices, after showing the lodging contract with your Pisa landlord/landlady .

In addition, if you wish, you can ask for a pre-paid Card (Carta pre-pagata) at the Bank. The pre-paid Card has an IBAN number, so you can also receive money from abroad.