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Paperwork for a new baby in Italy

A new baby comes with forms. These are the ones asked of new parents in Italy, in the order they come, each from the official page that sets it. Read it together or on your own: every step says who usually does it.

In short

  • 3 steps before the birth and 6 after it, each one taken from an official page.
  • Registering the birth: within 3 days (hospital) or 10 days (Comune).
  • Each step says who usually does it: the parent giving birth, the other parent, or either of you.
  • No amounts here: they change every year and depend on income. The official page under each step has today’s figure.

What is due in Italy, and when?

Every step at a glance
StepWhenWho
Arrange maternity leave with workBefore the last 2 months of pregnancyThe parent giving birth
Arrange the partner’s leave with workFrom 2 months before to 5 months after the birthThe other parent
Find out when your Comune takes nido applicationsAround weeks 28 to 34Either of you, or together
Register the birthWithin 3 days (hospital) or 10 days (Comune)Either of you, or together
The baby’s codice fiscale and tessera sanitariaAfter the birth is registeredEither of you, or together
Register baby for primary careFirst weeksEither of you, or together
Claim the family benefitsBonus nuovi nati: within 120 days of the birthEither of you, or together
Plan the congedo parentaleAny time until the child is 14Either of you, or together
Nursery costs and the bonus asilo nidoThrough the toddler yearsEither of you, or together

What to do before the birth in Italy

Arrange maternity leave with work

When: Before the last 2 months of pregnancy

Who: The parent giving birth

In Italy the congedo di maternità is 5 months, usually 2 before the birth and 3 after (1 and 4, or all 5 after, with a doctor’s certificate). The application goes to INPS before the last 2 months of pregnancy, online or through a patronato.

Official page: INPS

Checked against INPS (Istituto Nazionale della Previdenza Sociale), checked on 11 October 2026
What the official pages say

Arrange the partner’s leave with work

When: From 2 months before to 5 months after the birth

Who: The other parent

The congedo di paternità obbligatorio is 10 working days, 20 for twins, taken any time from 2 months before to 5 months after the birth. Tell the employer in writing at least 5 days before.

Official page: INPS

Checked against INPS (Istituto Nazionale della Previdenza Sociale), checked on 11 October 2026
What the official pages say

Find out when your Comune takes nido applications

When: Around weeks 28 to 34

Who: Either of you, or together

Public nurseries (nidi d’infanzia) are run by your Comune, with its own enrolment window and ranking. In Milan the window for September 2026 was 4 to 25 February 2026, and babies not yet born could be enrolled. Check your Comune’s dates now, so you do not miss them.

Official page: Comune di Milano

Checked against Comune di Milano, checked on 11 October 2026
What the official pages say
  • “Dalle 12:00 del 4 febbraio 2026 alle 12:00 del 25 febbraio 2026 sarà possibile iscrivere le bambine e i bambini ai Servizi all’Infanzia (Nidi d’Infanzia/Sezione Primavera e Scuola dell’Infanzia) del Comune di Milano.”
    Comune di Milano, read on 11 October 2026
  • “Possono essere iscritti anche le bambine e i bambini non ancora nati al momento dell’iscrizione”
    Comune di Milano, read on 11 October 2026

What to do after the birth in Italy

Register the birth

When: Within 3 days (hospital) or 10 days (Comune)

Who: Either of you, or together

In Italy you declare the birth within 3 days at the hospital where the baby was born (its direzione sanitaria), or within 10 days at the Comune.

Official page: Normattiva (DPR 396/2000, art. 30)

Checked against Normattiva (Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato, the State's legal texts), checked on 11 October 2026
What the official pages say

The baby’s codice fiscale and tessera sanitaria

When: After the birth is registered

Who: Either of you, or together

The Comune gives your baby a codice fiscale when it registers the birth, and the first tessera sanitaria, valid for one year, then arrives at home by post. If you need the codice fiscale sooner, to choose the pediatra for example, you can ask the Agenzia delle Entrate for it online.

Official page: Agenzia delle Entrate

Checked against Agenzia delle Entrate, checked on 11 October 2026
What the official pages say
  • “Neonati: il codice fiscale viene attribuito ai neonati dal Comune al momento della prima iscrizione nei registri dell’Anagrafe Nazionale Popolazione Residente (ANPR). Dopo l’attribuzione del codice fiscale, viene recapitata direttamente a casa la prima tessera sanitaria, che vale un anno.”
    Agenzia delle Entrate, read on 11 October 2026
  • “I genitori che hanno urgente bisogno del codice fiscale del neonato (ad esempio per l’iscrizione al Servizio Sanitario e la scelta del pediatra), se questo non è stato ancora rilasciato dal comune, possono richiederlo online”
    Agenzia delle Entrate, read on 11 October 2026

Register baby for primary care

When: First weeks

Who: Either of you, or together

In Italy every child from 0 to 6 years has a pediatra di libera scelta. Choose one at your ASL as soon as the baby has a codice fiscale, which you need to register. From 6 to 14 you can keep the pediatra or choose a family doctor.

Official page: ASL Città di Torino

Checked against ASL Città di Torino (Piemonte), Azienda USL di Parma (Emilia-Romagna), Azienda sanitaria Friuli Occidentale (ASFO), checked on 11 October 2026
What the official pages say
  • “Da 0 a 6 anni di età è obbligatoria l’assistenza del Pediatra di libera scelta, mentre da 6 a 14 anni si può scegliere tra il Medico di medicina generale o il Pediatra di libera scelta.”
    ASL Città di Torino (Piemonte), read on 11 October 2026
  • “i bambini da 0 a 6 anni sono obbligatoriamente iscritti ad un pediatra di fiducia.”
    Azienda USL di Parma (Emilia-Romagna), read on 11 October 2026
  • “atto di nascita e codice fiscale del minore”
    Azienda USL di Parma (Emilia-Romagna), read on 11 October 2026
  • “Ogni bambino, sin dalla nascita, deve avere il proprio pediatra per poter accedere ai servizi garantiti dal SSN. Il PLS è obbligatorio per i bambini fino ai 6 anni; per i bambini tra i 6 e 14 anni la scelta può essere invece tra pediatra e medico di famiglia.”

Claim the family benefits

When: Bonus nuovi nati: within 120 days of the birth

Who: Either of you, or together

Apply to INPS for the Assegno Unico, which for a newborn counts from the 7th month of pregnancy, and for the Bonus nuovi nati within 120 days of the birth, or the right is lost. Both need the baby’s codice fiscale, which the Comune issues when the birth is registered.

Official page: INPS

Checked against INPS (Istituto Nazionale della Previdenza Sociale), checked on 11 October 2026
What the official pages say

Plan the congedo parentale

When: Any time until the child is 14

Who: Either of you, or together

After maternity and paternity leave, employed parents can take the congedo parentale until the child is 14: up to 10 months between you, 11 if the father takes at least 3. Part of it is paid by INPS, and a few months are paid more if taken before the child turns 6. Each parent applies to INPS, and tells the employer.

Official page: INPS

Checked against INPS (Istituto Nazionale della Previdenza Sociale), checked on 11 October 2026
What the official pages say
  • “Il congedo parentale spetta ai genitori, che siano in costanza di rapporto di lavoro, entro i primi 14 anni di vita del bambino per un periodo complessivo, tra i due genitori, non superiore a dieci mesi, elevabili a 11 se il padre lavoratore si astiene dal lavoro per un periodo, continuativo o frazionato, di almeno tre mesi.”
  • “il congedo sia fruito per figli di età inferiore a sei anni o entro sei anni dall’ingresso in famiglia del minore in caso di affidamento/adozione;”

Nursery costs and the bonus asilo nido

When: Through the toddler years

Who: Either of you, or together

For a child under 3 at nursery, INPS pays the bonus asilo nido towards the fees, month by month; how much depends on your ISEE. You apply to INPS each year.

Official page: INPS

Questions parents ask

How much will we get?

This page does not say, on purpose. Amounts change every year and depend on income and work, and a wrong figure is worse than none. Each step links the official page that has today’s amount and the rules for your case.

Is this legal advice?

No. It names each step, who usually does it, where and by when, as the official pages put it. Your own case can differ: your employer, your registry office or the office named on each page has the last word.

Does this apply if I am doing it on my own?

Yes. The steps are the same together or on your own. A step marked for the other parent, such as their leave, only applies if there is one.

How current is this?

Each step links the official page it was read on. Where a step rests on a sentence we re-read every week, the date it was last read is under it, and if the official page changes the step says it is being re-checked instead.

In the app

Your paperwork, dated and shared

Syncry turns this list into your family’s own checklist: each deadline counted from your due date or your baby’s birthday, split between the two of you or all yours, a reminder before each one, and ticked off together.

How we check every fact