As August 3, 2026, the date after which old paper identity cards will lose legal validity, approaches, the Municipality of Cagliari is preparing to make it easier and faster to renew or issue an Electronic Identity Card.
Starting Friday, May 8, residents will be able to go directly to four municipal offices to request or renew their CIE, without having to book in advance.
The service will be available every Friday morning from 9:00 am to 12:30 pm at the Registry Office in the Town Hall (Piazza De Gasperi/Via Sonnino), at City Office No. 4 in San Benedetto (Via Castiglione 1), at City Office No. 5 in Sant'Elia (Via Carta Raspi 2), and at the Municipality of Pirri (Via Riva Villasanta 35).
This innovation is part of a plan to strengthen registry services, which aims to better distribute access and reduce waiting times.
To streamline the organization, the service previously offered on Friday mornings at City Office No. 3 on Via Montevecchio will be suspended and replaced by other offices, more widely distributed throughout the city. The opening hours without an appointment on Tuesday afternoons, from 2:30 PM to 5:30 PM, at the Registry Office in the Town Hall will remain unchanged, the City Council announced. Citizens will be able to go directly to the indicated offices, in order of arrival, and request the issuance or renewal of the CIE, without having to book in advance. The procedure takes approximately 20 minutes for each document, barring any technical problems. The offices will therefore be able to handle a number of requests compatible with their closing hours.
(Unioneonline)
