Direct answer: losing a job does not automatically invalidate the permit that day. Register as a job seeker and check the applicable residence route, respecting deadlines and notifications. Keep the termination letter, employment-centre registration and payslips; ask which permit or renewal is available. Sources: TUI and Portale Integrazione Migranti; checked 24/10/2026.
Who this applies to: A worker who lost the job while the permit remains valid and must distinguish job loss from permit expiry.
Practical steps: 1) obtain the employer’s termination notice and keep the dismissal or resignation letter; 2) register with the Employment Centre and file the immediate availability declaration (DID); 3) before expiry, check whether renewal for work or a job-search permit is available; 4) file the request with receipt, work history and proof of DID and keep evidence of job searches.
Documents to keep: permit, termination letter, employment-service registration, payslips and new job-search evidence.
Verifiable timing and costs: The printed expiry remains; an unemployment route follows its own conditions and duration.
Exceptions and special cases: A new contract, permit type and unemployment duration can change the route.
If the procedure stalls: Report termination where required, register with employment services and check the applicable route before expiry.
Practical example: After dismissal, the person keeps the valid permit, registers with employment services and documents the search.