Hi, I'm living in Milan on a 1 year student visa (with my Italian boyfriend). The visa and my permesso di sioggorno expire in May. As I'm Australian, in theory I am allowed to stay in the Schengen countries for 3 months as a tourist without a visa. Can I therefore just stay on in Italy an extra 3 months after my study visa expires? Or do I need to leave the Schengen area and then come back in to start a new 3 month visa?
If anyone has experience of the same, I would love to here from you!