After a 5 years of residency in Italy you can convert your temporary permit into an indefinite stay one. The permanent residency is valid across all the EU nations, and it is an important milestone in your immigration path to Italy, because it allows to:Enter Italy with no VISA;Be employed or self-employed with no restriction;Move […]
Public Holidays are certain days throughout the years where national and local activities are reduced, and they are alternated by working days. Italian public holidays are affected by the Christian heritage, the Roman heritage, and Italian history. The weekly holiday is placed on each Sunday, in accordance to the Christian heritage; furthermore, Italy has 12
Italy ranks at the bottom of the EU charts for Internet speed. However the situation is greatly improving thanks to the various government’s commitment to increase the broadband available in Italy, as well as connect even remote villages to the optical fiber network. Let’s find out how the Internet service works in Italy and how
Italy switched from monopoly to free market for electricity in 1999; 37 years after the creation of Enel (Energia Elettrica), the national monopoly company was subject to competition and therefore it battles with other suppliers to provide the electricity to Italian households and companies.The standard electricity supply is 220 Volts (V), 50 Hertz (Hz). There
Enrolling at any Italian school requires the parents or the guardian to undertake a specific procedure, providing the school with all the relevant documents. In this article we focus on the public school enrolment, because the process is standardized, whilst private schools have different procedures based on their internal decisions.The Italian government has created a
The Italian income tax is called IRPEF “Imposta sul Reddito delle Persone Fisiche”, and it is based on progressive tax rates. Each region and municipality can add a surcharge based on the same income as IRPEF. Each Region and Municipality has different rates.The national IRPEF is based on brackets ranging from 23% up 43%, the
What happens if you are overseas and in need of healthcare treatment? In the unlikely event of requiring healthcare services in the EU outside of Italy, the Tessera Sanitaria system has you covered.The European Union has enacted a Healthcare cooperation among its state members, in an attempt to create a single service for Healthcare services,
If you are descended from an Italian citizen, you are likely to be eligible to claim Italian citizenship. Having an Italian ancestor is not enough to claim your Italian citizenship, in fact you must also demonstrate that the citizenship was passed forward from your Italian ascendant to you.Since 1992 Italy allows dual citizenship, meaning that
The freelance VISA allows the entry in Italy of a non-EU citizen to undertake freelance or self-employment activities in Italy. Despite other EU countries having issued a digital nomad VISA option, Italy hasn’t, however it allows the freelance VISA for independent workers.This VISA route is extremely complicated to obtain because it is very discretionary and
As you might now, the Italian Tessera Sanitaria has an expiration date, and after that you might be required to renew it.If you are an Italian (or EU) citizen living in Italy, or you hold a Permesso di Soggiorno di Lungo Periodo, there is no renewal process; in fact the Agenzia delle Entrate will deliver
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