editorneal
American looking for information about Italy
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Registration: 03 November 2010
Shot Down in Flames by Italian Consulate in Philadelphia by editorneal
After nine years of planning, working with friends and realtors in Vicenza, purchased flight tickets, arrangement for transportation of household goods shipment and veterinary and travel arrangements for family cat, the dreams of my wife and I have ...
We are not going to give up trying at least once more for the Elective Residency Visa with the hope things go better this time. However, I did find this link which may ... MAY explain some of the reasoning for demanding that applicants ... Read More
Shot Down in Flames by Italian Consulate in Philadelphia by editorneal
After nine years of planning, working with friends and realtors in Vicenza, purchased flight tickets, arrangement for transportation of household goods shipment and veterinary and travel arrangements for family cat, the dreams of my wife and I have ...
Long answer short: You have to apply to the consulate that serves the state you reside in. For me, that's Philadelpia even though the Italian Embassy in Washington DC is hundreds of miles closer to where I live in Virginia. Yes, I know that ONCE ... Read More
Shot Down in Flames by Italian Consulate in Philadelphia by editorneal
After nine years of planning, working with friends and realtors in Vicenza, purchased flight tickets, arrangement for transportation of household goods shipment and veterinary and travel arrangements for family cat, the dreams of my wife and I have ...
Thank you. I'm actually fairly well-versed when it comes to living in Italy and comfortable in that regard. I speak the language, have friends in the area I wish to move to, and have no cultural problems with integration. I'm just having ... Read More
Shot Down in Flames by Italian Consulate in Philadelphia by editorneal
After nine years of planning, working with friends and realtors in Vicenza, purchased flight tickets, arrangement for transportation of household goods shipment and veterinary and travel arrangements for family cat, the dreams of my wife and I have ...
Romaniac, I'd like to thank you so much for all your sane and measured responses on this situation. While it'd be fun to think we could just show up in Vicenza with our 90-day passport visas and merrily make our way by staying in Italy and ... Read More
Shot Down in Flames by Italian Consulate in Philadelphia by editorneal
After nine years of planning, working with friends and realtors in Vicenza, purchased flight tickets, arrangement for transportation of household goods shipment and veterinary and travel arrangements for family cat, the dreams of my wife and I have ...
Romaniac, thank you. At this point due to all the expenses we've been hit with due to having to move back into a home we had intended to sell we're in somewhat of a financial bind. What we are considering is to make another application for ... Read More
Shot Down in Flames by Italian Consulate in Philadelphia by editorneal
After nine years of planning, working with friends and realtors in Vicenza, purchased flight tickets, arrangement for transportation of household goods shipment and veterinary and travel arrangements for family cat, the dreams of my wife and I have ...
Only if I moved to another state and established residency there. This whole sorry business has already cost me thousands of dollars more than I would have spent had our Elective Residency Visas been approved and we're not exactly thrilled with ... Read More
Shot Down in Flames by Italian Consulate in Philadelphia by editorneal
After nine years of planning, working with friends and realtors in Vicenza, purchased flight tickets, arrangement for transportation of household goods shipment and veterinary and travel arrangements for family cat, the dreams of my wife and I have ...
Grazie georgy_it. That is a fair summary description of what happened. It would certainly be preferable if some actual table of income requirements would be imposed that would prohibit bureaucrats from inventing their own capricious requirements. Read More
Shot Down in Flames by Italian Consulate in Philadelphia by editorneal
After nine years of planning, working with friends and realtors in Vicenza, purchased flight tickets, arrangement for transportation of household goods shipment and veterinary and travel arrangements for family cat, the dreams of my wife and I have ...
Right. Sorry, but incompetence and failure to perform the simplest functions of a simple task infuriate me. Read More
Shot Down in Flames by Italian Consulate in Philadelphia by editorneal
After nine years of planning, working with friends and realtors in Vicenza, purchased flight tickets, arrangement for transportation of household goods shipment and veterinary and travel arrangements for family cat, the dreams of my wife and I have ...
Thanks for the suggestion regarding moving to Bulgaria, but there are specific reasons we wish to live in Italy. I speak the language; I lived in Italy for eight years while I was stationed there with the Navy; my wife is a classics scholar who ... Read More
Shot Down in Flames by Italian Consulate in Philadelphia by editorneal
After nine years of planning, working with friends and realtors in Vicenza, purchased flight tickets, arrangement for transportation of household goods shipment and veterinary and travel arrangements for family cat, the dreams of my wife and I have ...
EXACTLY. THANK YOU, Romaniac! My wife and I don't need to play fast and loose with Italy's immigration laws and put ourselves in a worse situation than we are already in (referenced in my original post). This is why we went through the ... Read More
Shot Down in Flames by Italian Consulate in Philadelphia by editorneal
After nine years of planning, working with friends and realtors in Vicenza, purchased flight tickets, arrangement for transportation of household goods shipment and veterinary and travel arrangements for family cat, the dreams of my wife and I have ...
EXACTLY. My wife and I don't need to play fast and loose with Italy's immigration laws and put ourselves in a worse situation than we are already in (referenced in my original post). This is why we went through the trouble and toil of trying ... Read More
Shot Down in Flames by Italian Consulate in Philadelphia by editorneal
After nine years of planning, working with friends and realtors in Vicenza, purchased flight tickets, arrangement for transportation of household goods shipment and veterinary and travel arrangements for family cat, the dreams of my wife and I have ...
So what is this magical land you speak of that offers expedited residency visas? Somalia? Read More
Shot Down in Flames by Italian Consulate in Philadelphia by editorneal
After nine years of planning, working with friends and realtors in Vicenza, purchased flight tickets, arrangement for transportation of household goods shipment and veterinary and travel arrangements for family cat, the dreams of my wife and I have ...
Thank you. We're considering floating in on a raft so we meet national income standards. Read More
Shot Down in Flames by Italian Consulate in Philadelphia by editorneal
After nine years of planning, working with friends and realtors in Vicenza, purchased flight tickets, arrangement for transportation of household goods shipment and veterinary and travel arrangements for family cat, the dreams of my wife and I have ...
Thank you, but we never assumed we had a "right" to an Elective Residency Visa. We did everything that was required of us. We provided the proper documentation. Everything we'd researched suggested a top end income of less than $20,000 ... Read More
Shot Down in Flames by Italian Consulate in Philadelphia
After nine years of planning, working with friends and realtors in Vicenza, purchased flight tickets, arrangement for transportation of household goods shipment and veterinary and travel arrangements for family cat, the dreams of my wife and I have ... Read More
Making phone calls in Italy by Maximilien
Hi, When settling in Italy, one of the priorities is to be able to make phone calls. How to proceed to get a landline installed in Italy? What are the mobile operators? What is your average monthly budget? Thank you in advance for ...
Sounds brilliant, thank you so much. We will be in touch in summer. Read More
Making phone calls in Italy by Maximilien
Hi, When settling in Italy, one of the priorities is to be able to make phone calls. How to proceed to get a landline installed in Italy? What are the mobile operators? What is your average monthly budget? Thank you in advance for ...
Hello, Sensone. My wife and I will be retiring to Sicily circa July 2016. Since we are dependent upon good Internet for her work (online tutoring in Latin) and for Skype, Netflix, etc. we are definitely interested in getting someone quick and ... Read More
Driving in Italy by Maximilien
Hi, What do you think of the way people drive in Italy? How different is it from your home country? Respecting the road safety rules, driving etiquette such as general courtesy, speed excess聟 what are the characteristics of the driving style ...
To be completely honest, I always felt completely at home driving in Italy and am looking forward to returning to it. Transitioning back to U.S. drivers was like switching from espresso to decaf, from hanging with the cool kids to living in a ... Read More