BrianPrimo
03-21-2007, 03:32 PM
Mandi All-
I've noticed there's not really a thread discussing the most painful of all operations "in country"- bureaucracy. And I know even a thread of a thousand responses can't start to address the multitude of ever-changing laws/regulations/rules. But maybe, little by little, more generic operations can be addressed. For instance; want to procure a ricongiungimento famaliare visa (visa for family members not yet in-country)? Go to the local Questura, be prepared to wait in the throngs of "extracommunitari" (aliens- lots and lots of Albanians, Romanians, Africans, YOU, etc...), and you better either have a residency here or be employed here. Or the Querstura can't help at all (doubly so for U.S. military/U.S. government employees). Or- can I just move to Italy and look for a job? No- not specifically. If E.U. resident, quasi-yes. If not E.U., you have to be "invited" with a job offer to be able to arrive in Italy with plans to work here (some come on a visitor visa, find work, and go back in anticipation of the invitation) PS- job market ain't so hot in Northeast Italy (FVG), what with manufacturing evaporating for China...
Here's a good one, for which I have not an idea... "I'm an American and I just want to retire and move to Italy..." What types of bureaucracy would one have to overcome to do so? Would finding a job in Italy sometime after that relocation be possible?
So- just a sampling of what I've had running around in my mind. Maybe I'm wrong on the above or misinformed- feel free to contradict/correct me. And maybe I just missed completely the bureaucracy thread. Or pipe in with your insights too.
Ciao-
Brian
I've noticed there's not really a thread discussing the most painful of all operations "in country"- bureaucracy. And I know even a thread of a thousand responses can't start to address the multitude of ever-changing laws/regulations/rules. But maybe, little by little, more generic operations can be addressed. For instance; want to procure a ricongiungimento famaliare visa (visa for family members not yet in-country)? Go to the local Questura, be prepared to wait in the throngs of "extracommunitari" (aliens- lots and lots of Albanians, Romanians, Africans, YOU, etc...), and you better either have a residency here or be employed here. Or the Querstura can't help at all (doubly so for U.S. military/U.S. government employees). Or- can I just move to Italy and look for a job? No- not specifically. If E.U. resident, quasi-yes. If not E.U., you have to be "invited" with a job offer to be able to arrive in Italy with plans to work here (some come on a visitor visa, find work, and go back in anticipation of the invitation) PS- job market ain't so hot in Northeast Italy (FVG), what with manufacturing evaporating for China...
Here's a good one, for which I have not an idea... "I'm an American and I just want to retire and move to Italy..." What types of bureaucracy would one have to overcome to do so? Would finding a job in Italy sometime after that relocation be possible?
So- just a sampling of what I've had running around in my mind. Maybe I'm wrong on the above or misinformed- feel free to contradict/correct me. And maybe I just missed completely the bureaucracy thread. Or pipe in with your insights too.
Ciao-
Brian