I might move to italy for a year?

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conley39

Italy is a great place to live, I moved here for a six month assignment - that was about nine years ago now and I'm still here. The people are great, there's lots to see and do, and it's very easy to get around using the train system. I'm living in the north of Italy between Bologna and Verona.

If you're interested in art & architecture, it would be hard to beat Italy...and then there's the food, history, mountains & beaches, and thousands of local festivals. Italy is very family oriented - the various fairs, concerts, and other events always seem to have something for people of all ages.

If you're not from the EU, you do need a visa in order to stay more than 90 days. You may need a visa even for a short term stay depending on where you're from. There's visa information at this Italian Ministry site: www.esteri.it/visti/index_eng.asp. If you're not from the EU, you will not be able to work here legally without a visa that allows you to work.

Sykopup

It is one of the most beautiful places on Earth. If I had a choice of Italy or Hawaii, I would choose Italy.

Veraaaa ^.^

Wow! Italy is amazing! Sure, it depends on where you go, but very place in Italy has got its own atmosphere! If you are looking for a job you'd better go in the North, because working conditions are surely the best: big cities (Milan and Turin are the top), good wage, good chances to get better earning more and more! These area is a bit more focused on factories and work, anyway northern cities too are very attractive, from an artistic and historical point of view and you can also have a lot of fun! I think Milan is the best one, cause you can join work, culture and fun in one only city! It's really fantastic, people are very serious at work but they also know how to have fun: discos, inns, restaurants, parks..night life doesn't miss!!! If you want to visit the North you have go to cities like Genova,Verona, Venezia, Bologna, Turin and Milan! These are the most famous and the most beautiful!
If you thought about going living in the center of Italy you'd better go to cities like Firenze, Siena, Pisa, Roma. All of these cities are great both for work and fun! And they are the most artistically stunning cities in Italy! So they look very similar to the nothern cities, just like Milan! I love Rome, it's even better than Milan. It's absolutly the most incredible Italian city; there's really everything you want! And it costs a bit less than North.
Than there are the southern cities. The south of Italy is fantastic in summer, but it's incredibly poor. I mean, life's good, people are great, surely more outgoing than people in the rest of Italy..but works condintions are very very bad! To find a job is very hard, and even if yopu find it you earn very little money. Sure, life's not so expensive as in Milan or in Rome but it's not a good choice!! You have no working opportunities and everything is more difficult! But if you have to choose somewhere to spend your holidays just go there!!
I hope to have been helpful!
Bye...and have fun! ^-^

.Laura

About Italy or about the fact you want to move in here?

If is for a job....i would think a lot before that...as here the wages are very low...work conditions are quite hard and very difficolt to find a good job anyway...about the weather? it depends which part of Italy you are going to...anyway in winter is quite cold everywhere specially in the north part where is freezing and icy...the south is just a little warmer but still cold...the culture? In italy people are quite conformists and they very hardly accept bizzarre dress or bizzare behaviour....things that would not have been never noticed abroad here is noticed....For example if you like to get pissed is not very well accepted here...people would avoid you and judge you...whilst abroad is ordinary see that and no one give a glance

zafir

Do you have a EU passport? Without that you can only stay in Italy for 90 days.

Dannie87

i agree with tolinrome, i'm italian and here there isn't work.
for italian people it's difficult to find a job here, so they go out, to uk or somewhere else, for foreign people it's more difficult

eric

i can't tell u about but i want to move to italy buti have no money and everyday i want to go and it make me sad.i have big plans and italy can help me to achieve these i feel

tolinrome

Well, I have first hand personal experience in this. I moved to Italy from America not knowing a word of Italian (I married an Italian) and it was very difficult to find work - even if you speak fluent Italian - it's still difficult, even for Italians it's difficult! The economy in the south especially is among the worst. I lived in Rome for 5 years and even there it wasn't easy.

You can teach English though. I did that for a while and it seems that everyone from mother tongue English speaking countries does that at first. But you will only make about 4 or 5 euros an hour, better than nothing.

What I strongly suggest you do is try one of the international companies (most are in Rome) where they speak English - such as WFP and FAO or IFAD - they pay great wages and speak English and it would be comparable to working in an American environment. Ive worked for one of them for a few years and it was great, but it is difficult to get in since everyone wants to work there, so you have to persist.

Working for an Italian company would be less desirable since the pay is terrible (if they even decide to pay you) and they treat you as if they're doing you a favor just working for them for free.

I worked for an Italian company teaching English for about 4 euros an hour and after about 6 weeks they still didn't pay me (this is very typical in Italy) and they made every excuse in the book as to why. "They couldn't find the key to the drawer for the checks" - "Wait until tomorrow" etc... Finally after I threatened them they payed me. I'm not trying to scare you but just to inform you to be prepared for what you may be up against.

You also have to think of the legal requirements for working and staying there. Legally you are only allowed to stay for 90 days, unless of course you have an Italian passport or one form the EU. Even if you do find a decent job there, they will ask you for your work papers and you probably cant get those unless the company actually requests from the government that you work for them or you marry an Italian (someone from EU) - that a whole other subject though :)

You're best to go there with enough financial resources first so you don't have to depend on getting work right away.

I know cleaning jobs are also popular - cleaning peoples homes.

In North Italy it's easier to find work but still can be difficult.

Who knows, maybe it will work out for ya, it does for alot of people but be prepared to fight for it.

Hope it works out for ya!!!

- k3iZii -

it's really nice here in italy (especially here in treviso. lol)
but you see, it's really difficult to stay here if you don't know how to speak italian because most italians don't know english so you MUST study the italian language. =]

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