If I moved to Italy from the USA, would it be hard to create a life?

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fabulous13

wow some people were confused about your question huh... haha Okay I can help because i am a 21 year old girl from Massachusetts and ive lived in italy for almost a year now. Im gonna have to say it would be difficult to just move here, I visited first and met my boyfriend and then we kept in touch after i left and i visited there and he visited me multiple times for over a year before we decided to move in together there. So ok back to the point. I had to get permission to stay, which was easy (go to the police station) but thats only 3 months. Then you have to find a job, get a work permit, and after i think you can reapply to stay longer. The reason I dont know the last steps is because my mom was actually born here and came to america when she was a baby with her mom. So i dont actually have any relatives here anymore. But citizenship wasnt difficult for me, but i here its quite hard for the average incomer. Now if you get here and find a special lady and get married, you are atomatically a citizen...bonus! ha. As for finding an apt. I think that will be easy, my boyfriend rents apt (email me if your moving to the trento region) and i see many apts available all over. prolly 400euro a month give or take a lil, and more for bigger cities/tourist spots. The job sucks, i imagine you will have to learn italian, which is really hard, and until then you will have to do jobs that dont require talking...(cleaning and such). I or perhaps teaching english (which might not be hard). Ive yet to find a job, but I havent been actively looking. I have been here a year and am still learning italian. Language schools for immigrants are cheap here ( i went to an italian school in rovereto for 10 euro, twice a week). The houses are so nice here as well as the climate. Compared to the US, walking around here is so beautiful and the houses are so amazing and mostly old. (which i think is nice) The people are friendly, but the television sucks.
So if you want to do it, you should. Maybe college abroad might be an option for you too. I say live without regrets. Its worth it for me to live here because I feel like life is more about quality. In america i was always searching for quantity. But it still very hard (poeple work for most their lives to afford a nice house), expect it to be all uphill for the first 2 years. Its sometimes a difficult life, but its a fun one too!

lara

In Italy is very difficult to get a job.
If you have money you can create your on business is the only way. I left Italy because i couden't get a job and now i live happy in London.

no middle name

HI, I'm Italian. Well, first of all, what is really difficult is getting a permesso di soggiorno (permit of stay), because of the so called Bossi Fini law that is very strict. It's hard to move to Italy, especially if you don't already have a job in Italy. I know this would probably sound crazy but to get a permit of stay you need to find an italian employer who files for your visa while you are in the US. And since you come from Usa, a rich country, you have no right to work in Italy. Sad huh?
Second of all, it's not that hard to find a job in italy, especially if you don't have great expectations; what it's hard is to keep that job because the Biagi law we have is gross and very close to slavery!
Third of all, even if you do get a job, it's hard to pay the rent for a flat, unless you have great qualifications and get a good salary. But that usually comes with time. For instance, I have many friends who work 8 - 9 hours a day and get 1000,00 euros...a small flat costs at least 500,00 euros (and I'm only talking about the rent). I live in a small city, in cities like Rome, Milan rents are very expensive! That's why many 30-40 year old italians are still living with their parents.
Well, it's hard but not impossible. Good luck!

RITI

Italy is wonderful but it is chaotic and has had unemployment issues for years...due to the chaos caused by its politics! To move to Italy will require a visa, work permits etc. Contact the local Italian consulate or Italian Embassy in Washington DC for information....but if you go...well, all I can say is the beauty will amaze you...and the cost of living will shock you...

Roberto.Dreamer

Ciao,
I'm an Italian guy, from Turin, now I'm living in Paris, France, because Italian economical situation isn't so good in this period.
I don't know what kind of job you can do, but normally I know that the level of salary and purchase power in Italy is pretty lower!
Furthermore, if you aren't a EU citizen isn't so easy to get work permit, because of high leve of European unemployed citizen.
I guess the best solution for you is to find a work for an american company who is looking for somebody to move to italian company's offices.
In this case, Italy coudl be paradise for you: live in italy with US salary is the top :)
Good luck
Roberto

ballerme23@yahoo.com

that is a big change dont do it America is so much better, just vacation over there

watercolour_iris

You should definitely visit America a few times first! How easy it is to find a job depends on several factors: what type of job are you looking for? Do you have a degree? How much experience do you have in your field? Details like that will really affect things. Also, the quality of your English will probably be a huge factor in whether or not you can get hired in America. From your question it sounds like your English is great. :)

"Reasonable cost" for living also depends on multiple things: what do you consider "reasonable"? How many people are you supporting? Also, it depends on the city. New York is infamously expensive to live in. So are Los Angeles and San Francisco. Cities in Texas have some of the cheapest living costs in all the states.

You could probably use sites like google to do some research on the cities you're interested in. You can find out how expensive those cities are, and take a look at the unemployment rates in those places. You can even look at real estate online and get a feel for how expensive homes in America really are. Job websites like monster.com might help you in your job search. I've never used them myself, but I have a friend who had success with them. Best of luck to you!

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