I'm a us citizen planning to be in italy for a yr, will I be allowed in by Customs with a One Way ticket?

Question

What will they require from me?

Answer 1

Short answer, for a stay that long you would need a visa and a roundtrip ticket.  Generally, long term round trip tickets are open ended; that is the exact return date is not fixed.  

ITALY - *Passport required.  Visa not required for tourist or business stays up to 90 days.  (**90-day period begins when entering Schengen countries).  Within eight days upon arrival, visitors are required to register with local police and obtain a permit to stay, regardless of length of visit.  Proof of sufficient financial support may be required.  For stays longer than 90 days, employment, or study, a visa is required and must be obtained in advance.  For additional information, consult the Embassy of Italy, 1601 Fuller St., NW, Washington, DC 20009 (202/328-5500) or nearest Consulate General: CA (310/820-0622 or 415/931-4924), FL (305/374-6322), TX (713/850-7520/1), IL (312/467-1550/1), MA (617/542-0483/4), MI (313/963-8560), NY (212/737-9100), PA (215/592-7329) or TX (713/850-7520).  Internet: www.italyemb.org

Answer 2

Make sure to have enough money with you, or say you are having money wired to you.

Do not say you are planning on getting a job while there, they will deport you.

Answer 3

You can't legally just "stay" in Italy.  I believe the maximum amount of time you can stay without a work/student visa is three months.  It's POSSIBLE that if you leave the country every three months and re-enter through a country like Germany or France, they will re-stamp your passport.  You'd have to check with the Italian embassy in the USA about that one.  It's not a big deal if you're there illegally... UNTIL you need the assitance of the police, fire department, medical services or the US consulate (or you want to find work).  In my two years I had to call the police about a broken burglar alarm that went off at 3.00 am every morning below my apartment, and I also had to call an ambulance when a girl in the hostel I was staying in got very sick.  Both times they demanded to see my visa (in my case, a permesso di soggiorno), passport and residence papers (showing I had a registered addresss), and they recorded all the information in their logs.  Plus, believe me, I lived in Italy for almost two years.  Nobody will give you a job without the working papers- they have enough legal English-speakers from the UK to fill all the available positions.

You're not going to have a problem getting into the country, but without the right papers there is zero chance of your finding work or receiving any support in an emergency situation.

Answer 4

Actually, when you pass the border control and customs, they're not looking at your tickets.

You'll potenitally have a problem with an airline during the check-in (although this is not certain) and almost for sure when leaving Italy to come back to the U.S., because you'll be in violation - you can stay without a visa for only 3 months.

Answer 5

Yeah, if you are going to be there legally...........they will need your passport and visa

Answer 6

Of course, why not? You're not immigrating, you can stay a year but after that get out, everything will be stamped in your passport and therefore they know when you arrived.