What are the starting requirements for living in Milan Italy?

Question

I am interested in the possibility of moving to Milan..I live in Tennessee and I have no idea of where to begin..If anyone has any links or websites that provide the answers please let me know. I would love to also hear personal experiences..Thank you in advance.

p.s (I am not a student) I am just looking for a lifestyle change for me and my daughter who is 13 yrs. old.

Answer 1

For requirements needed in order to live in Italy:

http://www.esteri.it/eng/5_32_183.asp

http://www.esteri.it/visti/index_eng.asp

http://www.esteri.it/visti/home_eng.asp

(Italian Ministry for Foreign Affairs official website)

and also here

http://www.myitaliancitizenship.com/inde...

Answer 2

You would need to find a job that could not be filled by any European Union citizen, and then your employer would have to apply to the government to obtain a work permit on your behalf.  They would have to prove that no European Union citizen could perform the work you would be doing.  Obviously, you'll have to be extremely highly-qualified and specialized to meet the visa criteria.  If you're a neurosurgeon or astrophysicist you've got a good chance of getting the work permit.  If you're planning on teaching English, working in a shop, waitressing or working as tour guide there is ZERO chance that you will get a work visa.  ZERO.  When your employer gets approval for you to work for them, you have to go to an office to do the paperwork for your visa and then return a few weeks later to pick up the document.

If you don't get a work visa, you could move to Italy and look for illegal work.  You would receive no health care and your employer could fire you at any time.  If you are sexually assaulted or robbed, going to the police can be dangerous because they will ask to see your visa before they help you (I know because this happened to me... luckily I had papers), and you may end up being deported.  

If you do get a job, you'll need an apartment.  Rental agencies charge a non-refundable "finder's fee" equal to two months' rent, and they need a refundable damage deposit equivalent to one month's rent.  Sometimes you can rent directly from the apartment owner, but those types of rentals are usually not advertised and you find them through word of mouth... difficult when you first arrive somewhere and don't have contacts.

Once you get an apartment you need to apply for a residence permit.  You go to the office for your neighbourhood and fill out a form.  Then, the police come to your house to make sure you really live there.  Once they have confirmed your address you will be eligible for health care (assuming you also have that legal work visa).  To get the health care you have to take your confirmed residence document to the local health office and register on their books.  

There will not be English instruction in the public schools, so you will either have to send your daughter to a private school or let her struggle through a school system that won't provide much support for her developing Italian.  The International School of Milan offers the IB curriculum in English.  Senior high tuition is just over EUR 10,000 per year.  That is roughly equivalent to an English teacher's salary.  Your daughter wouldn't be able to attend public school if you were living there illegally, but if you had legal work papers you could send her to any high schol in the city.  Italian high schools are usually divided by future career, and students can choose whether they want to go to an Arts, Business, Technical, Language or Trade school.  Obviously, all instruction at a public school would be in Italian.

Answer 3

have much much money

cost of life in milan is very high

Answer 4

Well, learn italian #1. There are language schools here to help you and are very cheap....Im american and attended one for 10 euro (and it was 3 months 2 nights a week) You will need permission to stay. This will be at a local police station and you need to fill out lots of papers. Regardless you can stay for 3 months, after that if you do not apply for permant citizenship you can be deported. You will need a work visa, and a license, or you can take the bus. I dont know very much about how hard it is to get citizenship because my mother was born here and i had an italian boyfriend to help me so it wasnt too difficult, but I hear its hard to get citizenship. Maybe in the 3 legal months you are here you will meet a nice italian man and marry him.  That takes care of all your citizenship probs but still, italian men are much different than americans. If you do jump through all the hoopes and are able to start a life here, you will find it refreshing but very differnt from america. Everythings closed from 11-3 daily and sundays everythings closed. Its a hard but rewarding life and people love to party. The televison isnt great, but the climate and geography is fantasic. The laid back atmosphere is nice and its refreshing to leave the rat race of america to experience the qualtiy of life here. I reccomend getting a roundtrip ticket for a month or two and try to make it, see if you love it, make some connections. If it doesnt work out, you have a ticket back home anyway.