What are the steps needed to move to Italy or Spain or Greece??

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What are the steps needed to move to Italy or Spain or Greece??

Answer 1

It depends on where you're coming from. It's not so easy to move here if you're not an EU citizen. You can check visa requirements at the Italian Ministry website: http://www.esteri.it/visti/home_eng.asp. The type of visa you would need need depends on where you're from and whether you want to be working here. It's illegal to work here without the correct visa & permesso di soggiorno if you're not from the EU.

In general in Europe, and in particular here in Italy, you have to have a job lined up in order to get a work visa before you move here from the US, Canada, Australia, or other non-EU country. You can only stay for 90 days without some type of visa (work, student, ...). You cannot apply for the visa while you're here and you'll need the proper paperwork from the company. However, you could come over as a tourist for up to 90 days without a visa and look for work. Then you'd have to go back to the US or where ever and wait for the paperwork for a visa to be processed. There's also a visa available for a working vacation. If you're coming from the US, you'll also have to have skills that can't easily be duplicated here. That will mean a degree in a marketable field. There are lots of different kinds of permessos though - for work as a dependent of a company, self employment, seasonal work, or working vacation. http://www.esteri.it/visti/index_eng.asp

A good strating point for planning this type of move is to do some research on the expat websites for the countries you're interested in. These are sites for expats in Italy with general info on living and working here:

http://www.us-expatriate-handbook.com/

http://www.expatsinitaly.com/

http://www.expatsinitaly.com/before/gett...

http://www.insight-italy.com/artscsii.ht...

some Expat sites for Spain:

http://www.spainexpat.com/

http://britishexpats.com/forum/forumdisp...

http://www.thisisspain.info/

http://www.expatforum.com/expats/spain-e...

and Greece:

http://www.transitionsabroad.com/listing...

http://www.xpatathens.com/

http://www.expatfocus.com/expatriate-gre...

http://www.expat-blog.com/en/directory/w...

http://www.alloexpat.com/moving_to_greec...

Note that if you are from the US, and you retain your US citizenship, you'll have to file tax returns in both the US and Italy.

I moved to Italy with my job several years ago. While there's a lot of preparation to do, it's worth the effort.

Answer 2

Speak one of their languages or have an ancestor from one..Im Argentine for example and my grandparents are from Italy so if i want i can get the passport learn the language which isnt to distant from spanish and then potentially move their to make a living.