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Christmas in Italy!!

By David on December 22, 2019 / Living in Italy, Tips / Leave a comment

Christmas in Italy!! Italy may be a small country but it’s big on traditions. Although the country has only been united since 1861 and customs vary from North to South, two common threads tie the traditions together throughout the country: family and the Catholic church. (0ver 70% of Italians declare themselves Catholic, while there is a growing Orthodox community of 1.7 million and ca.700,000 Protestants.) Christmas is the biggest family holiday of the year. Italians even have a saying that

Italian citizenship IS application: appointment at the Italian Consulate

By David on June 2, 2019 / Living in Italy, Other information, Tips / 9 Comments

You have an Italian ancestor who was born in Italy, maybe more than a hundred years ago, and emigrated to your country of residence (USA, UK, Brazil etc.). So, you wonder if you can apply for Italian citizenship in light of your Italian bloodline and what the benefits would be. After some research online you discover that you actually are entitled to apply for Italian citizenship via Iure Sanguinis (by descent) because, thanks to your Italian ancestor, you are eligible

EU elections are coming up: Don’t forget to vote!

By David on May 13, 2019 / Living in Italy, News, Other information / Leave a comment

EU elections are coming up very soon! They will be held in the United Kingdom on May 23rd. If you’re a citizen of an EU country (other than the UK, Ireland, Malta and Cyprus) resident in the UK, you can either vote in the UK or in your home country. EU nationals who are residents in the UK may vote for the EU parliamentarian elections there but must have registered to vote by May 7th. You can find more information

Buona Pasqua!

By David on April 20, 2019 / Living in Italy, Magazine, News / Leave a comment

Brexit update: April 12, 2019

By David on April 15, 2019 / Living in Italy, News, Traveling to Italy / Leave a comment

Brexit update: April 12, 2019 In late-night deliberations on April 11th, the 27 EU members agreed to grant an extension to Brexit until October 31st. The decision was made in order to give the British Parliament a little more time to sort out the Brexit mess and to avoid the UK leaving the Union with no deal at all. Unfortunately, Westminster is still deadlocked over how to go about accomplishing Brexit. Although PMs have voted not to exit the EU

Brexit update: March 31, 2019

By David on April 1, 2019 / Living in Italy, News, Traveling to Italy / Leave a comment

Brexit update We at Vademecum Italia have been waiting to write something significant about Brexit for some time now. But as there has been no ‘meaningful ‘ vote yet (meaning PM May gets Westminster to approve the deal she negotiated with the EU), it is difficult to report anything of significance. However, one thing full of meaning has happened: the March 29th Brexit date has come and gone and UK lawmakers still have not been able to reach a consensus

Are you sure your marriage has actually been transcribed?

By David on January 31, 2019 / Living in Italy, Tips / Leave a comment

Are you sure your marriage has actually been regsitered in the registers of your Italian municipality? Option 1: you are an Italian citizen that has married a foreign wife/husband and you would like her/him to become an Italian citizen. Option 2: you are the foreign wife/husband that has married an Italian citizen and would like to apply for Italian citizenship. So, in both cases, you start your research online and you discover that it is possible according to the Italian Law

Brexit update: ‘Much Ado About Nothing’

By David on January 20, 2019 / Living in Italy, News, Traveling to Italy / Leave a comment

Brexit update: ‘Much Ado About Nothing ‘ Two important rounds of voting in the British Parliament this past week turned the old adage ‘No news is good news’ on its head: in fact, there was a lot of news which brought about nothing new and whether bad or good depended on which side of the fence Brits were sitting on. But, first things first. Late on Wednesday, Parliament rejected the deal PM Theresa May had negotiated by an overwhelming majority

Short-term home rentals: the tenant’s personal information must be sent to the police authorities

By David on December 16, 2018 / Living in Italy, Tips / 2 Comments

Short-term home rentals: the tenant’s personal information must be sent to the police authorities within 24 hours Decree-law October 4, 2018, no. 113 (published in the Gazzetta Ufficiale no. 231 on October 4, 2018, a.k.a. ‘Decreto Sicurezza’, converted into law on December 1, 2018, no. 132 ( published in the Gazzetta Ufficiale no. 281 on December 3, 2018,) established, under article 19bis n1, that landlords or sub-lessors of homes or parts thereof, even when the rental period is less than 30

Our email info@vademecumitalia.com is working again!

By David on July 26, 2018 / Living in Italy, News, Other information, Traveling to Italy / 1 Comment

Our email info@vademecumitalia.com is working again! If you have not been able to contact us, or if we did not answer your email, we kindly ask you to forward us your email and we will get back to you as soon as possible. Our email addresses are: info@vademecumitalia.com and assistance@vademecumitalia.com We apologize for the inconvenience. Thank you, David.

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