A common mistake with Italian citizenship applications.

By on June 27, 2023   /   Living in Italy, Other information, Traveling to Italy   /   Leave a comment
A common mistake with Italian citizenship applications.

A common mistake with Italian citizenship applications. First things first: start by requesting your Italian ancestor’s birth certificate How to Get Your Italian Ancestor’s Birth Certificate If you are interested in applying for Italian citizenship by descent, you will need to collect a number of documents from Italy, including your ancestor’s birth certificate. This is the most important document, as you cannot apply for citizenship without it. Therefore, the first document you need to request is your Italian-born ancestor’s birth

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What is bare ownership (nuda proprietà) and why can it be a good investment for a foreigner or an Italian living abroad?

By on June 21, 2023   /   Living in Italy, Other information, Uncategorized   /   Leave a comment
What is bare ownership (nuda proprietà) and why can it be a good investment for a foreigner or an Italian living abroad?

Bare ownership can be an interesting option for foreigners looking to invest in the Italian real estate market, as it represents an opportunity to acquire a property at a lower price than the purchase of full ownership. In fact, the sale price of a property with usufruct is considerably lower than that of full ownership precisely because the usufructuary has the right to continue living in the apartment until his/her death.

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Do US citizens need a visa to travel to Italy?

By on January 23, 2023   /   Living in Italy, Other information, Traveling to Italy   /   Leave a comment
Do US citizens need a visa to travel to Italy?

Do US citizens need a visa to travel to Italy? If you are a US citizen planning to travel to Italy, it’s important to know whether or not you’ll need a visa. According to the Italian government, U.S. citizens need a visa to travel to Italy for stays of more than 90 days. Anyone intending to stay in Italy for longer than 90 days must obtain a permit of stay (permesso di soggiorno). However, a visa is not required for US citizens

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What does a foreign document need to be used in Italy?

By on January 18, 2023   /   Living in Italy, Other information, Traveling to Italy   /   Leave a comment
What does a foreign document need to be used in Italy?

What does a foreign document need to be used in Italy? If you need to register your marriage, divorce, or child’s birth with your Italian Comune, or if you are applying for Italian citizenship and need ​an official transla​tion​ ​of your foreign documents​ in Italian, please send an email to info@vademecumitalia.com and we will send you a quote.  Let’s say that you got married in the US (or UK, or Australia, etc) and that you would like to register your

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How to register your second or third marriage in Italy

By on January 16, 2023   /   Living in Italy, Other information, Traveling to Italy   /   Leave a comment
How to register your second or third marriage in Italy

How to register your second or third marriage in Italy If you need to register your first, second or third marriage certificate, divorce, or children’s birth certificates with your Italian Comune, we can do it for you. You do not need to go through your local Italian consulate and this will save you months or even years compared to trying to get an appointment with your local consulate and having them send your request and papers to your local muncipality

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Limits to the use of cash in Italy in 2023

By on January 13, 2023   /   Living in Italy, Other information, Traveling to Italy   /   Leave a comment
Limits to the use of cash in Italy in 2023

Limits to the use of cash in Italy in 2023 ​In Italy, cash transactions are subject to various limits, which are intended to combat money laundering and tax evasion. As of January 1, 2023, thanks to the 2023 Budget Maneuver, the threshold for all payments in cash has been set at € 5,000 (five thousand euros). This means that it is possible to pay in cash sums up to € 4,999.99 and that beyond this threshold, if you pay in

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Do UK citizens need a visa to travel to Italy?

By on January 11, 2023   /   Living in Italy, Other information, Traveling to Italy   /   Leave a comment
Do UK citizens need a visa to travel to Italy?

Do UK citizens need a visa to travel to Italy? UK citizens do not need a visa to travel to Italy for stays of up to 90 days in any 180-day period for tourism or to attend business meetings. Visits to other countries which are part of the Schengen Area (Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Croatia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, and Switzerland) within

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Positivo negativo letter

By on July 28, 2021   /   Other information, Traveling to Italy, Uncategorized   /   Leave a comment
Positivo negativo letter

Positivo negativo letterYou are applying for Italian citizenship by descent (Jure Sanguinis) and so, after some research, you now know that one of the first things, if not the first one, you have to do is collect your Italian ancestor’s birth certificate. If you need assistance requesting this “positivo/negativo” letter from your ancestor’s Italian Comune, please send an email to citizenship@vademecumitalia.com and we will send you a quote for the assistance.  Now, when you receive the birth certificate from your

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Coronavirus in Italy: the Decree of April 1 extends the lockdown until April 13, 2020

By on April 4, 2020   /   Living in Italy, News, Other information   /   Leave a comment
Coronavirus in Italy: the Decree of April 1 extends the lockdown until April 13, 2020

Coronavirus in Italy: the Decree of April 1 extends the lockdown until April 13, 2020 Here you can dowload the latest version of the “autodichiarazione” President Conte has announced that he has signed the DPCM which extends until April 13, 2020 the measures taken so far to contain the epidemiological contagion from Covid-19 (lockdown). In details, art. 1 of the Decree (“Urgent measures to contain the contagion”), establishes that “1.The effectiveness of the provisions of the Decrees by the President

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Brexit: The End of an Era or the beginning of a new one?

By on January 30, 2020   /   Living in Italy, Other information, Traveling to Italy   /   Leave a comment
Brexit: The End of an Era or the beginning of a new one?

On January 31st at 11pm GMT, the UK will officially leave the European Union. The divorce is final (though alimony discussions are not!) and the only way to undo this historical decision would be to reapply for EU member status, which though at the moment seems highly unlikely (and likely to be met with a stream of continental expletives) could be a possible future scenario when Generation Xers and Milleniums,who grew up with a European identity, take over the country.

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