Move to Italy
Feb 11th 2021, 5:30 pm
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Move to Italy
Just wanted to ask if it’s far more difficult to move to Italy post Brexit heard a few people say that it’s much harder now.
Feb 12th 2021, 12:54 pm
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Re: Move to Italy
I think he was being sarcastic ;-) Either on the basis of 'If you ask a stupid question etc...' Or maybe a joke about being illegal immigrants?
Anyway he forgot to mention the free wine, well I say 'free' it's more sort of obligatory - the Italians just keep forcing it on you no matter how much you refuse. And of course we're in the Southern part of the EU, so the place is just awash with money that Northern European countries have sent here, you can hardly move without falling over it (especially having drunk so much wine).
Serious answer to the original question? It's different. Think about it, how many individuals can say they have actually moved before Brexit AND after Brexit? I'm guessing zero, so we can't really compare the two experiences. The crucial point is that you no longer have a legal right to move within the EU (which you did have pre-Brexit), but you can apply to move to the EU using the visa/residency application system. People from other countries (American/Australians/Russians etc) have been doing that for years. Obviously the rules that apply are different depending on where you come and which EU country you want to got to, and your individual circumstances. There's a lot of uncertainty for Brits at the moment due to Brexit (and Covid), so yes in that sense it's much harder, because it's harder to understand what rules apply. But it was never easy to move to another country, which is why there are forums like this with people discussing how best to do it
Anyway he forgot to mention the free wine, well I say 'free' it's more sort of obligatory - the Italians just keep forcing it on you no matter how much you refuse. And of course we're in the Southern part of the EU, so the place is just awash with money that Northern European countries have sent here, you can hardly move without falling over it (especially having drunk so much wine).
Serious answer to the original question? It's different. Think about it, how many individuals can say they have actually moved before Brexit AND after Brexit? I'm guessing zero, so we can't really compare the two experiences. The crucial point is that you no longer have a legal right to move within the EU (which you did have pre-Brexit), but you can apply to move to the EU using the visa/residency application system. People from other countries (American/Australians/Russians etc) have been doing that for years. Obviously the rules that apply are different depending on where you come and which EU country you want to got to, and your individual circumstances. There's a lot of uncertainty for Brits at the moment due to Brexit (and Covid), so yes in that sense it's much harder, because it's harder to understand what rules apply. But it was never easy to move to another country, which is why there are forums like this with people discussing how best to do it
Feb 12th 2021, 1:02 pm
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Re: Move to Italy
Yes its more difficult. How much more difficult depends on what method you choose to move here. If its elective residency, then if you have a house and a healthy bank balance its easy. If you want to come to look for a job, its much more difficult.
Feb 12th 2021, 2:10 pm
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Re: Move to Italy
I think he was being sarcastic ;-) Either on the basis of 'If you ask a stupid question etc...' Or maybe a joke about being illegal immigrants?
Anyway he forgot to mention the free wine, well I say 'free' it's more sort of obligatory - the Italians just keep forcing it on you no matter how much you refuse. And of course we're in the Southern part of the EU, so the place is just awash with money that Northern European countries have sent here, you can hardly move without falling over it (especially having drunk so much wine).
Serious answer to the original question? It's different. Think about it, how many individuals can say they have actually moved before Brexit AND after Brexit? I'm guessing zero, so we can't really compare the two experiences. The crucial point is that you no longer have a legal right to move within the EU (which you did have pre-Brexit), but you can apply to move to the EU using the visa/residency application system. People from other countries (American/Australians/Russians etc) have been doing that for years. Obviously the rules that apply are different depending on where you come and which EU country you want to got to, and your individual circumstances. There's a lot of uncertainty for Brits at the moment due to Brexit (and Covid), so yes in that sense it's much harder, because it's harder to understand what rules apply. But it was never easy to move to another country, which is why there are forums like this with people discussing how best to do it
Anyway he forgot to mention the free wine, well I say 'free' it's more sort of obligatory - the Italians just keep forcing it on you no matter how much you refuse. And of course we're in the Southern part of the EU, so the place is just awash with money that Northern European countries have sent here, you can hardly move without falling over it (especially having drunk so much wine).
Serious answer to the original question? It's different. Think about it, how many individuals can say they have actually moved before Brexit AND after Brexit? I'm guessing zero, so we can't really compare the two experiences. The crucial point is that you no longer have a legal right to move within the EU (which you did have pre-Brexit), but you can apply to move to the EU using the visa/residency application system. People from other countries (American/Australians/Russians etc) have been doing that for years. Obviously the rules that apply are different depending on where you come and which EU country you want to got to, and your individual circumstances. There's a lot of uncertainty for Brits at the moment due to Brexit (and Covid), so yes in that sense it's much harder, because it's harder to understand what rules apply. But it was never easy to move to another country, which is why there are forums like this with people discussing how best to do it
I have just a ‘little’ experience already living outside the uk, owned a property / lived in rural France about 15yrs ago and also lived in Ireland and have been living in Canada for nearly 10yrs now so you could say I served my expat apprenticeship lol
With living outside the UK / Europe for a number of years now I am not that up to speed with the whole Brexit News to be honest.
Feb 12th 2021, 2:12 pm
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Re: Move to Italy
lots of ‘advice’ from people who I have never lived outside the UK giving others guidance on living outside the UK lol......
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Feb 12th 2021, 2:13 pm
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thanks for your reply
Feb 12th 2021, 2:18 pm
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Feb 15th 2021, 2:23 pm
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Serious answer to the original question? It's different. Think about it, how many individuals can say they have actually moved before Brexit AND after Brexit? I'm guessing zero, so we can't really compare the two experiences. The crucial point is that you no longer have a legal right to move within the EU (which you did have pre-Brexit), but you can apply to move to the EU using the visa/residency application system. People from other countries (American/Australians/Russians etc) have been doing that for years. Obviously the rules that apply are different depending on where you come and which EU country you want to got to, and your individual circumstances. There's a lot of uncertainty for Brits at the moment due to Brexit (and Covid), so yes in that sense it's much harder, because it's harder to understand what rules apply. But it was never easy to move to another country, which is why there are forums like this with people discussing how best to do it
