Seldomseenkid

Thank you philat98 and so as a law abiding Italian home owner if I had wished to stay for more than ninety days and registered for residency I could only have continued to use my car for sixty days without breaking the law. As I had and have no intention of permanently living in Italy, although I love the place deeply, residency would not have provided a solution as I would have been in a position of having to constantly change my car registration. So perhaps some of the more sanctimonious posters on this thread may wish to consider that things are not as simple as they seem.

heritagestanley

And this is nothing to do with Brexit: the restriction applies equally to Italian nationals and nationals of other EU states. I think, though I could be mistaken, that it was in fact brought in mainly to stop wealthy Italians from avoiding the bollo on their expensive cars by having foreign plates

Geordieborn

I think I’ve missed something here as I’m not too sure why the discussion is so heated? Also not too sure why there is all the talk of people hiding under the radar? Let’s face it, nothing is really very clear regards living in Italy and Brexit is just another fly in the ointment. Modi has said, get ER and you okay to go, you would however have a problem (cost) if you are wanting to drive around in a none Italian registered car – hire ? The only other problem I see is being out of the country (Italy) for more than 6 months and if ER elapses (can’t be renewed ), so you need to ensure this does not happen? Alternative(s), you sell up and leave Italy. Personally I’m seriously considering renting there (as we sold just prior to Brexit), even on a x4 year contract and abiding by the above ER rules.

philat98

The ER excludes most UK pensioners by the vague income requirement. If you have a good income there is no problem getting an Elective Residence Visa apart from the time it takes to process the application.

37100

In my first draft, I wrote 'small island' (Bill Byson).

Geordieborn

Income or house of a certain value earned...