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Nov 30th 2025, 10:20 pm
Replies: 22
Views: 2,213
Posted By Lorna at Vicenza

Re: Renewing UK passport

Yes you do - and they send it back to you with the corner cut off.
Forum: Italy
Nov 12th 2025, 6:31 pm
Replies: 6
Views: 1,076
Posted By Lorna at Vicenza

Re: Translation fees

Have you got the name of the translator or the agency used? You could ask for a copy of the invoice. It would be interesting to see if there is an invoice or if the notaio just made up some figure to...
Forum: Italy
Oct 24th 2025, 6:33 pm
Replies: 14
Views: 1,573
Posted By Lorna at Vicenza

Re: B&Bs

Just what I was thinking. It's very easy to be a pain in the neck upstairs neighbour. A couple of very soggy towels or jeans hung out, dripping down below. House projects that suddenly require the...
Forum: Italy
Aug 10th 2025, 9:26 pm
Replies: 15
Views: 2,842
Posted By Lorna at Vicenza

Re: Approval of Scicily bridge

You can use Italian in the language section when people are asking how to say things or when something doesn't really have a translation. Your proverb was incorrect anyway. It isn't *tra il dire e...
Forum: Italy
Aug 3rd 2025, 4:58 pm
Replies: 6
Views: 2,513
Posted By Lorna at Vicenza

Re: Construction material places in Northern Italy Lago Maggiore area or Milan

Hi. You need to do a Google search for *materiale edilizia* plus name of nearest town and check out websites like this one. Beware that most people find that building materials are more expensive...
Forum: USA
Jun 22nd 2025, 8:00 pm
Replies: 20
Views: 17,785
Posted By Lorna at Vicenza

Re: Best way to renew a UK passport inside the USA?...

The passport website itself will tell you if your photo is good enough or not with a kind of traffic light gauge - red, yellow and green. My son is blond, stood against a pale background and the...
Forum: Italy
Jun 1st 2025, 6:50 pm
Replies: 24
Views: 3,336
Posted By Lorna at Vicenza

Re: Trouble with the Fisco

OMG! There are dozens of warnings.
https://www.agenziaentrate.gov.it/portale/focus-sul-phishing/segnalazioni-e-approfondimenti
Forum: Italy
Jun 1st 2025, 6:46 pm
Replies: 24
Views: 3,336
Posted By Lorna at Vicenza

Re: Trouble with the Fisco

This is a very recent warning about scams pretending to come from the Agenzia di Entrate - it talks about emails but I suppose there could be letters as well.
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Forum: Italy
May 29th 2025, 8:29 am
Replies: 8
Views: 2,039
Posted By Lorna at Vicenza

Forum: Italy
May 27th 2025, 6:26 pm
Replies: 8
Views: 2,039
Posted By Lorna at Vicenza

Re: NEW SCAM ALERT FROM INPS

Jesus! Never heard of Strava --- but now I do.
Forum: Italy
May 27th 2025, 6:25 pm
Replies: 8
Views: 2,039
Posted By Lorna at Vicenza

Re: NEW SCAM ALERT FROM INPS

Yes, Italy has already had the round of fake emails from banks, the Post Office and courier companies. INPS is like the DWP so some poor old sod is going to really believe it and worry about their...
Forum: Italy
May 27th 2025, 7:15 am
Replies: 8
Views: 2,039
Posted By Lorna at Vicenza

NEW SCAM ALERT FROM INPS

Hi guys,
the lawyers where I work all received an email from INPS saying that scammers are now using their name to try and steal your data. I can only imagine how many poor sods might fall for this,...
Forum: Italy
May 19th 2025, 4:57 pm
Replies: 1,513
Views: 305,710
Posted By Lorna at Vicenza

Re: TALK THE TALK. ITALIAN LANGUAGE QUESTIONS.

Don't we just say ---- she acts all innocent, (but we know that she's really up to something).
Forum: Italy
May 16th 2025, 7:28 pm
Replies: 16
Views: 3,017
Posted By Lorna at Vicenza

Re: How to be an idiot

:rofl: I'd love to see how well your squid grows.
Forum: Italy
Mar 9th 2025, 9:53 pm
Replies: 1,457
Views: 302,970
Posted By Lorna at Vicenza

Re: The Comfort Zone. Favourite food, drinks, where to buy, and recipes.

It says from Thursday on the website ....... it's also showing proper bacon this time - both smoked and unsmoked back bacon. I hope my Lidl has some.
Forum: Italy
Feb 26th 2025, 12:55 am
Replies: 28
Views: 1,908
Posted By Lorna at Vicenza

Re: Trouble in Veneto obtaining free healthcare registration under the WA

I haven't forgotten about you girls, but things have been crazy at work and I've worked extra hours, plus Italian websites are mostly an effing nightmare. Most of them haven't been updated and even...
Forum: Italy
Feb 21st 2025, 6:01 pm
Forum: Italy
Feb 18th 2025, 9:58 pm
Replies: 19
Views: 3,679
Posted By Lorna at Vicenza

Re: Moving Household Goods from UK to Italy

Were you paying for it in installments? Otherwise that's just crazy. I've had washing machines and all sorts delivered to my house and nobody has even asked to see my ID card or proof of address.
Forum: Italy
Feb 18th 2025, 9:14 pm
Replies: 1,457
Views: 302,970
Posted By Lorna at Vicenza

Re: The Comfort Zone. Favourite food, drinks, where to buy, and recipes.

You'll never find it. When I needed buttermilk for Irish sodabread or whatever I was making - I think I mixed some Kefir with water - or did I mix Kefir with normal milk? I Googled "substitute for...
Forum: Italy
Feb 17th 2025, 10:14 pm
Replies: 28
Views: 1,908
Posted By Lorna at Vicenza

Re: Trouble in Veneto obtaining free healthcare registration under the WA

One last question for today. Was she ever registered for healthcare? Did she have a blue tessera sanitaria? If not - what did she do when she needed a Dr?
Forum: Italy
Feb 17th 2025, 9:44 pm
Forum: Italy
Feb 17th 2025, 9:36 pm
Replies: 28
Views: 1,908
Posted By Lorna at Vicenza

Re: Trouble in Veneto obtaining free healthcare registration under the WA

Not sure I've ever see one. Could either of you send me a scan of it in private message?
Forum: Italy
Feb 17th 2025, 9:01 pm
Replies: 28
Views: 1,908
Posted By Lorna at Vicenza

Re: Trouble in Veneto obtaining free healthcare registration under the WA

Let's keep our messages to this one thread so I don't have to keep hopping backwards and forwards, easier for everyone. If necessary - when I've got all the bits of paper and legislation sorted out,...
Forum: Italy
Feb 17th 2025, 8:45 pm
Replies: 28
Views: 1,908
Posted By Lorna at Vicenza

Re: Trouble in Veneto obtaining free healthcare registration under the WA

That tax stamp is what the italians call a marca da bollo - a sticky stamp they stick on all official bits of paper --- now mostly used in virtual form-
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