I recently purchased a home in Pescara and had my Italian citizenship recognized through a consulate in the US. As of November 1st, I will be living in Italy. It has been quite a journey to get to this point in my life but worth the effort.
I am moving to Italy for the same reasons you stated. Italy, stimulates all my senses. The art, architecture, history, churches, culture, etc is why I am moving to Italy. I now have dual citizenship. In bocca al lupo-good luck.❤️🇮🇹❤️
Me too. A realistic view of the process will be greatly appreciated by us all who are on the brink of moving abroad. Thank you for sharing your experience with us 🎉!!!
This afternoon the algorithm gods have served me lots of videos on Italy and it's definitely igniting a passion for another visit to this beautiful country! 😍
Benvenuto! Great video! I am in Sicily at the moment, but started this 2 month stay in Piemonte. I love every km of Italy. ❤🇮🇹 I heard while here that my Juris Sanguinis application was approved by the San Francisco Consulate after about 4 years. Very grateful to have options now for extended stays as I recently retired. Buona fortuna with your visa application! 🇮🇹🇺🇲
Ciao Ian I am so glad you are enjoying my beautiful country...I have was born in Naples and lived abroad for about 30 years, and finally moving back home....I cant wait believe me. All the best Ciao.
25 years ago I moved from Canada to Germany. I miss somethings, but have a great family found good friends and don‘t regret it. Enjoy and explore! I am looking forward to your videos.
My boyfriend and I are doing the recognition of our Italian citizenship in Italy as well. We arrived 1 month ago, and we're in love with the people, the food, the culture, and the coffee😂. Everything has been wonderful so far. Hope you both all the best!
Be sure if you obtain an ER Visa you follow the rules exactly! We thought we’d renewed ours on the 2nd year as we took it to our local courthouse in the small town where we bought a house. An official said she would do it. She got the stamp and ended up applying it to a City Courthouse form and then said I didn’t need to come back for 5 years. I knew that sounded wrong and later discovered she had no authority to renew my visa! I needed to go to a larger city (in my case Lecce) to get interviewed and fingerprinted among other things! So, in short, I missed my renewal date and lost the visa I’d spent a year applying for in the U. S. 😢I’d read ALL the fine print on the embassy site and thought because it said go to your local courthouse within 8 days of arrival in Italy, I knew what to do! I highly recommend an Italian attorney who speaks your language to take you through the steps. The embassy site was wrong! Your local town may be too small to complete this paperwork and pretend they can. Good luck!
@@Loumow1 I’m sorry to hear that. Yes I feel your pain with the ambiguity around the process. I am lucky to be at a school that is familiar with all of the requirements here but we also have someone here to help us with our other requirements. Good luck to you in the future!
I'm glad that I stumbled upon your video about moving to Italy. I will follow along and learn as much as I can from you about the process. You've already shared a lot of great info and I'm taking down notes. My siblings and I have been in the process of applying for dual citizenship, but the new law that went into affect has caused a snag that we now have to determine what route to take. I am 100% American-Italian with family still living living in Modena (Emilia-Romagna) and have visited many times. I am retiring from higher education in December and want to live my retired years on my own terms with a bit of adjustment for my non-Italian husband who does not share my zeal for living in Italy. He is 81 years old and said that he could see doing short stays of 2 months. Hey, that's better than nothing! Anyhow, I look forward to learning more from your experiences during this new phase of your life. Ciao, Roz
Thank you! It sounds like you have a great plan in motion for a very exciting time in your life! Who knows, maybe when you get there your husband won’t want to leave. Wishing you the best on your journey!
Yes !!!! Please do ! We are Canadians in their 60's who are planning to move to Italy next spring (or somewhere around there). It would make our lives sooooo much easier if we could stay longer than 90 days ! We could bring our pets with us once we found a long-term lease. And much more !!! Newly subscribed and will be looking forward to that video ! How is it we never heard about that visa ?!?!😮😮😮
That’s great! In the meantime check out Shea Jordan’s channel, she made a video called “How to get an Italian student visa” it’s actually a “National D Visa” but it’s to study the language and every consulate has different requirements so you’ll have to look into the specifics where your located. Hope that helps! Thanks for the sub!
@@francetrudelle- From what I've heard, they're no longer accepting beginning Italian students for that type of visa. So the best thing you to do is to keep working on your Italian to achieve as high a level as you can before applying.
@@alexesdohr6485 yes we could but it probably wont be ready in 3 months. That means we rent a place in Italy but still have to come back to Canada, wait 90 days, etc. Still, it's probably going to be our best bet though.
Well, welcome, and I hope you’ll have a great time, I’m planning on moving from Italy to another country, for experience, to see a bit of the world, and one day I’ll probably come here again. We’re given one life and an amazing world, I love people who come back to their ancestors’ roots, or just people who explore, who live, have an amazing time in your new home!
We retired in our 40s and got the ERV visa and have been living in Italy for 1.5 years. I’ve lived here before while in the military and fell in love with it. But, now we are contemplating moving back. Still unsure, but we have mixed feelings with living here. Lots of cons and pros…I guess it’s all subjective. The biggest hurdle we jumped was getting our Italian drivers permits. Best of luck! It seems like you’re a calm dude and can handle some of the frustrations of living here full-time. But you guys (like us) aren’t afraid of a challenge and hey…you got to try things and step out of your comfort zones. If you wait too long, you will regret not doing it sooner.
@@MatthewBrigham-1 We’ve definitely run into some cons 😅.. lots of pros too though so far. We agree about getting out of your comfort zone. The risks aren’t as bad as the regrets might be if we didn’t give it a shot. Thanks for sharing your experience.
Congratulations to you and your wife on your amazing adventure. My wife and I moved to Bra, Italy in 2012 so I could attend the Masters in Food Culture at UNISG. I got a 1 year student visa and she got a 2 year residency visa. We had the time of our lives
Just found your channel. Our family is moving to Italy on an ERV. We will arrive in just over 2 weeks! So exciting. Congrats on finding a Visa that works for you.
Welcome to Piemonte... i think that most families here have cousins in Argentina (me too). Alessandria has a strategic position. Near everything.. sea, mountains, lakes, big cities. Ciao.
@@artemisiavlartemisiavl5140 Ciao! Thank you, I really like the Piemonte region, its really beautiful, and alessandria is a great place to get around from!
So excited for you! We started our channel about a month ago, because we want to retire in Italy and thought we would document the whole process. We’re Americans in our mid-fifties, so we will be coming using the Elective Retirement Visa. Until then, we’ll just live vicariously through you! Good luck with everything!
Thank you very much for making this video. I wish you much success. I know what you’re going through as I did this myself although I got mine through descent because of my grandfather that I went to Italy to do it now I’m a full-blown citizen and very happy.
I am also pursuing my recognition via JS (jure sanguinis). I am not too far away in a small town close to (but not in) Milano. I'm alone but other than that I am doing the same. MANY people are pursuing this and great luck to all. My paperwork is in and just waiting for the Miami Italian Consulate to let my little town here know that no one in my line ever renunciated their Italian citizenship.
I was considering a move to Italy and learning the language but had no idea when/how to start. Definitely make a vid on the paperwork and getting ready for such a move!
Thanks for the info, and sharing your personal experiences. And the photography is absolutely brilliant. I juist happened to find your site--lucky find!
Wonderful! I love this video. My wife is from Panama and my parents are from Italy. We have been living in Catania for many years now. My recommendation is northern regions of Italy to live. More opportunities more European amenities. Please feel free to reach out! We would love to help! You two are always welcome in Sicily!
@@MichaelMLaurenti Grazie mille! I’m studying in Torino in the northwest right now and it’s a beautiful city. Can’t wait to explore the south though, thanks again!
My first visit to Italy was in 2018... and I went again in 2022.... and I love it. Is it the art and the artitecture, the location, the culture and the people? I don't know... but I know I love it. I wouldn't mind moving to Italy... but I have little Italian DNA... and I don't have a lot financially.
UA-cam recommended your video and so glad they did. We trace our roots to Alessandria, and I hope to get there in 2025. Sadly, I think the potential for citizenship is too far removed at this point, but maybe.
I lived in Alessandria for some years! It has a very strategic position: 1 hour to Torino, 1 to Milano, less than 1 hour to Genova. It is the home town of Umberto Eco (The name of the rose) and Borsalino!
Funny thing, just got recommended this video. My name is Julian Francis and my surname starts with C and I also would like to start traveling like you do. What a coincidence.
Yes!!! Very much interested in how to attain a longer stay instead of 90 days...I'm thinking about buying property in Italy but that 90-day stay doesn't really work for me..I would like to be able to stay longer...Please..do a video on this topic..Thank you
Hi Ian, great video, I'm planning this move myself and have Italian heritage so thanks for sharing your experience with visas, I hope to see more videos on this topic. I'm also curious to know how you have managed to be on a permanent holiday lol and sustain yourself financially?
@@Joe-y4p4n thanks! I’ll make a video on the financial side in the future. Long story short freelance photography, video-editing, remote language teaching, and temp/seasonal work.
My husband is seeking citizenship through his grandmother, here in CA . This has been ongoing for about a year and a half. We are hoping that within the next 6 months, the process will be over and we can move. It cannot come soon enough!
I left Italy in 1984 when I was 9 . We moved back in 1994 and then returned to the USA in 2000. I love Italy, but I have built a worldwide business in California. I’m now 49 years , and my 17 year old son is moving to Turin next year to play in Serie B for Juventus . All I can tell you is that home is where the heart is , for me at this moment California USA is my home , but would love to live in Italia in the future as I decide to pursue my professional cycling career 😄 Buona Fortuna .
Grazie, it’s good to hear that you’ve tried different places and found what’s best for you. Good luck to you and your son in the future, maybe I’ll see him play in a match one of these days!
Hi Ian. Enjoyed you video. Would love a follow up video explaining the details of this type of visa. My daughter is attempting to move to Italy and I’m wondering if you could quickly explain to me the concept of “independent study of language and culture” as you mentioned in the video. She is already fluent in Italian. Thanks in advance.
@@marthafinelli9089 thanks! I’m in an Italian language course of 20 hours per weeks to qualify for the “National Type D Visa” for independent language study. I believe it’s considered “independent” because it’s not through a university, but through a school that only teaches language.
I'd love a video about the long term study visa process, I'm trying to figure it out too. I am looking at year long language programs so I can reach fluency as quickly as possible.
I moved to Europe (Sweden) through marriage decades ago and it can be challenging in the beginning but it's a great place to live. Americans (and many others) can stay visa free for 90 days in a rolling 180 day period. No need for a Schengen visa.
Yes I agree, there are definitely challenges! But we believe it’ll be worth it as well. Yes that’s true about traveling visa free for 90/180 days for many nationalities.
We’ve just bought a house in Puglia and will be moving there in 3 years after it’s restored and I’m retired. Looking forward to following your journey and hearing more on this visa you’re trying to get. How expensive is it?
@@trschin thanks for following! You have to pay for your full time language course in advance, provide bank letters showing that you have enough to support yourself while you’re there, have your plane tickets payed for and an initial period of housing payed for. You need around $1000 per month on top of your housing expenses. Of course, this is all up to your local consulate, I would check their website for all of the financial requirements.
Hi, no entendí bien una cosa, sos argentino y te fuiste a vivir a USA de pequeño?. Si es así, saludos de una compatriota argentina y nueva suscriptora.
Sure! These are the mountains surrounding the village of Vernante near the French border. The town was once the home of Attilio Mussino, the most famous illustrator of Pinocchio. Many of the homes there have Pinocchio murals on them.
My partner and I are saving enough money and shifting careers to remote options to be able to move to Italy. I'm Italian, working towards getting my British citizenship and my partner already has UK and EU passports. The timeline is a year and a half, hopefully. 🎉
@@marthafinelli9089 I have a “National Type D Visa” Its the same form as the normal student visa but you need to meet a few additional requirements and there is a different processing fee when you hand in your application.
Hey YOutuber here, when you make a video and it blows up like this one- UA-cam is giving you "authority" in a topic, and you might want to run with that topic as there is enough interest but not enough recent content. And yes I'd love to know about the long term study visa.
Congratulations! Beautiful video & a great trek you're embarking on. I'd love to move to or retire to Italy: one set of my grandparents came from Italy, and I've visited twice and fell in love. However, as a queer person, I'm leery of the current ultra right wing Italian government and how I might be treated. Maybe I'll change my mind depending on who gets elected next month in the US.
As a politically left oriented, born and raised northern Italian I would describe the current government as center- right. Especially to an American. Our constitution is bullet proof, and our President is its Guardian. You would have nothing to worry about here.
It's funny, I am Italian, from Liguria and I left to never return. Who knows maybe one day my grandchildren might return.... My kids are all dual national and bilingual - I have become a British citizen and I do not regret it. I like my life in the UK
It’s great you found somewhere you feel at home. It’s also great that you’ve given your kids and grandkids the option to choose where they’d like to go in the future. Thanks for your comment!
Living in a country that is not yours, completely deprived of your roots, immersed in a different culture, in relationship with a language whose nuances you will never understand and far from your loved ones and friends of all life, is absolutely one of the most infinitely sad things a man can do. I pity those who make this unfortunate choice. And then, Alessandria!... A sadness that couldn't be sadder.
Perhaps comments like this is part of the reason they want to move? Americans are mentally ill from politics, it is quite sad. Absolutely obsessed and cannot think about anything else. Never seen anything like it anywhere else.
It's a lot of fun living here. You're literally never bored! The last 4 years in the States have been horrible, the highlight of my life was going to the local strip mall and shop!!! Not what I wanted to do the rest of my life.
I recently purchased a home in Pescara and had my Italian citizenship recognized through a consulate in the US. As of November 1st, I will be living in Italy. It has been quite a journey to get to this point in my life but worth the effort.
Good luck with everything and welcome!
I am moving to Italy for the same reasons you stated. Italy, stimulates all my senses. The art, architecture, history, churches, culture, etc is why I am moving to Italy. I now have dual citizenship. In bocca al lupo-good luck.❤️🇮🇹❤️
Yes, make a video on the long term visa and how you prepared financially, etc. Thanks.
I second this request!
Me too. A realistic view of the process will be greatly appreciated by us all who are on the brink of moving abroad. Thank you for sharing your experience with us 🎉!!!
Anche io per favore!! Grazie!
This afternoon the algorithm gods have served me lots of videos on Italy and it's definitely igniting a passion for another visit to this beautiful country! 😍
Welcome to Italy! 🇮🇹 ❤
Benvenuto! Great video!
I am in Sicily at the moment, but started this 2 month stay in Piemonte. I love every km of Italy. ❤🇮🇹
I heard while here that my Juris Sanguinis application was approved by the San Francisco Consulate after about 4 years. Very grateful to have options now for extended stays as I recently retired.
Buona fortuna with your visa application!
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Hello Mr Francis :) Welcome to Italy! I hope you will have a nice time in my country (burocracy and Italy's chronic disorganization aside).
Ciao Ian I am so glad you are enjoying my beautiful country...I have was born in Naples and lived abroad for about 30 years, and finally moving back home....I cant wait believe me. All the best Ciao.
25 years ago I moved from Canada to Germany. I miss somethings, but have a great family found good friends and don‘t regret it. Enjoy and explore! I am looking forward to your videos.
My boyfriend and I are doing the recognition of our Italian citizenship in Italy as well. We arrived 1 month ago, and we're in love with the people, the food, the culture, and the coffee😂. Everything has been wonderful so far. Hope you both all the best!
Thank you, it sounds like you’re having a great experience! Good luck with the process!
Be sure if you obtain an ER Visa you follow the rules exactly! We thought we’d renewed ours on the 2nd year as we took it to our local courthouse in the small town where we bought a house. An official said she would do it. She got the stamp and ended up applying it to a City Courthouse form and then said I didn’t need to come back for 5 years. I knew that sounded wrong and later discovered she had no authority to renew my visa! I needed to go to a larger city (in my case Lecce) to get interviewed and fingerprinted among other things! So, in short, I missed my renewal date and lost the visa I’d spent a year applying for in the U. S. 😢I’d read ALL the fine print on the embassy site and thought because it said go to your local courthouse within 8 days of arrival in Italy, I knew what to do! I highly recommend an Italian attorney who speaks your language to take you through the steps. The embassy site was wrong! Your local town may be too small to complete this paperwork and pretend they can. Good luck!
@@Loumow1 I’m sorry to hear that. Yes I feel your pain with the ambiguity around the process. I am lucky to be at a school that is familiar with all of the requirements here but we also have someone here to help us with our other requirements. Good luck to you in the future!
What's an ER Visa?
@@RRetreat elective residency visa ERV
I'm glad that I stumbled upon your video about moving to Italy. I will follow along and learn as much as I can from you about the process. You've already shared a lot of great info and I'm taking down notes. My siblings and I have been in the process of applying for dual citizenship, but the new law that went into affect has caused a snag that we now have to determine what route to take. I am 100% American-Italian with family still living living in Modena (Emilia-Romagna) and have visited many times. I am retiring from higher education in December and want to live my retired years on my own terms with a bit of adjustment for my non-Italian husband who does not share my zeal for living in Italy. He is 81 years old and said that he could see doing short stays of 2 months. Hey, that's better than nothing! Anyhow, I look forward to learning more from your experiences during this new phase of your life. Ciao, Roz
Thank you! It sounds like you have a great plan in motion for a very exciting time in your life! Who knows, maybe when you get there your husband won’t want to leave. Wishing you the best on your journey!
Yes !!!! Please do !
We are Canadians in their 60's who are planning to move to Italy next spring (or somewhere around there). It would make our lives sooooo much easier if we could stay longer than 90 days ! We could bring our pets with us once we found a long-term lease. And much more !!! Newly subscribed and will be looking forward to that video ! How is it we never heard about that visa ?!?!😮😮😮
That’s great! In the meantime check out Shea Jordan’s channel, she made a video called “How to get an Italian student visa” it’s actually a “National D Visa” but it’s to study the language and every consulate has different requirements so you’ll have to look into the specifics where your located. Hope that helps! Thanks for the sub!
@@iancfrancis will do !! Thanks !!
You can’t get the elective retirement visa ?
@@francetrudelle- From what I've heard, they're no longer accepting beginning Italian students for that type of visa. So the best thing you to do is to keep working on your Italian to achieve as high a level as you can before applying.
@@alexesdohr6485 yes we could but it probably wont be ready in 3 months. That means we rent a place in Italy but still have to come back to Canada, wait 90 days, etc. Still, it's probably going to be our best bet though.
Well, welcome, and I hope you’ll have a great time, I’m planning on moving from Italy to another country, for experience, to see a bit of the world, and one day I’ll probably come here again. We’re given one life and an amazing world, I love people who come back to their ancestors’ roots, or just people who explore, who live, have an amazing time in your new home!
Thank you, I agree, life is for living! Good luck to you, were ever you decide to go.
@@iancfrancis Thank you!
We retired in our 40s and got the ERV visa and have been living in Italy for 1.5 years. I’ve lived here before while in the military and fell in love with it. But, now we are contemplating moving back. Still unsure, but we have mixed feelings with living here. Lots of cons and pros…I guess it’s all subjective. The biggest hurdle we jumped was getting our Italian drivers permits. Best of luck! It seems like you’re a calm dude and can handle some of the frustrations of living here full-time.
But you guys (like us) aren’t afraid of a challenge and hey…you got to try things and step out of your comfort zones. If you wait too long, you will regret not doing it sooner.
@@MatthewBrigham-1 We’ve definitely run into some cons 😅.. lots of pros too though so far. We agree about getting out of your comfort zone. The risks aren’t as bad as the regrets might be if we didn’t give it a shot. Thanks for sharing your experience.
We totally agree, it looks beautiful there, makes us miss Italy, although now we’re on your side of the world 😊 Great video!
@@maliniangelica1 Thank you! Yeah we swapped continents 😂, I hope you’re having a great time over there!
That intro was so original! I’m blown away.
@@jimbanville Thank you!!
Please continue to make content like this -- it's extremely well-shot -well done!
@@saradastrickman6406 thank you, I appreciate it! More videos are in the works!
I'm using my decent as well. Paperwork is almost done after 3 years. Once I go, I'm gone for good!
Yes❤❤❤ interested! Please make a video about what you’re doing and the region! Thanks
Congratulations to you and your wife on your amazing adventure. My wife and I moved to Bra, Italy in 2012 so I could attend the Masters in Food Culture at UNISG. I got a 1 year student visa and she got a 2 year residency visa. We had the time of our lives
Complimenti Ian! Mi e piaciuto tantissimo! 😊
@@daianagomez2414 Grazie mille!
Lovely video! Thanks for sharing!
Cheers from Brazil!
Grazie, and Cheers from Italy!
Just found your channel. Our family is moving to Italy on an ERV. We will arrive in just over 2 weeks! So exciting. Congrats on finding a Visa that works for you.
@@cherin6703 Safe travels!
amazing ❤
Thanks! 🙏
Like your philosophy. It’s what we all want-a life well-lived. Really liked your language videos…great job!
@@Kar7143jiAn thank you!
Benvenuto!
@@riccardocostantini6560 Grazie!
Benvenuto in Italia! 🇮🇹 ❤
@@jonathanferrante7980 Grazie mille!!
Welcome to Piemonte... i think that most families here have cousins in Argentina (me too). Alessandria has a strategic position. Near everything.. sea, mountains, lakes, big cities. Ciao.
@@artemisiavlartemisiavl5140 Ciao! Thank you, I really like the Piemonte region, its really beautiful, and alessandria is a great place to get around from!
@@iancfrancis i know..i live in provincia Alessandria too. 😊
We considered Piemonte, but had concerns about the poor air quality. It’s a shame because it’s a beautiful region.
@@MatthewBrigham-1 bad air quality in Torino, not in the whole region.
Bravo fratello!!! Keep these videos going... Jeep living a life well lived.
Keep living a life well lived!!
@@slavensimunovic319 grazie mille 🙏 jeep on jeepin on 😆
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Welcome! 🍾
So excited for you! We started our channel about a month ago, because we want to retire in Italy and thought we would document the whole process. We’re Americans in our mid-fifties, so we will be coming using the Elective Retirement Visa. Until then, we’ll just live vicariously through you! Good luck with everything!
@@WeAreItalyBound Thanks for following along! I’m excited for you as well, good luck with the move!
Thank you very much for making this video. I wish you much success. I know what you’re going through as I did this myself although I got mine through descent because of my grandfather that I went to Italy to do it now I’m a full-blown citizen and very happy.
@@Brancato8 Thanks, and congrats on completing the process, it’s easier said than done!
I am also pursuing my recognition via JS (jure sanguinis). I am not too far away in a small town close to (but not in) Milano. I'm alone but other than that I am doing the same. MANY people are pursuing this and great luck to all. My paperwork is in and just waiting for the Miami Italian Consulate to let my little town here know that no one in my line ever renunciated their Italian citizenship.
I was considering a move to Italy and learning the language but had no idea when/how to start. Definitely make a vid on the paperwork and getting ready for such a move!
Awesome and good luck! We are planning to move to Italy next year - everything you’ve said rings true with me and Italian culture.
Yes please, more videos on staying in Italy
Thanks for the info, and sharing your personal experiences. And the photography is absolutely brilliant. I juist happened to find your site--lucky find!
Impressed by all the organic B Roll you're able to shoot!
Wonderful! I love this video. My wife is from Panama and my parents are from Italy. We have been living in Catania for many years now. My recommendation is northern regions of Italy to live. More opportunities more European amenities. Please feel free to reach out! We would love to help! You two are always welcome in Sicily!
@@MichaelMLaurenti Grazie mille! I’m studying in Torino in the northwest right now and it’s a beautiful city. Can’t wait to explore the south though, thanks again!
Hi Ian, I enjoyed your video and looking forward to following your journey. 😊 Blessings, ~ Carol Amato
My first visit to Italy was in 2018... and I went again in 2022.... and I love it.
Is it the art and the artitecture, the location, the culture and the people? I don't know... but I know I love it.
I wouldn't mind moving to Italy... but I have little Italian DNA... and I don't have a lot financially.
Bentornato e complimenti per il video
UA-cam recommended your video and so glad they did. We trace our roots to Alessandria, and I hope to get there in 2025. Sadly, I think the potential for citizenship is too far removed at this point, but maybe.
Congratulations 🎉 🍾
Yes, video on culture and language visa. Please. Also nice video. Real.
Yes please do make a video of this special visa that you’re getting or already have.
I lived in Alessandria for some years! It has a very strategic position: 1 hour to Torino, 1 to Milano, less than 1 hour to Genova. It is the home town of Umberto Eco (The name of the rose) and Borsalino!
Yes 👍 please make a video on long term visa.
Los esperamos por Barcelonaaaa 🥰🥰♥️♥️
No podemos esperar para visitarlos, somos prácticamente vecinos!!
Magic🎉
@@drnicolebeaumont7884 Thank you! 🙏
Funny thing, just got recommended this video. My name is Julian Francis and my surname starts with C and I also would like to start traveling like you do. What a coincidence.
@@mrhellobunny Made you do a double take huh 😆 Awesome! Safe travels!
Yo! Welcome to Piemonte brother :)
I would love to see a video about the cultural study visa. I am learning Italian and we have a house in Abruzzo
Yes!!! Very much interested in how to attain a longer stay instead of 90 days...I'm thinking about buying property in Italy but that 90-day stay doesn't really work for me..I would like to be able to stay longer...Please..do a video on this topic..Thank you
well I got confused when I saw less than 1k followers. subscribed 🙏 cheers
thank you!!
I just went to the Italian Embassy in Sydney Australia. They recognised my citizenship automatically. I think it was because my father was Italian.
Hi Ian, great video, I'm planning this move myself and have Italian heritage so thanks for sharing your experience with visas, I hope to see more videos on this topic. I'm also curious to know how you have managed to be on a permanent holiday lol and sustain yourself financially?
@@Joe-y4p4n thanks! I’ll make a video on the financial side in the future. Long story short freelance photography, video-editing, remote language teaching, and temp/seasonal work.
My husband is seeking citizenship through his grandmother, here in CA . This has been ongoing for about a year and a half. We are hoping that within the next 6 months, the process will be over and we can move. It cannot come soon enough!
Thanks for your comment! Great to hear your in the home stretch!
I left Italy in 1984 when I was 9 . We moved back in 1994 and then returned to the USA in 2000. I love Italy, but I have built a worldwide business in California. I’m now 49 years , and my 17 year old son is moving to Turin next year to play in Serie B for Juventus . All I can tell you is that home is where the heart is , for me at this moment California USA is my home , but would love to live in Italia in the future as I decide to pursue my professional cycling career 😄 Buona Fortuna .
Grazie, it’s good to hear that you’ve tried different places and found what’s best for you. Good luck to you and your son in the future, maybe I’ll see him play in a match one of these days!
In 1999 it took me only 2 months to get citizenship as my father was Italian way back when I was born.
Hi Ian. Enjoyed you video. Would love a follow up video explaining the details of this type of visa. My daughter is attempting to move to Italy and I’m wondering if you could quickly explain to me the concept of “independent study of language and culture” as you mentioned in the video. She is already fluent in Italian. Thanks in advance.
@@marthafinelli9089 thanks! I’m in an Italian language course of 20 hours per weeks to qualify for the “National Type D Visa” for independent language study. I believe it’s considered “independent” because it’s not through a university, but through a school that only teaches language.
Great! Thanks for your reply!
I’d love to find out more about the option you took to stay in Italy for a year please. 🇮🇹
I'd love a video about the long term study visa process, I'm trying to figure it out too. I am looking at year long language programs so I can reach fluency as quickly as possible.
I’m taking an 8 month “academic year”course and I really love it so far. I’m looking into making a video about long-term study visas soon.
I moved to Europe (Sweden) through marriage decades ago and it can be challenging in the beginning but it's a great place to live. Americans (and many others) can stay visa free for 90 days in a rolling 180 day period. No need for a Schengen visa.
Yes I agree, there are definitely challenges! But we believe it’ll be worth it as well. Yes that’s true about traveling visa free for 90/180 days for many nationalities.
We’ve just bought a house in Puglia and will be moving there in 3 years after it’s restored and I’m retired. Looking forward to following your journey and hearing more on this visa you’re trying to get. How expensive is it?
@@trschin thanks for following! You have to pay for your full time language course in advance, provide bank letters showing that you have enough to support yourself while you’re there, have your plane tickets payed for and an initial period of housing payed for. You need around $1000 per month on top of your housing expenses. Of course, this is all up to your local consulate, I would check their website for all of the financial requirements.
So beautiful!! Can’t wait to come visit!
@@DanaFrancis-l4j thanks! Can’t wait to be your tour guide 😆
Yes do a video on the long term stay visa. Very interested in that. Would language study qualify?
@@snoringdog1676 I got the visa to stay for 8 months to study language, but they required a course of at least 20hr per week.
@@iancfrancisthank you Ian! were there detailed requirements on where that instruction must take place?
Hi, no entendí bien una cosa, sos argentino y te fuiste a vivir a USA de pequeño?. Si es así, saludos de una compatriota argentina y nueva suscriptora.
@@Fabiana-pq9qw Mi esposa es de Argentina y fue a los Estados Unidos cuando era niña. Su abuela era de Italia. Soy de los Estados Unidos
Wonderful! Can you, please, tell me where in Italy 4;22 is?
Sure! These are the mountains surrounding the village of Vernante near the French border. The town was once the home of Attilio Mussino, the most famous illustrator of Pinocchio. Many of the homes there have Pinocchio murals on them.
My partner and I are saving enough money and shifting careers to remote options to be able to move to Italy. I'm Italian, working towards getting my British citizenship and my partner already has UK and EU passports. The timeline is a year and a half, hopefully. 🎉
good luck with your goals!
I've been trying to move to Europe but either my ancestors are too distant or the country has limited even closer.
Can you explain your “independent study of language and culture” as you mentioned in the video pls? You don’t have a student visa? Or do you? Thx.
@@marthafinelli9089 I have a “National Type D Visa” Its the same form as the normal student visa but you need to meet a few additional requirements and there is a different processing fee when you hand in your application.
Lucky you 😮😮😮 🎉 sun + dolce vita ❤️🎉🎉🎉
movin to italy to make things "move faster", erhmmm...you're quite optimistic there ;D
😂 yes.
VIVA ARGENTINA CARAJO
Hey YOutuber here, when you make a video and it blows up like this one- UA-cam is giving you "authority" in a topic, and you might want to run with that topic as there is enough interest but not enough recent content. And yes I'd love to know about the long term study visa.
You’re right, I will try to make more videos about moving to Italy, thanks!
Congratulations! Beautiful video & a great trek you're embarking on.
I'd love to move to or retire to Italy: one set of my grandparents came from Italy, and I've visited twice and fell in love. However, as a queer person, I'm leery of the current ultra right wing Italian government and how I might be treated. Maybe I'll change my mind depending on who gets elected next month in the US.
As a politically left oriented, born and raised northern Italian I would describe the current government as center- right. Especially to an American. Our constitution is bullet proof, and our President is its Guardian. You would have nothing to worry about here.
It's funny, I am Italian, from Liguria and I left to never return. Who knows maybe one day my grandchildren might return.... My kids are all dual national and bilingual - I have become a British citizen and I do not regret it. I like my life in the UK
It’s great you found somewhere you feel at home. It’s also great that you’ve given your kids and grandkids the option to choose where they’d like to go in the future. Thanks for your comment!
@@iancfrancis just to clarify, I haven't got grandchildren yet 🤣
I have 1 % italian blood does that count for italian citizenship 😅
Parla l'italiano o lo sta imparando lì?
@@chrisperez6881 Parlo un po'. Sto studiando qui in Italia. Sono al livello B1 a scuola in questo momento.
Why are you moving... unacceptable
Living in a country that is not yours, completely deprived of your roots, immersed in a different culture, in relationship with a language whose nuances you will never understand and far from your loved ones and friends of all life, is absolutely one of the most infinitely sad things a man can do. I pity those who make this unfortunate choice.
And then, Alessandria!... A sadness that couldn't be sadder.
I don't understand why so many Americans want to move to Italy! Isn't Grump gonna make America great again?
Perhaps comments like this is part of the reason they want to move? Americans are mentally ill from politics, it is quite sad. Absolutely obsessed and cannot think about anything else. Never seen anything like it anywhere else.
It's a lot of fun living here. You're literally never bored! The last 4 years in the States have been horrible, the highlight of my life was going to the local strip mall and shop!!! Not what I wanted to do the rest of my life.
😂😂😂😂😂
Bentornato bello mio
Benvenuto. Magari gli immigrati fossero tutti inglesi francesi tedeschi americani o giapponesi
che razzista ignorante
Benvenuto!
Grazie!