Hi, I wasn't sure what to title this! But I am a little confused.
It took 2 1/2 years but I finally got my Italian citizenship and passport.. Now i'm trying to ascertain what it is I'll have to do more or less in what order when I move there, which will be some time before the end of the year 2012.
I know I need to get a codice fiscale, establish residence, enroll in health insurance, get an identity card - only problem is, everywhere I go to try to figure out procedure for all these, I get what seems to be a lot of different ideas about how to do it and in what order.
I also get the feeling that it depends on where you're going to be. I'm going to Catania. Does anyone have an idea about the above in light of my going to Catania in particular? Or any idea in general?
Thanks! This is my first post in this forum and I appreciate any help at all!
Victoria
I'll take a piece of the answer: your codice fiscale. You can get one now, before you leave, via your local Italian consulate. Fill out this form and mail it in. There's no charge, except postage. Simple!
Assuming you aren't in Italy now.
1) Tell the consulate you're moving. At the very least you'll get a change of residence form. If you're shipping anything get them to handle customs for you. You'll need to give them an inventory
2) Once in Italy with a place to stay go to the commune with the change of residence form and your passport. Apply for residence
3) Once they give you residence ask for the form to enter the health system. You'll need to take this to the ASL.
4) At this point the agenzia entrate will mail you the health card.
What you do with the codice fiscale depends. If you get it before you'll still need to go to the agenzia entrate office and update the address. So you don't save much doing it from abroad.
To the above comments, I would add:
Once you get residence, go back to the commune and apply for your carta d'identita. You'll need a few photos (3 or 4, as I recall) and you pay a small fee.
Hello everyone and thanks for the help! I am still in the US - all of the above does give me an idea of the roadway, so to speak -
BBC, glad to see you here!
And to this I would add that the Italian passport photo specifications are NOT the same as those for a U.S. passport. Google will reveal the details. The procedure is not difficult, but it is wise to follow the instructions carefully and comply with the specifications.
So if you have ready access to a digital camera and half decent printer, make up at least a dozen Italian passport photographs before you depart. You will need them for various purposes. I like to gang-print them four to a page using high quality 4"x6" semi gloss photo paper and submit them uncut.
Bob
America seems like a dream to me now.
Well now I really have an idea! Thanks again everyone!
I don't understand that part. Could you elaborate, nck?
My point is that it certainly doesn't hurt to get a codice fiscale now. It'll be nice to have one if opening a bank account, for example. If it's necessary to tidy up some data associated with that number, OK, but if you haven't got a number at all then you might have to wait longer to perform certain tasks. A bit more parallelism is a good thing.
Now, if it were to cost much more than a postage stamp to get one, I'd probably wait. But it doesn't.
On edit: Perhaps I should have mentioned that this particular consular service is available to Italian citizens.
Once you register for the health system they'll mail the card out to the adress the codice fiscale lists. So the address needs to be your mailing address in Italy.
I'm not saying it hurts just saying you'll still need to go to the office for the address change.
The service is available also to non-citizens. I got my codice fiscale in Montreal before I ever moved to Italy or applied for citizenship. Sorry that I messed up the way this comment is posted and included too much material in the quote. Am having trouble navigating the new system of comments and replies.
Good to know, Mam -- thanks. I think the Tokyo embassy might be different, though, as another data point.
Makes sense, nck -- thanks also.
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