May I ask those of you who are, have or will also be moving to Italy for work reasons what tips you would give someone about to move over there for 5 years as a civilian contractor in late Jan 2019? Its just me and myself, no one else.
Czarboom, thanks for this info. My reply to your tips as above as follows:
1. USAA would not insure me for my car/home as I do not qualify as a non active duty member or vet. My parents are not either so I cannot bank with them sadly. Keeping my current credit union as my bank. Insurance will be through Geico for car and Cinga for health.
2. I am going to likely keep ATT as I been with them for 10 years with great service. I am simply changing sim cards before getting there to keep using my cell overseas and my service as is. I also have 6 months of payments left on my current phone anyway before the terms end. The WhatsApp I here is a great tool as well.
3. My car is a small 4 door sedan with great gas milage and it's only 16 months old. Still paying it off as well so mine as well keep using it while paying it off. I get paid back for the shipping cost anyway so its use it or lose it. I get my NATO car stickers from the AF base and they help me get my Codise Ficiale as well within my first week as well as my AFI.
4. I will use AHRN and the housing office to help me find Community housing during my first 30 days yes. Good call on the specs and getting contract in writing.
5. I here patients are a must yes! I plan on this taking some time from what I'm told.
6. I have my appointment to go get my mission Visa 2 days before I depart to Italy so I'm set there. Been approved and have my papers to go in for that already. Just gotta hold put till my appointment date.
Ugo, thank you for this great list of information you provided. I should make clear I am not active duty military nor will I be on this move. I am a civilian contractor. I have 30 days paid time to live on base and find housing on my own in the community which I have set to do through AHRN website. I am also working with several facebook groups in Aviano to locate household goods I can procure and move into a home after my 30 days ends. I will not be bringing any of my own HHG with me from the states, not worth the cost of moving so little stuff. So yes, I will have a house or apartment in which I live in while spending my 5 years in Italy for this contract position. I am shipping 3 boxes of 25kg each through USPS with my basic essentials like clothes, coats, hats, shoes etc. All else comes with me and my 3 bags on the flight over from Chicago to JFK to London and then to Venice where I am picked up to get to Aviano. I am working to try and get orders cut so that I can have my car shipped through a military POV shipping location not far from me. This will cost me nothing and save me $2300 vs doing it commercially. Its also much faster this way. Thanks again for your help.
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Czarboom, thanks for this info. My reply to your tips as above as follows:
1. USAA would not insure me for my car/home as I do not qualify as a non active duty member or vet. My parents are not either so I cannot bank with them sadly. Keeping my current credit union as my bank. Insurance will be through Geico for car and Cinga for health.
2. I am going to likely keep ATT as I been with them for 10 years with great service. I am simply changing sim cards before getting there to keep using my cell overseas and my service as is. I also have 6 months of payments left on my current phone anyway before the terms end. The WhatsApp I here is a great tool as well.
3. My car is a small 4 door sedan with great gas milage and it's only 16 months old. Still paying it off as well so mine as well keep using it while paying it off. I get paid back for the shipping cost anyway so its use it or lose it. I get my NATO car stickers from the AF base and they help me get my Codise Ficiale as well within my first week as well as my AFI.
4. I will use AHRN and the housing office to help me find Community housing during my first 30 days yes. Good call on the specs and getting contract in writing.
5. I here patients are a must yes! I plan on this taking some time from what I'm told.
6. I have my appointment to go get my mission Visa 2 days before I depart to Italy so I'm set there. Been approved and have my papers to go in for that already. Just gotta hold put till my appointment date.
Ugo, thank you for this great list of information you provided. I should make clear I am not active duty military nor will I be on this move. I am a civilian contractor. I have 30 days paid time to live on base and find housing on my own in the community which I have set to do through AHRN website. I am also working with several facebook groups in Aviano to locate household goods I can procure and move into a home after my 30 days ends. I will not be bringing any of my own HHG with me from the states, not worth the cost of moving so little stuff. So yes, I will have a house or apartment in which I live in while spending my 5 years in Italy for this contract position. I am shipping 3 boxes of 25kg each through USPS with my basic essentials like clothes, coats, hats, shoes etc. All else comes with me and my 3 bags on the flight over from Chicago to JFK to London and then to Venice where I am picked up to get to Aviano. I am working to try and get orders cut so that I can have my car shipped through a military POV shipping location not far from me. This will cost me nothing and save me $2300 vs doing it commercially. Its also much faster this way. Thanks again for your help.