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A friend of mine is thinking about buying an ex-display kitchen from Italy and has been told that there would be no custom duties to pay on importing to England. This sounds strange to me. Does anyone know whether this is true?

Thu, 01/12/2023 - 10:52

Does anyone know if you have to pay custom duties if you take any of your personal furniture back to the UK? Gov.uk implies that you may have to but other sites "suggest" you don't. I can't find any clear guidance. 

Thu, 05/27/2021 - 06:47

For those who haven't seen it, this is an interesting 1 hour Q&A by the British Embassy in Rome about the consequences of Brexit. 

 

Mon, 07/27/2020 - 17:15

Page Format.

Previously the latest comments would appear on the top of the page. Now the page is in the date order of the original question. This means that recent comments (to old questions) all but disappear. Can this be rectified? 

Mon, 01/13/2020 - 06:11

The Referendum! I was very surprised not to see some debate on the referendum. Very keen to understand what the electorate (at least those who voted "No") are hoping will happen next.

Mon, 12/05/2016 - 17:33

Has anyone seen the new site which details every comune's spend: http://soldipubblici.gov.it/it/home ? Allows you to compare your comune's per capita spend with others.

Fri, 01/16/2015 - 06:56

I see that everyone is running scared after the ridiculous convictions of the scientists for not warning about the 'quake in L'Aquila.

Sat, 04/06/2013 - 11:27

Has anybody else had a 90% increase in their house insurance premiums from Intasure? Or was it just that they enticed me in with a low quote last year? 

Thu, 04/14/2011 - 13:30

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Thu, 04/21/2022 - 15:49

I don't think our comune gives a discount for being non-resident but I have a significant discount for not having any bins in the near vicinity. I can't remember the distance required before you get the discount, possibly 0.5km?

Mon, 03/28/2022 - 06:20

What will have a significant impact as well is the amount of assistenza muraria (builder's work) - cutting holes through stone walls, cutting chases in walls etc. 

Fri, 10/22/2021 - 16:49

Grazia, I hope your mother didn't marry a foreigner before 1948. If she did she will have lost her citizenship. If that is the case it's still possible to obtain Italian citizenship but the process becomes very protracted.

Tue, 07/06/2021 - 06:55

I think you'll find that the banks of the river are a zona demaniale. This means that you are not allowed to fence within 5m (to allow access for maintenance etc). If you can't fence then this allows access to others onto your garden. I'm sure the Italian experts will be able to explain it better.

Fri, 05/28/2021 - 06:24

Thanks. I'd read something very similar regarding ToR but not the alternative.

Fri, 05/14/2021 - 07:25

Clueless is right. Friends of ours passed through Switzerland and, as usual, the only thing they were interested in was whether you had a vignette.

Mon, 02/22/2021 - 12:55

This depends. If she has died but was a citizen at the time of her death then you can still apply for citizenship "jure sanguinis".If she is alive but has lost her citizenship then she can apply at the Italian consulate to have it reinstated.

Wed, 11/25/2020 - 05:10

Your father will almost certainly have had dual citizenship. It's not possible for all countries but is for UK and Italy

Tue, 11/24/2020 - 06:46

Again, I am not an expert but, if you are in Italy, contact your comune or, if in the UK/US then the consulate. I think it will be straight forward (as anything can be in Italy!) for you.

Wed, 11/18/2020 - 06:52

You can apply for citizenship "jure sanguinis". I'm not an expert but you may have to have a direct line, i.e. that your mother or father have to be/become an Italian citizen first. But otherwise fairly straightforward. see https://italiancitizenshipassistance.com/jure-sanguinis/

The main problem may be acquiring your grandparents documents.

I'm currently suing the Italian state to acquire citizenship as my Italian mother lost hers when she married my father, an English soldier, in 1947