Guides
Clear, current explanations of the rules that matter when moving to Italy.
Citizenship
Italian citizenship by descent after the 2025 law: who still qualifies
Law 74/2025 ended unlimited-generation jure sanguinis. Here's who still qualifies, who's grandfathered, and what to do next.
Citizenship
The 1948 rule: claiming Italian citizenship through a female ancestor
Why maternal-line cases with a child born before January 1, 1948 go to court instead of the consulate, and what that means for you.
Citizenship
Minor-at-naturalization: the date that can break your citizenship line
How an ancestor's naturalization date, compared with their child's birth, decides whether citizenship passed down.
Citizenship
AIRE registration: the step Italian citizens abroad can't skip
What AIRE is, who must register, how to do it through Fast It, and why it matters for passports, voting and taxes.
Taxes
The impatriati tax regime in 2026–2027: 50% off your Italian income tax
Who qualifies for Italy's returning-worker tax break, the 2027 changes under Decree-Law 38/2026, and the traps for remote workers.
Taxes
Moving from the US to Italy: questions to ask a cross-border CPA
A checklist covering the impatriati exemption, the Foreign Tax Credit vs. the FEIE, PFICs, FBAR and Italian asset reporting.
Visas
Retiring to Italy: the Elective Residence Visa explained
Income thresholds, what counts as passive income, the no-work rule, and how to pair it with the 7% flat tax.
Visas
Italy's Digital Nomad Visa: requirements for remote workers
Italy's remote-worker visa (since April 2024): the income threshold, the 'highly qualified' test, taxes and employer issues.
Places
The best places to live in Italy in 2026
What the rankings say (Trento, Bolzano, Udine, Bologna) and what expats love (Lecce, Palermo, the inland South).
Work
Tech jobs in Italy: salaries, cities and how foreigners get hired
Local tech pay, why Milan dominates, the language barrier, and why remote US pay usually wins.
Moving
Moving from the US to Italy: a practical checklist
From the codice fiscale to shipping, plugs, residency registration and avoiding expat fatigue.
Taxes
Italy's 7% flat tax for retirees: how it works
Move to a small southern town, pay 7% on all foreign income for 10 years. The eligibility rules and fine print.