Healthcare, residency, banking, taxes, and daily life as an expat. Real guidance built from lived experience — not from a guidebook written by someone who never moved.
Built from 18 years of moving to Italy. A decision guide that turns your dream into a realistic roadmap.
Most people who want to move to Italy don't know what they don't know. Visa categories, healthcare costs, EU family rights, regional differences, cost of living, language requirements — there are more variables than any single guide covers.
Italian Dream to Reality is an interactive decision tool that walks you through every factor — based on who you are — and builds a personalized roadmap at the end. Military retiree or remote worker. EU spouse or no EU ties. Permanent or part-time. Mountains or coast. Budget or premium.
Built by someone who has done it three times across four Italian towns over 18 years.
ELV, Digital Nomad, Student, EU Family, Startup — the app identifies your specific path and explains exactly what's required.
Filtered and ranked based on your budget, environment preference, and community needs — not a generic list.
A phased action plan — from 18 months before departure through your first 6 months in Italy — built around your specific situation.
Vacationing in Italy is magical. Living in Italy is something else entirely.
We moved three times to Italy — twice to Friuli and once to Veneto. At Home in Friuli is the guide we wished had existed: a practical tool for expats navigating residency, healthcare, driving, tax, and daily life in Friuli Venezia Giulia.
No account. No ads. Built by someone who went through it.
Permesso di soggiorno, AIRE registration, codice fiscale — step by step, in plain English.
SSN access, medico di base, specialist referrals, and the 5-year pathway to permanent EU healthcare.
Banking in Italy, SEPA transfers, foreign asset declarations, and cross-border tax awareness.
Before the appointment. Walk into your commercialista, CAF, or tax agency ready — with the right documents, the right questions, and no surprises.
Italian tax appointments are stressful when you don't know what to bring. Prima dell'Appuntamento generates a personalized document checklist based on your situation — expat, U.S. military retiree, or both — and lets you download it as a PDF in one tap.
Questions in Italian, key vocabulary, and Article 19 guidance included. Nothing is uploaded. Everything runs in your browser.
Built by a U.S. military retiree living in Friuli — from the experience of doing it wrong first.
Select your situation and see exactly what to bring — DFAS, TSP, RMDs, TRICARE, medical receipts, and more. Progress saves automatically.
Generate a print-ready A4 checklist for Tax Year 2025 — with your checked items, appointment fields, and the full disclaimer — instantly in your browser.
Pre-written questions to ask your commercialista — in Italian, with English translations. Tap to copy and bring them to the appointment.
Americans living abroad are required to pay for Medicare Part B that has no provider network, no legal standing, and no usable value where they live — and face a permanent penalty if they stop. This proposed Act would let them pause Part B without penalty, on proof of creditable coverage.
The full white paper is the complete brief to share with a representative's health-policy staffer. The one-page version is a leave-behind to hand over or attach after a conversation.
SSN enrollment, medico di base, specialist referrals, ticket costs, libera professione, and the 5-year pathway to permanent EU healthcare — in plain English, built for non-Italian speakers navigating the system for the first time.
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