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ITALY Re-entry Visa ( What if your Italy Visa Expired while in Abroad?)

European Union has temporary restrictions to non-essential travels into the Schengen Area, in order to contain the spread of the COVID 19 virus.

We know this uncertainty can cause confusion and anxiety, which It is quite normal.

For Italian permesso di soggiorno or Temporary Resident Visa holder stuck in another country due to the lockdown, this video will help you understand what to do and where to get support

If you hold a valid Italian permesso di soggiorno or Temporary Resident Visa for Italian Education and you are in another country like India

Please provide proof for the immediate need of your travel, like starting of your classes at the university or starting an internship, then you should be able to travel to Italy without any special authorization. However, we recommend you contact the Italian consulate or embassy before finalizing your travel arrangements

What if your permit expired while abroad?

It’s important you know that the Italian government decided that all permits expired from January 31 onwards are to be considered valid until August 31.

Therefore, your document is still valid and you can use them for urgent travel back to Italy. Contact the Italian consulate or embassy in the country where you are. The Italian authorities may issue a re-entry visa or a declaration to confirm that your permit (if expired after January 31) is still considered valid.

If your permit expired before January 31,

We suggest you contact the Italian embassy or consulate to request more information.

What if I am overstaying in another country due to the lockdown & hold an Italian permesso ?

Schengen Region

You are legally allowed to stay in a Schengen country for up to 90 days, without a visa.

However, if you are stuck in the country for more than 90 days then, national authorities may issue a long-stay visa for you to stay in the country until the lockdown ends.

If you overstayed in the country for no reasons, you may be banned from returning to that country, or even to the Schengen area, for a while.

Outside the Schengen Area?

If your permit is valid for less than 2 years: You can stay out of Italy for a maximum of 6 consecutive months. Note: remember that if you hold a permesso per richiesta asilo, cure mediche or calamità, you’re not allowed to travel abroad.

However, these rules do not apply if there are serious and proven reasons that force you to stay out of Italy for a longer period of time than allowed.

However, if you find yourself in this situation, we suggest that you gather the relevant documentation to prove the reasons preventing you from traveling back to Italy. This may include the temporary travel restrictions adopted by the country where you are, the communication that your return flight back to Italy was canceled, the email thread with the Italian consulate or embassy showing that you cannot travel back to Italy, etc.

If possible, send a certified email (PEC) to the Questura that issued your permit to tell them that you are not able to travel back to Italy because of the current limitation of international travel.

Make sure that you travel back to Italy as soon as the the emergency is over.

Things to know when flying back on an expired permit

When planning to fly back, please keep in mind that authorities of other countries may not be aware that your expired permit can still, be considered valid. For this reason, we suggest you get a direct flight to Italy.

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The job market in Italy

What are your chances of getting a job?

Italy was hit hard by the international financial crisis and is still recovering. This has had an impact on certain job sectors, such as automotive engineering, finance and construction, as well as unemployment figures, particularly among the young. There are still opportunities, however,  in tourism, green technology, mechanical engineering, Electronics, Renewable Engineering, IT. Non-EU graduates will be in competition with Italian nationals. Non-EU citizens may find it difficult to obtain a job without a good knowledge of Italian.

For jobs other than English teaching, and possibly IT, a good knowledge of Italian is essential. German, French and Slovenian are also spoken in the regions of Italy that border the respective countries. Making use of any personal contacts you have and networking will also greatly improve your chances.

Where can you work?

·         Major industries: tourism, machinery, motor vehicles, chemicals, iron and steel, food processing, textiles, fashion, clothing and footwear, ceramics, wine.

·         Major companies: Enel (power), Eni (integrated energy company), Fiat, Finmeccanica (aerospace and defence), Generali Group (insurance), Intesa Sanpaolo (banking), Luxottica Group (eyewear), Pirelli, Telecom Italia, UniCredit Group (banking).

Whats it like working in Italy?

·         Average working hours: 40 hours per week.

·         Holidays: a minimum of four weeks' annual leave, in addition to 11 national public holidays.

·         Tax rates: are progressive and range from 23% to 43%.

Applying for jobs

You don't need to be in Italy to apply for a job, as vacancies are often advertised online. However, your chances will improve if you're in the country as networking and making personal contacts are common ways of finding employment.

Applications are made using a CV and covering letter or the application form provided by the company. Speculative applications are common and should give an indication of why you would like to work for the company and what you can offer them. Your CV and all letters of application should be in Italian unless otherwise stated. You should also have your university degree and certificates translated into Italian. Online application forms are more usual with large international companies that have a presence in Italy.

The interview process can be long, taking between one to three months to complete, as there may be three or four interviews. Make sure you know how long the recruitment period will be beforehand. As in the UK, some interviews may involve psychometric or other types of testing. Be honest about the level of your Italian language skills in your application as these will be tested at interview.

The application and interview processes in Italy are similar to those used in the UK.

Vacancy sources

Job websites

·         Cambio Lavoro – job listings (in Italian).

·         Clicca Lavoro – job listings (in Italian).

·         Cliclavoro – website of the Ministry of Labour, Health and Welfare in Italy. Provides a list of job centres (centri per l’impiego), job vacancies and CV-posting service for jobseekers (in Italian).

·         EURES – European Job Mobility Portal – provides information about job vacancies, living and working conditions, and labour markets in Italy, as well as a CV-posting service for jobseekers.

·         Lavorare.net – job listings for graduates (in Italian).

·         Primolavoro – specialises in first jobs for new graduates (in Italian).

Recruitment agencies

Recruitment agencies are listed in the Pagine Gialle (Italian Yellow Pages). Use the search term: ‘lavoro interinale e temporane’.

Newspapers

·         Corriere Della Sera

·         Il Sole 24 Ore

·         La Repubblica

·         La Stampa

Other sources

·         Job centres (centri per l'impiego) can also help in your search for work. Register with a centre in the area where you're living.

·         Guidance services at universities (servizi di orientamento) are available to students studying in Italy.

·         Family businesses still make up a large portion of the businesses, particularly in smaller urban and rural areas. Personal contacts are, therefore, important – a lot of work is found by word of mouth. Be prepared to apply speculatively to companies and to network extensively. This kind of approach may work particularly well in language schools, hotels and restaurants, particularly in large cities.

·         Contacting relevant trade or professional associations is another way of finding out about opportunities.

Getting work experience

Erasmus+

Erasmus+ is the EU programme for education, training, youth and sport for 2014-2020 and covers student exchange, work experience and volunteering opportunities. Both undergraduate and postgraduate students can study abroad for 3 to 12 months. Erasmus+ also provides opportunities for work experience for students to learn new skills or languages, as well as volunteering in different countries for between 2 weeks and 12 months.

Exchange programmes

The International Association for the Exchange of Students for Technical Experience  provides students on technical degrees (primarily science, engineering, technology and the applied arts) with paid course-related training in a range of countries, including Italy. Opportunities are available to students in their second year of study or above. Although the majority of traineeships take place over the summer, longer periods are also available.

AIESEC  provides an international exchange programme for students and recent graduates. They offer voluntary and paid work placements in professional organisations, schools and charities in a range of countries, including Italy. Main areas of work are in teaching, marketing and IT. Internships last between 6 weeks and 18 months.

Teaching schemes

The British Council – Language Assistants programme provides the opportunity for UK-based students who are native-level English speakers to work in Italy as an English language assistant. You need to be  aged 30 or under, have passed two years of university-level education by the time you start your assistantship and have a minimum Italian language qualification at AS level or equivalent

If your university has a department for foreign languages or equivalent, you may be able to pick up useful advice, guides and contacts on teaching opportunities available in Italy.

Living in Italy

·         Cost of living: varies between the relatively wealthy north and the much poorer south. In cities, the cost of living is similar to the rest of Western Europe but tourist areas can be expensive.

·         Internet domain: .it

·         Currency: Euro (€)

·         Health: healthcare in Italy is of a good standard. EU citizens should obtain a European Health Insurance Card (EHIC)before travelling, which gives access to healthcare under the same conditions as nationals. Also take out comprehensive travel and medical insurance.

·         Type of government: parliamentary, democratic republic. Italy has a long history of short-lived coalition governments.

·         Laws and customs: you must be able to show some form of identification if requested by the police or judicial authorities. Crime rates are generally quite low, but there's a risk of petty theft in the major cities, particularly around rail, sea and air terminuses. In Venice and Florence you may be fined for dropping litter. It's also illegal to eat and drink or sit on steps near the main churches and public buildings in Florence. Many of the major cities have introduced a small tax on tourists.

·         Emergency numbers: 112 (single European emergency telephone number, available everywhere in the EU free of charge); 113 (police); 115 (fire brigade); and 118 (medical emergencies). British citizens can get help in an emergency from the British Embassy in Italy.

·         People: majority are Italian with German, French and Slovene Italians in the north, and Albanian and Greek Italians in the south. Also immigrants from Romania, Albania and Morocco.

·         Major religion: Christianity.

Scotland join Finland in launching scheme to offer everyone a basic monthly income

Scotland join Finland in launching scheme to offer everyone a basic monthly income regardless of employment status or salary

Scotland is poised to join Finland and Canada in testing Universal Basic Income (UBI), a welfare system in which all citizens are given a fixed sum of money, regardless of their income or employment status. Any money earned from salaries or businesses is then taxed progressively. 

Proponents of UBI say that it could empower people by offering them the flexibility to earn, learn, start a family or a business, safe in the knowledge that they will have enough money to get by. It is seen as a means to reduce welfare dependency and income inequality.

Critics believe UBI is nothing more than a socialist utopian ideal or “fairytale”. They say that it would be unaffordable, leading to tax hikes and discouraging business investment whilst causing a drop in productivity. They also argue that, given everyone would receive the benefit, it would do nothing to combat inequality.

As Fife and Glasgow look into establishing trial schemes for 2017, Finland is already one step ahead. Though some smaller, successful trials have gone on at local level since the 1970s from India to the United States, Finland will be the first to conduct a UBI experiment on such a scale. The two-year pilot scheme will provide 2,000 – 25 to 58 year-old, unemployed Finnish citizens with a monthly basic income of 560 euros replacing their other benefits. They will continue to receive the UBI even if they find work.

For Kela, the organisation running Finland’s social security and managing the pilot scheme, the hope is to see an increase in employment and a reduction in the current costly bureaucratic mechanisms which can, reportedly, discourage some people from finding employment.

Scotland has seen a huge increase in health inequality, poverty and the use of food banks in recent years. In Glasgow where one-third of all children are living in poverty, the idea is being warmly welcomed by the public and supported by both the SNP and Labour.

The Guardian quoted radical Economist and UBI champion Guy Standing on the subject. It said: “The sense of insecurity, the stagnating living standards, all of those things are clear in Scotland and the fact that so many within the SNP are supportive means there’s a real opportunity to do a pilot in Scotland… People relate to the idea that everyone should have a social dividend. Everywhere I go, it’s the communities that feel left behind by globalisation that are most interested [in the idea of a basic income]. We have seen a sea-change in attitudes.”

UBI is still a pipe dream for most, even Finland is only at the very beginning of a long and time-consuming study but if the results are promising, this could mark a new era in the relationship between the individual and the state.

2016 Italy’s Tourism – The Economy’s Most Beneficial Growth Factor

The Italian Tourism industry has grown into the most important growth factor for the country’s economy in 2016. This trend is likely to be steady over the next two years as well. Italy’s GDP is expected to rise by 0.9% this year and tourism by 1.5%. The tourism turnover makes up 171 billion euros, which accounts for 11.8% of the nation’s GDP. This sector alone employs around 3.1 million people, that’s 12.8% of the workforce in Italy.

The positive trend in Italy has not slowed down despite an impaired environment or global competition of increasing supply on an international scale. Arrivals have increased by an approximate 3% in 2016 and are predicted to progress at this rate next year and in 2018 as well.

These statistics were declared in Rome at a conference regarding resources and strategies of Italy’s tourism. The average duration of stay, 3.5 days and the average per day expenditure of 108 euros have increased as well.

At the conference, the tourism industry also presented the strategy for 2017-2022. In lieu of expanding digitalization (duty-free shopping will be digitized from January 1st, 2017 at Italian airports) and infrastructure improvement, the tourism industry’s focal point will be on sharing economy. Currently, it accounts for 15% from the tourism sector.

Nonetheless, this year was not entirely positive for Italy’s tourism. The Vatican’s promoted “Jubilee Year” was no doubt a religious success, but was not an economic one by any means. As per many travel companies, pilgrims could be concerned about likely terrorist attacks throughout the tours.

Rome’s hotel association reported a meagre 1.2% rise in arrivals. The city with the highest increase in tourists (over 4.5%),Milan, not only benefited from the exhibition convened last year…but also benefitted from the expanding trade, business and shopping tourism. Tourism in winter, amid others, is also increasing this year.

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