r/ItalyExpat

How does a minor car accident in another country—like what happened to me in the UK—affect your new car insurance when you move to Italy? Yesterday, I accidentally scratched my neighbor’s car because a gust of wind pushed my door open. I officially notified the police and my insurance, but I didn’t get any compensation because my car wasn’t damaged. I’m still unsure how this will affect my insurance when I move to Italy. Has anyone been through this when moving? I’d really appreciate any advice!

Hi everyone I’m moving to Turin for a new job as an EU citizen from the Nordics.

A few things, what bank do you recommend I go with that has sufficient support in English and online banking? I also assume cash is still king in Italy so having a way to reliably and easily get cash would be awesome. My company is setting me up with a work phone too, so that’s one less hurdle.

My research has shown i am eligible for the regime impatriati (even though I’m not an Italian citizen). There are other expats at my company under the same citizen from outside Italy and they’ve had success with that. Any other tax things to look out for?

Also, I’ll be traveling quite a bit for work, probably once or twice a month throughout Italy and Europe. Any tips for getting a credit card that works well with this much travel but doesn’t break the bank? While I’ll be making a high salary by Italian standards it’s not so high in the grand scheme (€45,000) so an Amex platinum feels like overkill. I currently have one card for the Nordic country’s airline where I live and collect some airline points here and there each months. I would like something that takes advantage of all my travel though and I’ll probably be flying out of Milan most of the time.

Lastly, my plan for the time being is to work and live in Turin for a year or two and then find a place in the near Susa and commute into the city when I have to be in the office. I have enough saved up already for a down payment, but I just want to assess how realistic this is. Not urgent at all, but just figuring out what I want my future here to look like.

Please let me know if you have any tips or tricks for moving to Turin in my situation. Thanks in advance

grazie

I’m currently about to finish my Master’s degree in Electronics Engineering for Intelligent Vehicles.

Before this, I worked as a Hardware Design Engineer, where I was involved in the complete lifecycle of hardware development for a HPC system — from design to validation and overall product lifecycle management.

After coming to Italy, one thing I’ve personally noticed is that salaries in the electronics/engineering field seem relatively low compared to other European countries. Also, from my limited observation, the corporate structure doesn’t feel very open when it comes to growth opportunities for outsiders.

Because of this, I’m in a bit of a dilemma.

I know I need to improve my skills further, but I’m confused about where to focus my effort:

Should I invest time and energy into learning Italian properly and try to build a career here in Italy?OR

Should I focus more on upskilling myself (technical + maybe automotive/embedded domains) so I can target opportunities in other countries in Europe?

Would really appreciate any opinions or experiences from people who have been in a similar situation, especially in engineering/automotive roles in Europe.

I'm hoping to move to Italy in about 4 years. I plan to save up enough over the next few years to be able to buy a property in Italy outright so housing costs are removed from my expenses. Really I'll be spending on food, utilities, taxes, and leisure. I'm hoping to get certifications to be able to teach ESL and I also currently teach martial arts and am very experienced and if I can get unto a niche English teaching combined with martial arts teaching job category that would be excellent. But basically looking for advice from anyone who has done something like this and just general information regarding the prospects etc. I can get some certifications regarding my martial arts and I can very easily record videos of me teaching high level martial arts to big groups of students etc.