Moving to Italy as a digital nomad or remote worker involves navigating unique legal, tax, and logistical challenges. Our team provides professional guidance to streamline this process, ensuring your transition is clear, compliant, and efficient.
We replace the fragmentation of separate advisors with a fully coordinated approach, managing your visa, tax setup, and housing through a single point of contact.
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Core Services for Nomads
We provide comprehensive support across five critical pillars of relocation:
- Visa & Residency: Direct assistance with the Digital Nomad and Remote Worker Visa application, including eligibility screening, document review, and consular preparation.
- Tax Planning & Compliance: Optimizing your U.S. and Italian tax structure, including setup of the Regime Forfettario (5% flat tax) for freelancers or compliance coordination for W-2 remote employees.
- Housing & Leases: Finding and securing a long-term rental contract (Contratto di Locazione) and completing the mandatory registration with the Agenzia delle Entrate.
- Logistics & Setup: Administrative support for obtaining your Codice Fiscale, applying for your Permesso di Soggiorno within 8 days, and setting up local bank accounts.
- Integration: Structured scouting trips, language learning, and community settling support.
Our Coordinated Team
Our approach integrates distinct fields of expertise into a unified relocation strategy:
- Project Coordinator: Your dedicated point of contact for timeline management, dashboard tracking, and document organization.
- Legal Counsel — Roberta Gentili-Purcell: U.S./Italy dual-licensed attorney advising on visa compliance, biometrics, and immigration law.
- Tax Strategy — Luigi Parente, CPA: Dual-qualified (U.S./Italy) tax professional specializing in Partita IVA registration and cross-border tax treaties.
- Real Estate Liaison — Claudia Cencelli: Expert in securing consulate-compliant registered leases and property acquisition.
- Logistics & Travel — Manuela Broccolini: Specialist in planning scouting trips and navigating local administrative registration.
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Legal Notice: The Italian School of San Diego LLC acts solely as a coordinator to facilitate connections between clients and independent legal, financial, and real estate professionals. We are not a law firm, financial advisory firm, or real estate agency and do not provide legal, tax, or investment advice. All professional services are provided directly by the independent experts, who are solely responsible for their advice and procedures.