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Just to confirm the blog isn’t dead, we are just coming from a relatively quiet period. The 2020 Tax Odissey is indeed over, they refunded me with the 2024 tax declaration. Yay! Regarding the 2024 tax declaration, I learned three things: Well, well, that’s the Swiss precision. The other funny thing is that, since Penelope… Continue reading Quick Update

The time of the year arrived when it’s time to file taxes for the previous year. I did it. End of this post. Just two things. The first one is, it looks like the 2020 Tax Odissey is really reaching its conclusion. According to the preliminary tax assessment I received, this year I will pay… Continue reading Taxes 2024

Just an update on this story. So far everything went well. We bought the house and did all the bureaucracy in Italy. My parents helped a lot with that, we had some unexpected renovations to do but nothing big. The power of attorney trick worked, and so the house is now registered as “prima casa”… Continue reading House in Italy: Situation

This is just to say that, apparently, everything went well regarding my ANobAG registration: The only two problems are: The last point is obviously quite serious. I do have a private life/illness insurance, but it’s something I stipulated before the ANobAG thing, so it was sized according to my previous situation where the pillar 2… Continue reading ANobAG: So Far So Good

After finally having gotten her Italian passport, the next step for Mei-Lin would be to acquire a Swiss C permit (she has currently a B). This would be helpful for her, not only because of taxes, but also because we have the impression tha finding a job on a B permit is much harder than… Continue reading New Quest: Mei-Lin’s C Permit

Mei-Lin got her Italian passport at the the Asylum, which closes this chapter. At the Asylum we spent: Equal to 112.80 CHF. Plus the previous 1’037 CHF, we can now say that acquiring Italian citizenship and passport through marriage costed Mei-Lin about 1’150 CHF (about 1’225 EUR / 1’285 USD).

Today Mei-Lin got her Italian passport from the Asylum. It took us three Desperate Horde Monday attempts to finally catch the split millisecond which allowed us to book an appointment, but we eventually managed it. The Asylum was very crowded, luckily we arrived early. The employee with whom we interacted told us that, generally, it… Continue reading Habemus Passaporto!

The time has come for Mei-Lin to request the Italian passport after having acquired Italian citizenship. This is just a teaser, we have started the process by trying to request an appointment to the Asylum. Which is… trickier than expected. Apparently it’s not as simple as, pick the first available date, nope. Basically, every monday,… Continue reading Mei-Lin’s Italian passport: Prelude

I will also include the future cost for the Italian passport in this tracking, but for now we can close the chapter. We went to the Asylum for the Oath and Mei-Lin acquired Italian citizenship. At the Asylum we spent: Equal to 18.30 CHF. Plus the previous 1’019 CHF we are now at about 1’037… Continue reading Mei-Lin’s Italian Nationality Expense Tracking #9

It happened, mamma mia! We went to the Asylum for the Oath and everything went fine! The AIRE enrollment will be done automatically, and in a few weeks we can apply for the passport! In the meantime we have an official document that states that ITALICVM CITIZENTIA has been granted to MEILINNA FENGA. This is… Continue reading Mei-Lin is Italiana!