Italy rated one of the hardest countries for foreigners to settle in

Re:Italy rated one of the hardest countries for foreigners t... by frollo on Sunday March 26, 2023 @06:08AM (#35312827)

That's why Italians don't to this directly. We go to an "autoscuola" (driving school) which not only teaches us how to drive, but also handles the bureaucracy for us. They book the exams and stuff.

If you own a car in Italy, you have to locate the nearest autoscuola/ufficio pratiche auto (literally "car bureaucracy office") and get in friendly terms with them. They do all sort of car-related stuff for relatively small fees (the only one I remember is the 1€ fee for paying the car tax).

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Re:Italy rated one of the hardest countries for foreigners t... by liendolucas on Sunday March 26, 2023 @06:16AM (#35312868)

I don't know your economy but 250€ to send me a PDF to my mailbox with all the material and not a face-to-face course for me is a ripoff (they started to get this advantage with the COVID pandemic). Autoscuolas are a ripoff, is a business mounted on a bureaucratic fault. Why do I need to pay someone else for the right to drive a vehicle when in fact I already know how to do it? I do understand that if I want to get things smoothly I have to do it this way, but this is not the root of the issue.

Edit: some corrections.

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Re:Italy rated one of the hardest countries for foreigners t... by frollo on Sunday March 26, 2023 @07:52AM (#35313487)

This is a ripoff.

They can handle just the bureaucracy for a small fee. Some of them refuse to do so, but they totally can.

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Re:Italy rated one of the hardest countries for foreigners t... by 4dayworkweek4u on Wednesday March 29, 2023 @04:08AM (#35354066)

shhh

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