# Moving to Italy from the United States

> For Americans who want to live and work in Italy: why a short visit is not work permission, the EU Blue Card, and keeping your US employer through an Italian EOR.


<section> <span class="eyebrow">By country of origin</span> <h1 id="from-the-us-to-italy">From the US to Italy</h1> <p class="lede">Many Americans move to Italy without changing jobs: they want to keep working for their US company from Milan, Rome or a smaller town. That is possible, but it needs an Italian employer and a work permit, not a tourist stay.</p> </section> <section class="grid"> <div class="panel"><h3 id="short-stays-are-not-work">Short stays are not work</h3><p>Entering Italy for a short visit does not authorise working for months from Italy <span class="review">[confirm Schengen short-stay rules for US nationals]</span>. Long periods of work from Italy also create tax and social security obligations.</p></div> <div class="panel"><h3 id="the-usual-route">The usual route</h3><p>The <a href="eu-blue-card-italy.html">EU Blue Card</a>, with us as Italian employer: your US company sets your role and salary, we sign the Italian contract and run payroll.</p></div> <div class="panel"><h3 id="invoicing-in-usd">Invoicing in USD</h3><p>Your US employer pays one monthly invoice in USD at the EUR reference rate, with no FX spread: €250 per month plus your employment cost.</p></div> </section> <section class="prose"> <h2 id="what-changes-for-you">What changes for you</h2> <ul> <li>You become an Italian employee: INPS pension contributions, public health care, at least four weeks of paid leave, 13th month and TFR severance.</li> <li>Your pay is stated as an annual gross salary (RAL) in euros. The <a href="net-pay-calculator.html">net pay calculator</a> shows what you take home.</li> <li>US citizens remain subject to US tax filing <span class="review">[confirm with a US tax adviser; foreign earned income rules]</span>.</li> </ul> <p>Already American and Italian? Then no permit is needed: we only provide the Italian contract and payroll.</p> <div class="cta"><a class="btn" href="contact.html">Keep my US job in Italy</a><a class="btn ghost" href="for-your-employer.html">Page for my employer</a></div> </section>


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Source: https://italybluecard.com/usa-to-italy.html