I'm registered as an Italian living abroad under A.I.

I'm registered as an Italian living abroad under A.I.R.E. and receive vote by mail ballots every so often to vote in Italian national elections. I'm wondering if I happen to be in my Italian town when there's a local election(I don't receive materials to vote in those kinds of elections overseas)can I vote in that local election? I've tried asking the mayor, but haven't received a response. Does anyone have any ideas about this?

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you can definitely vote, it will be enough for you to go to the municipality electoral office, with your identity card - if you don't have an identity card, bring your AIRE registration certificate, and ASK for the identity card - it's your right receive it.

So, you're saying that I don't have to have residence in the town in order to get a carta d'identita? I thought because I maintain residence abroad and am only in the town at my house from time to time, never longer than the supposed required time to establish residency, that I couldn't get the identity card. I thought it was either/or. Please clarify if you would, and thank you so much for this information!

Bisaccia ,

I assure you that an AIRE has an identity card - I have been working in the field of mortgages to Italian AIREs for 26 years! - An AIRE, before being an AIRE, is an Italian citizen, with residence in the Italian municipality, from which he left to go to work abroad, he therefore has an Italian identity card and passport, then he applies for AIRE registration, and is registered in the AIRE register of the Italian municipality from which he left, with the heading - Italian Citizen, temporarily residing abroad (full address), for work reasons - AIREs also have the Italian Health Card, which they can to use when I am in Italy - if you want you can ask some of my AIRE clients - which you can find at the following link

https://www.lifeinitaly.it/Testimonial/index.php

More info by downloading this PDF

https://www.lifeinitaly.it/documenti/aire12.pdf

 

Dearest Ugo, I'm not at all questioning what you're telling me because I don't know anything and you've always been very helpful and I believe what you say! I was only asking for you to clarify for me to make sure I understood. Please understand that almost everything dealing with details like this is confusing and it's hard to find information that I can use. Again, you have been a gem in that I DO believe you because you obviously know what you're talking about. If I could make this point more clear to you I would. The one thing about my situation is that I was not born in Italy and have actually never lived there full time. I hold an Italian passport. I'm an American/Italian duel citizen. I own a house in my family's town where I go several times a year. I hope this further information helps, and once again thank you for everything. 

Dearest Ugo, I'm not at all questioning what you're telling me because I don't know anything and you've always been very helpful and I believe what you say! I was only asking for you to clarify for me to make sure I understood. Please understand that almost everything dealing with details like this is confusing and it's hard to find information that I can use. Again, you have been a gem in that I DO believe you because you obviously know what you're talking about. If I could make this point more clear to you I would. The one thing about my situation is that I was not born in Italy and have actually never lived there full time. I hold an Italian passport. I'm an American/Italian duel citizen. I own a house in my family's town where I go several times a year. I hope this further information helps, and once again thank you for everything. 

Bisaccia ,

I imagined that you were an Italian for <iure sanguinis>. However, this does not change anything, for the purposes of Italian laws on citizenship, you are an Italian citizen and you are entitled to all the rights and duties associated with citizenship - The house, if you purchased it as your first home, you only pay the Tari (garbage). urban) - if you purchased it as a second home, you also pay the IMU (single municipal tax), calculated by the municipality, based on the coefficients issued by the municipality itself, which vary from municipality to municipality (fiscally speaking, from this point of given that Italy can be considered as a federation of municipalities... ) - any earnings you obtain, perhaps by renting your house in Italy, will be subject to taxation ONLY in Italy and will not have to be included in the tax declaration you make in the country non-Italian where you now live - NOTE, you still have to file a tax return in Italy - all this being said, you can go to the municipal registry office and obtain your Identity Card.

more info at

https://www.lifeinitaly.it/Inglese/Buy_property_in_Italy.htm

https://www.lifeinitaly.it/documenti/revenueoffice-eng.pdf

https://www.finanze.it/it/Fiscalita-dellUnione-europea-e-internazionale…

Buona domenica !