About copyoneita

Status:

Expatriate  

Gender:

Male

Currently Lives:

08540, New Jersey, United States

Citizen Of:

Italy

Past Expat Posts:

United Kingdom

Morocco

Italy

Some Forum Posts:

Morocco: hello would like infomation thank you:

It really depends on your lifestyle... I think you can expect to comfortably live for a year with your budget. Don't know a lot about possible jobs... do you speak french? I guess you could easily find some private clients for english lessons (they really don't care about your degree if you're american) and expect to be reasonably paid. My wife is moroccan so I didn't have to jump through the hoops of immigration too much and I don't know how it works with employer's sponsored visas so I can't help you with that. My suggestion is... come for 3 months and not one and see what you can find and what's the "burning rate" of your capital. If it works you can stay... if it doesn't you will have had an amazing experience anyway!

Morocco: Single Dutch Moroccan female want to move to Morocco:

Hi Amina, two of my friends in Morocco own a recruitment agency specialized in middle management and executive roles. I don't know the details on how to contact them professionally (I only have their personal mobiles) but if you want I can find out for you.

Italy: moderating the italian forum:

Carmine... uninformed as usual :-) Italy is, YES, number 7 for total GDP, but according to the IMF the GDP pro capite of Italy in 2009 was less than 30.000 usd, placing it at number 29 in the world. As for the parliament and stuff... I can't but laugh. I could talk for hours about the constitution since I wrote my thesis on that... and even though I love it... still it's far from being perfect. I once again apologize for disrupting your dream of Italy, but at this point I even find it funny to write my opinions and get your answers :-))

Italy: Definition of living:

One of my best friends is an immigration lawyer in Italy... do you want me to ask her where you should look at? (no charge, of course :-))

Morocco: Move to morroco,CS-Cost of living ?:

You can definitely make it with 3000 USD in Casablanca, provided that you stay away from the "fancy" stuff. The average salary over there is around 300 dollars so there's definitely a way to live with 3000. Just to give you an idea, the woman who cleans my house in the US charges me 25 USD for 2 hours. The one who take care of the house in Casablanca charges 10 dollars for 6 hours (but we always give her more since we feel a bit guilty about that). A 'live in" maid is around 300 usd/month and if you know where to go to shop you can get good food for reasonable prices. They don't advertise it as such since it's not trendy yet, but chains like Marjane have lots of organic food for good prices, plus the local markets etc. Now the bad part. Almost everybody is going to try to take advantage of you. I spend a lot of time there, know some words in Arabic and a reasonable french.... and I still pay everything that is negotiable (of course at the supermarket no problem) at least 50% more than my wife who is moroccan :-)

Morocco: problem with builders in morocco:

One of my very best friends is specialized in handling these kind of situations and he has a lot of connections (it never hurts in Morocco). If you want to contact him I will send you his private email. Just tell him that I sent you (I will give you my name) and he will definitely consult with your husband, if nothing else to point him out in a reasonable direction.

Morocco: Job Search in Morocco: Salary Levels???:

Try to get in touch with this recruitment consulting company. http://www.aston-associates.com The principals are friends of mine and they are both with international exposure and a background similar to yours. In other words, if they can't help, nobody else can. Good luck!

Italy: 10 Tips for Living in Italy:

I don't want to contribute to the flame here but.... Carmine are you sure you're Italian (as opposed to Italian-American, Italian-Canadian, etc..) for real? :-) The description of the country and how it works from the expats living there is far more accurate than yours (and the Italian spelling too)! I am Italian 100%, born there and raised there, and even though I have been living internationally in the last 5 years (North Africa, USA, UK) I still have a company there and visit regularly. And the experience I have of Italy is a match with the one of the expats. Ops... just a note... Italians as a group are NOT honest, generous and gentle as you want to make it appear. Some people are. Some other aren't. It depends on who they are. And it depends on who you are. Just like anywhere else in the world.

Date Joined:

3/25/2010

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