My family is planning to live in Florence, Italy for a year beginning in July 2008. Our children will go to a local Catholic school. My husband and I do not intend to work while we are in Italy, so we don't need a work VISA.
My understanding is that we need to apply for a 1-year selective residence visa from the Italian consulate in San Francisco. The website is very confusing about how we do this. Does any one know how one goes about doing this? How soon do we need to submit our application and what documentation do we need to submit with our application? Do we need a Visa for each of us or can we apply for some sort of family Visa? Any and all information you can provide about this topic would be most helpful.