You will be offered a large advance pay loan as you arrive in Naples. It sounds like a huge amount of money. We advise that you take it, and then don't spend it frivolously. You will be amazed by the amount of cash that you'll need to come up with through the process of getting housing, registering vehicles, etc.
When you choose a place to live off-base, you will have to pay one-month's rent up front, and an aditional month's rent must be handed over to the navy to hold in deposit. Typical monthly rents paid by Americans in the Naples area are in the neighborhood of $2500 - $3500 USD.
FYI: The advance will automatically be paid back through dedections from your first year of pay in-country. (It is, in fact, a loan. Be prepared for those deductions during the first year.)
Saturday, June 30, 2012
Bring All of Your Important Documents With You
You are probably asking yourself: should I send all of these vital documents with our household goods, or should I keep them with me and risk losing them in transit? There is a difinitive answer to this question. BRING THEM WITH YOU!
When you arrive in Italy, one of the first things you will need to do is get ID cards. You cannot do ANYTHING without an ID card. You cannot get an ID card without all of your original vital documents, including:
If you have children, you cannot put them into school or childcare without SHOT RECORDS. Bring them on your person!
I reccommend that you scan and store copies of everything in a cloud drive or email the documents to yourself, so that you have a back-up. Because things happen. But you need to have the originals on your person. Don't risk losing them in checked luggage. Keep those docs close and safe. If you don't, you are in for a really tough time.
When you arrive in Italy, one of the first things you will need to do is get ID cards. You cannot do ANYTHING without an ID card. You cannot get an ID card without all of your original vital documents, including:
- Drivers Licenses
- Birth Certificates
- Marriage License
- Passports
- Orders
If you have children, you cannot put them into school or childcare without SHOT RECORDS. Bring them on your person!
I reccommend that you scan and store copies of everything in a cloud drive or email the documents to yourself, so that you have a back-up. Because things happen. But you need to have the originals on your person. Don't risk losing them in checked luggage. Keep those docs close and safe. If you don't, you are in for a really tough time.
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