Veneto

To enter with a dog, cat or ferret you need a microchip, an EU pet passport or health certificate and a valid rabies vaccination. Mandatory registration in the regional pet register, lead at all times and a muzzle to hand. Pets allowed on trains under Trenitalia rules and in apartment buildings by law.

Rules depend on who is arriving: EU/EEA/Swiss citizens (no visa, registration with the Comune after three months), non-EU citizens for stays up to 90 days (Schengen rule, type C visa where required) and for long stays (national type D visa and a residence permit within eight working days of arrival).

Before: documents, housing, school. First week: codice fiscale, SIM, bank account. First month: residence permit if non-EU, residence, SSN registration, then the driving licence within a year. Household goods duty-free for arrivals from outside the EU, car to be re-registered.

Trenitalia regional trains under a regional contract, with Venice–Padua–Verona as the main axis; no regional integrated fare, but combined tickets per basin. Venice, Treviso and Verona airports; ACTV water buses and Venezia Unica in Venice; Garda and Sile cycle routes.

Euro, cards accepted almost everywhere, a legal cash limit. Anyone living in Italy for most of the year is tax resident and taxed on worldwide income under three IRPEF brackets; specific regimes exist for the self-employed (forfettario), inbound workers, foreign pensioners and new residents. Contributions go to INPS; annual return with the 730 or Redditi form.

Nine territorial ULSS trusts plus the Padua and Verona hospital trusts and the Negrar research hospital; Azienda Zero coordinates procurement, recruitment and the regional Electronic Health Record. Bookings through the ULSS booking centres, pharmacies and the Sanità km zero app.

Non-EU pensioners enter with the elective residence visa, EU pensioners through free movement; public healthcare is accessible by compulsory or voluntary registration. Optional 7% regime on foreign income for those moving to small southern municipalities. Cheap houses in villages, services concentrated in cities.

High employment and low unemployment, a market driven by export manufacturing districts and tourism. Strong demand for skilled workers and seasonal staff on the coast and in the Dolomites; agriculture with seasonal workers for the grape and other harvests. Job centres run by Veneto Lavoro.

Four public universities: Padua (among the oldest and largest in Italy), Ca' Foscari and IUAV in Venice, Verona. Many English-taught courses in Padua and Ca' Foscari. Student support through the three regional ESU agencies of Padua, Venice and Verona.

Seven provinces (one Metropolitan City), ordinary statute, capital Venice. Ladin, Cimbrian and Friulian minorities protected; the Venetian language is recognised by regional law. Patron saints: St Mark in Venice (25 April), St Anthony in Padua (13 June).

Humid plain with fog and muggy summers, breezy Adriatic coast, Dolomites with snow from December to April. High PM10 in the plain (Po basin). Venice high tides regulated by MOSE; moderate seismic risk in the Belluno, Verona and Vicenza areas; storm Vaia 2018.

The Italian region with the most overnight stays: Venice and its lagoon, Verona, Padua (botanical garden and fresco cycles), Vicenza and the Palladian villas, the Prosecco hills, the Dolomites, Garda and the Adriatic beaches. Venice trialled an access fee in 2024–2026. Municipal tourist tax.