AskBabushka — help for people who have moved to Europe
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AskBabushka — help for people who have moved to Europe
Make a plan for your first steps, find a doctor, a lawyer, a nanny or a job, and ask people who speak your language. Choose your city and let's begin.
First steps planner
Your plan in a minute
Choose why you came and see where to start. The full plan also takes your city and where you are now into account.
Why did you come?
Study
Steps in the plan: 16
Italy
- 1National visa (type D)Italian consulate or visa centre
- 2Translations and apostillesThe issuing authority, a translation agency, the consulate
- 3Health insuranceAn insurance company
- 4Applying for the permesso di soggiornoPost office (Poste Italiane), then the Questura
- 5Codice fiscaleAgenzia delle Entrate
and 11 more
Open the full planWhat we help with
Everything you need in your first year, in one place
We'll tell you where to start and help you find people who know how things work in your country and speak your language.
Documents
Residence permit, tax number, address registration, translations and apostilles.
Find a professionalTranslators
Choose which language you need translating into which — for documents, the doctor or a job interview.
Find a professionalDoctors
Doctors who speak your language, a family doctor and how to get one.
Find a professionalNannies and children
Nannies, nurseries and schools — and how to enrol your child.
Find a professionalHousing
How to rent a flat, what to check in the contract and how to register your address.
Find a professionalWork and taxes
Contracts, self-employment, tax returns and an accountant.
Find a professionalBeauty
Manicure, haircuts, brows and lashes, massage — from people who speak your language.
Find a professionalHome and everyday
Cleaning, moving, repairs to electronics and clothes, car servicing.
Find a professionalStart-ups and investors
Meetings with mentors and investors, pitch evenings, setting up a company.
Find a professionalPsychologist
Support in your own language when the move is hard.
Find a professionalHome repairs
Tradespeople for repairs and renovation — through Rocca Group.
Partner site: Rocca GroupStudy
Admission to Italian state universities — through Italian Education FF.
Partner site: Italian Education FF
How it works
Three steps to the right person
- 01
Make your plan
The first steps planner shows what to do and in what order.
- 02
Choose a professional
Find someone in the directory who speaks your language — or describe what you need and we'll find someone.
- 03
Get an answer
The professional sees your request in their account and contacts you. From there you agree things directly.
We don't handle documents or give medical care ourselves — we help you find the people who do, and we speak your language.
For partners
Do you help people? Become a AskBabushka partner
Lawyers, translators, doctors, nannies, accountants, estate agents — if you work with people who have moved, create a profile and clients will find you.
- Documents
- Translators
- Doctors
- Beauty
- Home and everyday
- Nannies and children
Start with a plan
It's free and takes a minute.