Italian prisons are nowhere near as nice as Club fed in Canada.
Now that you have posted on internet, it is very easy for Italian authotrities
to find you, and jail you.
Don't forget, in Europe YOU ARE GUILTY UNTIL PROVEN INNOCENT.
Idiots deserve jail, just for being stupid.
On Fri, 12 Oct 2007 17:49:45 -0700, rbartlet@hotmail.com wrote:
>Hi all,
>
>This post is probably just my paranoia getting the better of me, but:
>
>I'm currently in Italy as a tourist on a Canadian passport. My 90 days
>run out on November 14 but I'd rather stay longer. I'm going to Dubai
>in early December and MXP-DXB sounds like a much nicer itinerary than
>YUL-LHR-DXB.
>
>I've checked the r.t.e archives and it seems the overstay question has
>already been asked with respect to France but I understand that Italy
>is different in that Italian hotels communicate guest information to
>the local authorities and that could make me a much easier target than
>I would be were I in another Schengen country.
>
>Does anyone have any idea what the chances (or the consequences) are
>of getting caught for overstaying in Italy?
>
>Thanks!
>
>Richard
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