Luke97

@Venture2099 I never said you do.

@Venture2099 When you say free do you mean not a whole lot of bureaucracy involved? So basically the whole process is online to apply for it?

Another grey area to me is what constitutes working in my case? If i just respond to an email while I'm there am i going to get arrested and charged?

That's where i was getting confused tbh @Relaxed. I'm someone who is really uneducated on this topic and i think for my case it appeared to be a bit of a grey area. I've spoken to a few people in my industry while looking into this and some have said they have worked remote on a tourist visa. I guess if word gets out then they are going to prison for fraud and tax evasion.

Also guys, i will be getting paid into a UK bank account and be paying taxes in the UK. This isn't a freelancing sorta deal. I'm not sure if this matters at all.

Ok thanks bud @PeterM

Oh wow. Ok i didn't know i could face charges, i honestly thought at worst it would be immigration issues. And i also kept reading through other sources it's really hard to enforce unless you literally just tell them you're working and drop yourself in it. So yeah it's definitely not worth it then.

@PeterM I never thought it was 'solidly' illegal, only that i saw some other posts on here that did mention it was technically illegal for other cases not involving Italy. So it's hard to know what to make of it all when you're researching this, that's why i wanted to ask in my specific case :)