Italy

Employment of a worker who completed an approved vocational and civic-language training programme abroad

Employment by a circus or travelling entertainment undertaking

Temporary work in Italy to perform services under a qualifying contract

Continuation in Italy of a full-time domestic-employment relationship held abroad for at least one year

Temporary employment in Italy by an employee of an Italian company or its foreign operation

Executive or highly specialised staff assigned within a qualifying company structure

Accredited journalistic employment or correspondence in Italy

Quota-exempt employment as an interpreter

Work on an Italian-flagged vessel or qualifying maritime service

Employment as a professionally recognised nurse in a public or private healthcare facility

Paid performance or entertainment employment in Italy

Quota-exempt employment as a translator

Non-seasonal employment in family assistance or social-healthcare within the specific quota

Non-seasonal employed work under the 2026 quota reserved for nationals of countries with migration-cooperation agreements

Other non-seasonal employed work under the general 2026 quota

Seasonal employment in agriculture under the 2026 quota

Seasonal employment in tourism under the 2026 quota

Transfer to an Italian group entity as a manager

Transfer to an Italian group entity as a specialist

Transfer to an Italian group entity as a trainee employee

Two-year investor residence for a qualifying investment or donation in the specified Italian asset

Two-year investor residence for a qualifying investment or donation in the specified Italian asset

Two-year investor residence for a qualifying investment or donation in the specified Italian asset

Two-year investor residence for a qualifying investment or donation in the specified Italian asset

Convert an eligible residence permit to startup self-employment with support from a certified incubator

Convert an eligible existing residence permit to self-employment for an innovative startup without leaving Italy

Establish an innovative startup backed by a certified Italian incubator

Establish an innovative startup in Italy through the direct Italia Startup Visa procedure

Long-stay self-employment as an entrepreneur within the applicable Decreto Flussi quota

Independent artistic activity by an internationally renowned or highly qualified artist engaged by a public or private body

Residence to serve in a qualifying senior corporate office of an established Italian capital company

Practice of a non-regulated profession represented by an association recorded by a public administration

Practice of a regulated or supervised liberal profession under the self-employment quota

Professional activity in Italy for up to 90 days in 180 by a valid EU Blue Card holder from another Member State

Highly qualified employment in Italy outside the Decreto Flussi quotas

Move to Italy for highly qualified work after qualifying residence on an EU Blue Card in another Member State

Longer research mobility in Italy under the EU researchers framework

Short research mobility in Italy by a third-country researcher holding qualifying research status in another Member State

Research over 90 days under a hosting agreement with an authorised Italian research body

Quota-exempt university teaching as an exchange lecturer or native-language reader

Quota-exempt employment in an academic post at an Italian university

Admission to a recognised AFAM higher-education programme

Admission to a recognised Italian bachelor or single-cycle university programme

Admission to an Italian doctoral programme

Admission to a qualifying foundation or preparatory course

Admission to a qualifying full-time language or cultural course

Admission to a recognised Italian master's degree programme

Admission to an eligible single university course

Admission to a recognised exchange or mobility programme

Admission to a qualifying university master or postgraduate programme

Admission to a qualifying school programme

Admission to a short course within the Schengen stay ceiling

Approved curricular or educational traineeship placement

Admission to an approved vocational-training programme

Family member accompanying an eligible principal on entry, subject to the same family conditions

Family member accompanying an eligible principal on entry, subject to the same family conditions

Family member accompanying an eligible principal on entry, subject to the same family conditions

Family member accompanying an eligible principal on entry, subject to the same family conditions

Derived residence for a qualifying family member of the specified principal status

Derived residence for a qualifying family member of the specified principal status

Derived residence for a qualifying family member of the specified principal status

Derived residence for a qualifying family member of the specified principal status

Derived residence for a qualifying family member of the specified principal status

Conversion or issue of an appropriate study or work status when a family-permit holder reaches adulthood

Long-stay family reunification with a qualifying non-EU resident sponsor

Long-stay family reunification with a qualifying non-EU resident sponsor

Long-stay family reunification with a qualifying non-EU resident sponsor

Long-stay family reunification with a qualifying non-EU resident sponsor

Long-stay family reunification with a qualifying non-EU resident sponsor

Derived residence for a qualifying family member of the specified principal status

Derived residence for a qualifying family member of the specified principal status

— No eligibility summary published for this route yet

National family residence for a qualifying non-EU relative of an Italian citizen residing in Italy without a cross-border EU-mobility basis

National family residence for a qualifying non-EU relative of an Italian citizen residing in Italy without a cross-border EU-mobility basis

National family residence for a qualifying non-EU relative of an Italian citizen residing in Italy without a cross-border EU-mobility basis

National family residence for a qualifying non-EU relative of an Italian citizen residing in Italy without a cross-border EU-mobility basis

Stable residence in Italy based on substantial independent and recurring resources without work

— No eligibility summary published for this route yet

— No eligibility summary published for this route yet

Change from family status to the permit corresponding to study or work activity

Conversion from qualifying seasonal work status to non-seasonal employment

In-country conversion from valid study or training status to employed work

In-country conversion from valid study or training status to qualifying self-employment

Permanent EU long-term resident status after at least five years of lawful continuous residence in Italy

EU long-term resident status for a beneficiary of international protection after the qualifying period

Post-research residence to seek work or establish a business coherent with completed research

Post-completion residence to seek employment or establish a business coherent with an Italian higher-education qualification

Temporary residence to seek new employment after loss of a non-seasonal job

Residence in Italy for an EU/EEA/Swiss citizen engaged in employed work

Residence based on jobseeking or retention of worker status under EU free-movement law

Residence in Italy for an EU/EEA/Swiss citizen carrying on self-employment

Residence in Italy for an economically inactive EU/EEA/Swiss citizen with sufficient resources and health coverage

Residence in Italy for an EU/EEA/Swiss student with sufficient resources and health coverage

Entry and residence as a qualifying non-EU family member accompanying or joining a mobile EU/EEA/Swiss citizen

Permanent residence card for a qualifying non-EU family member after the required continuous residence

Permanent residence acquired after five years of lawful continuous residence under EU free-movement rules

Entry and residence as a qualifying non-EU family member accompanying or joining a mobile EU/EEA/Swiss citizen

Entry and residence as a qualifying non-EU family member accompanying or joining a mobile EU/EEA/Swiss citizen

Entry and residence as a qualifying non-EU family member accompanying or joining a mobile EU/EEA/Swiss citizen

Entry and residence as a qualifying non-EU family member accompanying or joining a mobile EU/EEA/Swiss citizen

Entry and residence as a qualifying non-EU family member accompanying or joining a mobile EU/EEA/Swiss citizen

Residence document for a qualifying family member protected by the EU–UK Withdrawal Agreement

Residence document for a United Kingdom national protected by the EU–UK Withdrawal Agreement

Working holiday in Italy for an eligible Australian citizen under the bilateral agreement

Curricular internship in Italy for a Canadian post-secondary student

Travel and temporary work in Italy under the bilateral working-holiday category

Career-development employment in Italy under the bilateral young-professionals category

Signed working-holiday mechanism that the official source states was not yet in force

Signed bilateral working-holiday mechanism retained as information only until current operational entry into force is confirmed

Working holiday in Italy for an eligible New Zealand citizen under the bilateral agreement

Working holiday in Italy for an eligible South Korean citizen under the active bilateral agreement

Structured European voluntary-service placement

Long official, governmental or institutional mission

Long-stay religious duties with a recognised religious body

Structured volunteering within the national contingent

Short religious visit or religious activity

Short official or institutional mission

— No eligibility summary published for this route yet

Short business activities in Italy

Attend a conference, meeting or professional event without taking local employment

Visit based on an invitation from a host in Italy

Qualifying short self-employed professional activity

Attend or participate in a qualifying short cultural event

Qualifying short subordinate work activity

Tourism in Italy and the Schengen area

Short entry for qualifying transport activity

Stay during examination of an application for international protection

Protective medical residence during pregnancy and the post-birth period provided by law

Status and residence following recognition of statelessness

Residence following recognition of refugee status

Special status awarded for officially recognised acts of particular civil value

Temporary protection where return is unsafe because of an exceptional calamity

— No eligibility summary published for this route yet

— No eligibility summary published for this route yet

Protective residence status for an unaccompanied foreign minor

Protection for a foreign victim of domestic violence facing concrete current danger

Protection for a victim of unlawful labour intermediation or exploitation

Protection and social-integration status for a victim of trafficking, violence or serious exploitation

Protection where removal is prohibited although refugee or subsidiary status is not recognised

Residence following recognition of subsidiary protection

Temporary protection for persons displaced from Ukraine within the applicable personal scope

For a foreign national already in Italy on a status that allows an in-country application, whose Italian citizenship procedure is pending; it cannot be obtained from abroad.

For a person with a first- or second-degree ancestor (parent or grandparent) who holds, or held at death, exclusively Italian citizenship.

For a descendant of an Italian citizen who is resident abroad and a citizen of Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, the United States, Uruguay or Venezuela, entering for subordinate employment.

Stay by an authorised companion supporting a medical-treatment patient

Stay over 90 days for planned medical treatment in Italy

Short stay to receive planned medical treatment in Italy

Salaried or otherwise authorised sporting activity by a qualifying amateur athlete within the contingent

Salaried sporting activity in Italy within the applicable sports contingent

Short stay to participate in an authorised sports competition

Independent professional sports activity in Italy under the specific self-employment sports route

Employment or professional activity as specifically engaged sports technical staff

Remain in the international transit area of an Italian airport while connecting onward

Transit through Italian or Schengen territory en route to a third country within the authorised short stay

Long official assignment under diplomatic, governmental or international-organisation arrangements

Interim lawful status evidenced by the official application receipt while the permit decision is pending

Return under the statutory no-re-entry-visa conditions while the first residence permit is pending