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Self-employment visa — regulated or supervised liberal profession

ItalyStarting a business

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Is this for a founder, startup entrepreneur, self-employed person, freelancer, company owner or another business profile?

This route is for liberal professionals (self-employed) in supervised professions (professioni vigilate), which have an order or college and a professional register; the Ministry of Justice publishes the list of supervised professions.

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What must actually exist or be demonstrated: business plan, company, innovation, clients, contracts, economic activity, job creation or other substance?

The applicant must be a freelance professional in a supervised profession ('professioni vigilate', with an order or college and a professional register, listed on the Ministry of Justice website) and hold the professional and moral requirements required of Italian citizens for the same activity; at the nulla osta application the applicant must hold the licence or authorisation documentation for the activity or the chamber of commerce registration.

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What investment, capital, income, revenue, funding or viability evidence is central to this pathway?

For the self-employment visa, the applicant must demonstrate adequate financial means and an annual income from lawful sources above the minimum required by law for exemption from health care participation (currently about €8,400). This income cannot be demonstrated through a bank guarantee or surety policy.

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Limits of the record
  • The document does not specify any investment, capital, revenue, funding or viability evidence beyond the income requirement and adequate financial means.
  • The document does not state whether the income requirement applies specifically to the regulated or supervised liberal profession route or to all self-employment categories.

What business/self-employed activity may the holder conduct? Are there important restrictions? What is the family position where clearly stated?

The holder of a self-employment residence permit may also perform subordinate work for the entire validity period of the permit, without conversion or rectification, and may be regularly hired by an employer without needing to use available entry quotas. At renewal, the holder may request a new residence permit corresponding to the activity actually performed. The official source does not state the family position.

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Limits of the record
  • The document does not specify any restrictions on the business/self-employed activity for the regulated or supervised liberal profession route beyond the general requirement that the activity not be reserved by law to Italian or EU citizens.
  • The document does not state the family position for this route.

What approval/application sequence applies, how long is the status granted, how is it renewed, and what longer-term residence direction is officially stated?

When the nulla osta is requested, the applicant must already hold the licence or authorisation documentation for the activity or the chamber of commerce registration, to be presented to the Questura. The visa may be issued or refused within 120 days from the application. At renewal, the holder may request a new residence permit corresponding to the activity actually performed. The official source does not state how long the permit is granted for or a longer-term residence direction.

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Limits of the record
  • The document does not specify the duration of the residence permit for this route.
  • The document does not specify renewal conditions or procedures.
  • The document does not state any longer-term residence direction.

These are the answers currently recorded in the catalogue. A missing or partial answer is not an eligibility decision.

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