Italy digital nomad visa

Digital nomad and remote worker visa

Financial means

Three times the health-charge exemption threshold, about €27,000 a yearAnnual income must come from lawful sources and reach three times the threshold for exemption from healthcare co-payments. The consulate in Moscow puts it at about €27,000, and the embassy in Pretoria adds that it cannot be below the average annual gross salary published by the National Institute of Statistics (ISTAT) either. Employees must also earn no less than the collective agreement salary.

Length

The visa is valid for up to 365 days.

Health insurance

RequiredHealth insurance covering medical treatment and hospitalisation throughout Italy for the whole stay.

How to apply depending on your passport

It's your passport's country, so you do not need this visa.As an EU, EEA or Swiss citizen you can live and work in Italy without this visa.According to our data, your passport cannot enter Italy.Your passport lets you enter Italy without a tourist visa. The application is the same for everyone.Your passport needs a visa to visit Italy as a tourist, although that does not change how you apply for this visa.

You apply at the Italian consulate or embassy that covers the country where you live. You do not need prior clearance (nulla osta) from the Questura.

EU, EEA and Swiss citizens do not need it: they can live and work in Italy with their ID.

Requirements

• Be a highly qualified worker, with a degree of at least three years, five years of experience at a comparable level or, in information technology, three years of experience in the last seven.
• Have at least six months of experience in the work you will do remotely.
• The employer or client can be based in Italy or abroad.
• Show where you will stay for the whole stay.
• If you are an employee, provide the contract or a binding offer and an employer declaration that it has no convictions in the last five years.
• Provide documents apostilled or legalised and translated into Italian.

Legal basis: Legislative Decree 286/1998, article 27, paragraph 1, letter q-bis.

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