Digital nomad visa in Italy

• The visa is for non-EU citizens who work remotely while living in Italy. Freelancers, consultants and other independent specialists are “digital nomads”; employees who can do their job fully remotely are “remote workers”, and they face two extra requirements.
• You must be a highly qualified worker. There are three ways to show it: a bachelor’s, master’s or doctoral degree recognised through CIMEA or a Declaration of Value; a higher professional qualification with five years of experience; or, for ICT managers and specialists only, three years of experience in the last seven.
• You also need at least six months of earlier experience in the work you will do as a digital nomad or remote worker; freelancers can show it with tax returns, client invoices or association membership, employees with pay slips or an employer letter. The category sits outside the annual Decreto Flussi quotas and needs no work-permit clearance (nulla osta).

Sources: Consulate General of Italy in New York (Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs), Consulate General of Italy in Sydney (Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs), Embassy of Italy in Wellington (Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs), Integrazionemigranti.gov.it (Italian Ministries of Labour and Interior portal). Checked 16 October 2026.

• The income test is lawful income of at least three times the level that exempts someone from health-service co-payments. Consulates print about €24,800 to €27,000 a year depending on the office and date. To be safe, have more than €28,000 a year, and ask your consulate which figure it applies.
• The income must come from the work you will do in Italy: the New York page says Social Security, rents and stocks are not considered. Remote workers also need an employment contract paying at least the national collective-agreement level and not below the ISTAT average salary: about €33,000 to €33,500 a year on the pages we read. To be safe, have a contract paying more than €34,000 a year.

Sources: Consulate General of Italy in New York (Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs), Embassy of Italy in Ottawa (Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs), Consulate General of Italy in Sydney (Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs), Embassy of Italy in Tunis (Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs), Integrazionemigranti.gov.it (Italian Ministries of Labour and Interior portal), Consulate General of Italy in Melbourne (Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs). Checked 16 October 2026.

• Lodging means a lease or deed registered with the Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate). New York says it must be in your name and cover the whole visa period, and that a hotel stay or a third party’s offer of hospitality is not accepted.
• Health insurance must cover medical costs, hospital stays and repatriation to about €30,000 at least (New York also gives about $50,000). To be safe, have cover of more than €31,000. New York calls inadequate cover the most common reason for refusal; Wellington accepts only European and local New Zealand insurers.

Sources: Consulate General of Italy in New York (Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs), Embassy of Italy in Wellington (Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs), Consulate General of Italy in Sydney (Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs). Checked 16 October 2026.

• You apply at the Italian consulate or embassy that covers where you legally live, in person at Ottawa, Sydney and New York (where the visa fee is paid by money order or cashier’s check). Sydney does not accept applications more than 180 days before departure.
• Ottawa says remote worker applications can take up to 90 days and digital nomad applications up to 120 days; Sydney gives a maximum of 30 days for remote workers and 120 days for digital nomads. The New York and Wellington pages give no processing time.
• After arriving you must apply for the residence permit (permesso di soggiorno) at the Questura for your home within 8 working days. You can start working as soon as you have applied, and the tax code (codice fiscale) is generated with the permit.

Sources: Consulate General of Italy in New York (Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs), Embassy of Italy in Ottawa (Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs), Consulate General of Italy in Sydney (Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs), Embassy of Italy in Wellington (Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs), Integrazionemigranti.gov.it (Italian Ministries of Labour and Interior portal). Checked 16 October 2026.

• The national visa application fee is €116, charged in your local currency at a quarterly rate: New York’s table for October to December 2026 gives $133.60, and Wellington charges it in New Zealand dollars. If you stay 90 days or less the Schengen fee is €90 instead.
• The residence permit costs €16 for the revenue stamp, €30 postage for the postal kit and €30.46 for the electronic card, plus a contribution of €40 when the permit lasts more than three months and up to one year.

Sources: Consulate General of Italy in New York (Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs), Embassy of Italy in Wellington (Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs), Polizia di Stato (Italian Ministry of the Interior), Questura di Pavia (Polizia di Stato). Checked 16 October 2026.

• The residence permit carries the words “digital nomad” or “remote worker” and lasts one year. It is renewable each year while the conditions hold: the minimum income, continued highly qualified work and health insurance.
• There is no minimum stay in Italy to renew, but a permit cannot be renewed if you have been away from Italy for more than six continuous months, except for serious proven reasons. You can change employer or client freely.

Sources: Integrazionemigranti.gov.it (Italian Ministries of Labour and Interior portal), Consulate General of Italy in New York (Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs). Checked 16 October 2026.

• After five years of regular stay on this permit you can ask for the EU long-term residence permit. The Interior Ministry considers the nomad permit not convertible into other permit types, though it says this has not been ruled on.
• The long-term permit needs five years with a valid permit, income above the annual social allowance, a pass in the Italian A2 test and criminal-record certificates; the postal-kit list also asks for a housing suitability certificate. For adults the permit is valid for ten years.

Sources: Integrazionemigranti.gov.it (Italian Ministries of Labour and Interior portal), Polizia di Stato (Italian Ministry of the Interior), Questure sul web (Polizia di Stato). Checked 16 October 2026.

• Since 2024 you are Italian tax resident if for most of the year (183 days, 184 in a leap year) you are on the population register, have your residence or domicile in Italy, or are physically present. Residents are taxed on worldwide income.
• A digital nomad permit holder must obtain a VAT number (partita IVA) from the Revenue Agency; it does not come automatically with the permit. It is needed to invoice, pay social contributions and pay any income tax in Italy.
• Freelancers can use the flat-rate scheme (regime forfetario): one 15% substitute tax, or 5% for the first five years of a genuinely new activity, up to €85,000 of takings, with exclusions such as employment income above €35,000. The page does not say how it applies to foreign clients.
• The impatriate regime taxes only 50% of employment and self-employment income produced in Italy (up to €600,000) if you were not resident in the three prior years, commit to four years of residence and meet high-qualification tests. Our sources do not say whether nomad-visa holders qualify.

Sources: Agenzia delle Entrate (Italian Revenue Agency), Integrazionemigranti.gov.it (Italian Ministries of Labour and Interior portal). Checked 16 October 2026.

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1. Countries exempt from short-stay visas, Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (esteri.it). Checked 15 October 2026.
2. Digital Nomad / Remote Worker visa (New York consulate), Consulate General of Italy in New York (Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs). Checked 16 October 2026. Written for residents of the New York consulate area; text says "at the time of this writing in 2024". Exact figure: EUR 24,789 a year.
3. US citizens abroad: filing requirements, Internal Revenue Service (IRS). Checked 11 October 2026.
4. Foreign earned income exclusion limit, Internal Revenue Service (IRS). Checked 11 October 2026.
5. Physical presence test, Internal Revenue Service (IRS). Checked 11 October 2026.
6. Report of Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts (FBAR), FinCEN (US Treasury). Checked 11 October 2026.
7. Travel advice and advisories: Italy (entry and exit requirements), Government of Canada (travel.gc.ca). Checked 11 October 2026.
8. Digital nomad / remote worker visa (Ottawa embassy), Embassy of Italy in Ottawa (Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs). Checked 16 October 2026. Exact figure: EUR 24,780 a year.
9. Digital nomad and remote worker national visa (Toronto consulate), Consulate General of Italy in Toronto (Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs). Checked 16 October 2026. States the income test as three times the exemption level and prints no euro figure.
10. Canada-Italy convention (2002), text, Department of Finance Canada. Checked 11 October 2026.
11. Canada-Italy social security agreement, Government of Canada (CPP international). Checked 11 October 2026.
12. Leaving Canada (emigrants), Canada Revenue Agency. Checked 11 October 2026.
13. Travelling to Europe and the Schengen Area (archived copy), Smartraveller (Australian Government, DFAT), Internet Archive copy of 6 September 2026. Checked 11 October 2026.
14. Digital nomad / remote worker visa checklist (Sydney consulate), Consulate General of Italy in Sydney (Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs), PDF. Checked 16 October 2026. File dated July 2026 in its address. Exact figures: EUR 25,500 a year (3 x EUR 8,500); remote-worker salary at least EUR 33,000.
15. Australia-Italy tax convention (1982), text as set out in the Income Tax (International Agreements) Amendment Act 1983, Federal Register of Legislation (Australia). Checked 11 October 2026.
16. Social Security Agreement between Australia and the Republic of Italy: text (archived copy), Department of Social Services (Australia), Internet Archive copy of 17 November 2024. Checked 11 October 2026.
17. Your tax residency (archived copy), Australian Taxation Office, Internet Archive copy of 3 June 2026. Checked 11 October 2026.
18. Digital nomad / remote worker visa checklist (Wellington embassy), Embassy of Italy in Wellington (Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs), PDF. Checked 16 October 2026. File dated July 2026 in its address. Exact figure: EUR 25,500 a year (3 x EUR 8,500).
19. Cost for a visa and how to pay (Wellington embassy), Embassy of Italy in Wellington (Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs). Checked 16 October 2026. National visa EUR 116, Schengen visa EUR 90 for adults, charged in New Zealand dollars at the quarterly consular rate.
20. Exchange of Letters constituting an Agreement concerning Visas (New Zealand and Italy), New Zealand Treaties Online (Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade). Checked 11 October 2026.
21. Bilateral visa agreement (Wellington embassy, archived copy), Embassy of Italy in Wellington (Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs), Internet Archive copy of 30 April 2025. Checked 11 October 2026.
22. Social security agreements, Work and Income (New Zealand). Checked 11 October 2026.
23. Tax residency status for individuals, Inland Revenue (New Zealand). Checked 11 October 2026.
24. Who are the digital nomads? How can they enter Italy?, Integrazionemigranti.gov.it (Italian Ministries of Labour and Interior portal). Checked 16 October 2026. Page dated 7 June 2024. Exact figures: EUR 24,789 a year (3 x EUR 8,263.3); ISTAT average salary about EUR 33,500.
25. Entry visa for digital nomads and remote workers: information sheet, Embassy of Italy in Tunis (Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs), PDF dated May 2026 in its URL. Checked 11 October 2026. Prints "approximately 27,000 euros". Exact figure: EUR 27,000 a year.
26. Digital nomad / remote salaried employment visa checklist (Melbourne consulate), Consulate General of Italy in Melbourne (Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs), PDF. Checked 11 October 2026. Exact figures: EUR 25,500 a year; remote-worker salary EUR 33,000.
27. Consular fees, fourth quarter 2026 (table), Consulate General of Italy in New York (Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs), PDF. Checked 16 October 2026. 1 October to 31 December 2026; EUR 1 = USD 1.1516 as printed. Long-stay visa EUR 116.00 = USD 133.59 (USD 133.60 rounded); Schengen visa EUR 90.00 = USD 103.64.
28. How, where and how much (residence permit), Polizia di Stato (Italian Ministry of the Interior). Checked 16 October 2026. Page dated 7 April 2014, amended 18 April 2019; Italian only.
29. New amount of the contribution for issuing and renewing the residence permit, Questura di Pavia (Polizia di Stato). Checked 16 October 2026. Notice dated 12 June 2017 on the ministerial decree in force from 9 June 2017; Italian only.
30. EU long-term residence permit (Carta di soggiorno per cittadini stranieri), Polizia di Stato (Italian Ministry of the Interior), PDF. Checked 16 October 2026. Italian only. Records Law 238 of 23 December 2021 (ten-year validity for adults).
31. Documents for issue and renewal of the electronic residence permit (postal kit), Questure sul web (Polizia di Stato), PDF. Checked 16 October 2026. Undated; Italian only.
32. Circular no. 20/E of 4 November 2024: tax residence of individuals after Legislative Decree 209/2023 (English), Agenzia delle Entrate (Italian Revenue Agency). Checked 11 October 2026.
33. Flat-rate scheme (regime forfetario), Agenzia delle Entrate (Italian Revenue Agency). Checked 11 October 2026.
34. Impatriate workers: new scheme from tax year 2024, Agenzia delle Entrate (Italian Revenue Agency). Checked 11 October 2026.
35. Incentives for people who move their residence to Italy (intermediaries page), Agenzia delle Entrate (Italian Revenue Agency). Checked 16 October 2026. Last updated 27 March 2026; Italian only.