Family visa in Italy

• For family of an Italian or EU citizen who lives in Italy or is moving there, the eligible relatives are the spouse, a registered partner, direct descendants under 21 or dependent (including the spouse’s), and dependent parents and grandparents (including the spouse’s).
• Since 1 June 2024 these relatives need a national visa for family reasons to settle in Italy, rather than a short-stay visa. For visits under 90 days, relatives accompanying or joining the citizen are given a tourist visa of up to 90 days.
• For family of a non-EU resident, the eligible relatives are a spouse aged 18 or over and not legally separated, a civil partner, minor children, adult children with a total disability, and dependent parents or parents over 65 in listed cases. The resident must hold a permit of at least one year.

Sources: Consulate General of Italy in Toronto (Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs), Consulate General of Italy in Paris (Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs), Embassy of Italy in Tunis (Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs), Questura di Arezzo (Polizia di Stato), Consulate General of Italy in Sydney (Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs). Checked 16 October 2026.

• For family of an Italian or EU citizen the pages we read set no income test. Where dependency must be shown, you give proof of regular money sent by the citizen to you over the last year; Toronto says the support must be structural, with no minimum duration.
• For family of a non-EU resident, the resident must show income of at least the annual social allowance, plus half that amount for each relative joining, and twice the allowance for two or more children under 14. The amount is updated each year, and the page we read prints only a 2022 figure, so it is unknown here.
• The resident also needs housing that meets hygiene and size standards, confirmed by a housing suitability certificate from the town hall. For one child under 14 the housing owner’s consent is enough.

Sources: Embassy of Italy in Tunis (Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs), Consulate General of Italy in Toronto (Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs), Questura di Verona (Polizia di Stato). Checked 16 October 2026.

• For family of an Italian or EU citizen: a letter of invitation from the citizen saying they want to exercise the right to family unity, with a copy of their ID, plus civil-status documents showing the relationship, translated and apostilled, or a marriage record registered in Italy.
• New York adds that foreigners applying through marriage to an Italian citizen must register the marriage at the Italian consulate before applying, and that for minor children the other parent must give written permission.
• For family of a non-EU resident you need the family reunification clearance (nulla osta) from the Sportello Unico, used within six months, civil-status documents legalised or apostilled, and proof of money sent in dependency cases. Sydney also says it will not accept a marriage older than 6 months, as printed on its checklist.

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

• Apply at the Italian consulate covering where you live. Toronto takes national visa applications by mail and calls you in for fingerprints, and says some national visas take 45 to 90 business days; Sydney takes applications in person and says processing takes from a few hours to 15 days.
• After you arrive, apply for the residence card or permit within 8 working days if you hold a long-term family visa; without one, the Questura of Arezzo says to apply after three months in Italy.

Sources: Consulate General of Italy in Toronto (Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs), Consulate General of Italy in Sydney (Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs), Consulate General of Italy in Paris (Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs), Questura di Arezzo (Polizia di Stato). Checked 16 October 2026.

• The family-reasons visa for relatives of Italian or EU citizens is issued free of charge. Wellington lists the exempt relatives as spouses, civil partners, children under 21, certain adult children and dependent parents.
• The residence card for relatives of EU citizens costs €30.46 to produce, and the annual or biennial permit for cohabiting relatives of Italian citizens €70.46; a revenue stamp of €16 is also required. The national visa fee for family of non-EU residents is €116.

Sources: Embassy of Italy in Tunis (Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs), Consulate General of Italy in Paris (Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs), Embassy of Italy in Wellington (Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs), Questura di Arezzo (Polizia di Stato). Checked 16 October 2026.

• Relatives of EU citizens who use free movement get a residence card valid 5 years; at renewal it is valid 10 years for adults with permanent residence rights. For relatives of Italian citizens who have not used free movement, a five-year electronic residence permit for family reasons is renewable and can be converted into a work permit.
• Permits issued after family reunification with a non-EU resident last up to 2 years, and a renewal can last up to three years.

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

• A foreign relative of an EU citizen gains the right of permanent residence after five years of legal, continuous stay in Italy with the citizen, and can ask for a permanent residence card. The right is lost after an absence of more than two consecutive years.
• Citizenship by marriage is tied to this route: for a spouse living abroad the application can be made three years after the marriage (one and a half with minor children), with Italian at B1 level, a €250 payment and a wait of 24 to 36 months for the Interior Ministry.

Sources: Polizia di Stato (Italian Ministry of the Interior), Embassy of Italy in Ottawa (Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs). 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.
• For 2026 the IRPEF scale is 23% up to €28,000, 33% from €28,000 to €50,000 and 43% above, with regional and municipal surcharges on top.
• The new-resident option can be extended to family members who also move their tax residence to Italy, at €50,000 a year each for moves from 1 January 2026 (€25,000 in the older text of the page), while the main taxpayer pays a flat €300,000.

Sources: Agenzia delle Entrate (Italian Revenue Agency), Ministry of Economy and Finance (mef.gov.it). Checked 16 October 2026.

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• Italy

1. Family reasons visa requirements (New York consulate), Consulate General of Italy in New York (Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs). Checked 16 October 2026.
2. US citizens abroad: filing requirements, Internal Revenue Service (IRS). Checked 11 October 2026.
3. Report of Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts (FBAR), FinCEN (US Treasury). Checked 11 October 2026.
4. Italy: tax treaty documents, Internal Revenue Service (IRS). Checked 11 October 2026.
5. National visa for family reasons for non-EU family members of EU citizens (settlement in Italy), Consulate General of Italy in Toronto (Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs). Checked 16 October 2026. Applies from 1 June 2024.
6. Citizenship by marriage / civil union, Embassy of Italy in Ottawa (Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs). Checked 16 October 2026. Applies to applicants living abroad in the Ottawa consular district.
7. Family reunification national visa checklist (Sydney consulate), Consulate General of Italy in Sydney (Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs), PDF. Checked 16 October 2026. Updated 21 July 2026 as printed.
8. 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.
9. Entry visa for family reasons for foreign family members of Italian and EU citizens: information sheet, Embassy of Italy in Tunis (Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs), PDF dated June 2026 in its URL. Checked 16 October 2026. Italian only; written for applicants in Tunisia, but sets out the national rule.
10. National visa for family reasons for family members of non-EU citizens, Consulate General of Italy in Toronto (Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs). Checked 16 October 2026.
11. Family reasons (family members of EU citizens), Consulate General of Italy in Paris (Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs). Checked 16 October 2026. Italian only.
12. Residence card and residence permit for non-EU family members of an Italian or EU citizen, Questura di Arezzo (Polizia di Stato). Checked 16 October 2026. English translation of the Italian page; the Italian text is the official one.
13. Documents needed for family cohesion (art. 30 of Legislative Decree 286/1998), guidelines of June 2023, Questura di Verona (Polizia di Stato), PDF. Checked 16 October 2026. Italian only; prints the social allowance for 2022 (the amount changes each year, so no current figure is given here).
14. Citizens of the European Union (free movement, family members, permanent residence), Polizia di Stato (Italian Ministry of the Interior), PDF. Checked 16 October 2026. Italian only.
15. Duration and renewal of the residence permit: what changed with the Cutro decree, Integrazionemigranti.gov.it (Italian Ministries of Labour and Interior portal). Checked 16 October 2026. Page dated 9 June 2023; Italian only.
16. 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.
17. IRPEF rates and calculation, Agenzia delle Entrate (Italian Revenue Agency). Checked 11 October 2026. Table still shows 35% for the middle band; a notice on the same page and the Finance Ministry (X3) confirm 33% for 2026.
18. Main measures of the 2026 budget law, Ministry of Economy and Finance (mef.gov.it). Checked 11 October 2026.
19. New residents: optional regime (what it is), Agenzia delle Entrate (Italian Revenue Agency). Checked 16 October 2026. Last updated 16 January 2026; Italian only. A banner gives EUR 300,000 and EUR 50,000 for moves from 1 January 2026; the body text still shows EUR 200,000 and EUR 25,000.
20. 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.