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Digital nomad / remote worker visa. A 2024 visa for skilled non-EU remote workers and freelancers working for clients or employers outside Italy.

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Digital nomad / remote worker visa

A one-year residence permit, renewable, outside the annual decreto flussi work-visa quotas.

Who qualifies

Net income of at least about €28,000/year from remote work or freelance activity for clients outside Italy.
Decreto interministeriale 29 febbraio 2024 (attuazione Art. 27, D.Lgs 286/1998, come modificato da L. 25/2022)
A university degree or at least 6 months of relevant professional experience, and at least one year’s existing remote-work relationship with the employer or clients.
Decreto interministeriale 29 febbraio 2024
Private health insurance and proof of accommodation in Italy.
Decreto interministeriale 29 febbraio 2024

You keep your U.S. citizenship.

Does it fit your family?

2 questions, from the program’s own rules.

Steady monthly income, from any source?

Not legal advice.

What it takes.

Income: At least $2,567 a month, steady and documented.
Time: 2–3 months for the visa decision; practice is still new and varies by consulate.
Cost: About $500–1,000 in visa fees, translations and insurance.
The hard part: Documenting a genuine, pre-existing remote-work relationship — this is not open to people simply arriving to freelance cold.

Dollar figures are converted from the local currency at the rate the program’s research used; the official figure is in the local currency.

Citizens by 2040.

If your first permit is issued in 2027 and you keep living there, this is the road.

2027
First residence permit
1 year, renewable for 1 year at a time.
2028
Renew the permit
Filed before the old one lapses; renews for 1 year.
2029
Renew the permit
Filed before the old one lapses; renews for 1 year.
2030
Renew the permit
Filed before the old one lapses; renews for 1 year.
2031
Renew the permit
Filed before the old one lapses; renews for 1 year.
2032
Permanent residence
Five years holding a residence permit, an Italian A2 test (or an accepted certificate), income at least equal to the social allowance (assegno sociale), and suitable housing. Absences under 6 months in a row and 10 months in total over the five years do not break it.
2037
Apply for citizenship
With a language test.
2040
Citizenship
The decision usually takes 24–36 months.

Language: Italian at B1, shown by a certificate from an approved body (or an Italian school or university qualification).
Time away: Residence must be legal, continuous and unbroken, with registration at the town hall (anagrafe) throughout. Any period registered as living abroad, or struck off as untraceable, breaks the clock.
Two passports: Yes. You keep your U.S. citizenship.

A one-year permit renewed yearly while the conditions hold.

The law behind these dates

Living there.

Time you must spend there: The program sets no minimum number of days. Renewal still expects it to be your home.
Tax: Makes you Italian tax resident past 183 days/year; may combine with the impatriate workers’ tax regime (a partial income exemption for relocating skilled workers) subject to separate eligibility.

We never file a tax return. We tell you what applies and brief the professional who does.

Start today.

Apply at the Italian consulate for your address.Open ambchisinau.esteri.it ↗
Gather these documents.
- Proof of steady income: at least $2,567 a month
- Request your FBI Identity History Summary
- Health insurance that meets the program’s rules
- A lease or other proof of where you’ll live in Italy
- Get the codice fiscale (Italian tax code)

Postern can’t run this for you yet.

Which state do you live in?

Tell us which state you live in. Postern runs this application through the Consulate General of Italy in Chicago or the Consulate General of Italy in Los Angeles, 12424 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 1400, Los Angeles, CA 90025 or the Consulate General of Italy in San Francisco, 2590 Webster Street, San Francisco, CA 94115 or the Consulate General of Italy in New York; visa entrance at 54 East 69th Street, corner of Park Avenue, New York, NY 10065 or the Consulate General of Italy in Houston, 1330 Post Oak Boulevard, Suite 1950, Houston, TX 77056 or the Consulate General of Italy in Philadelphia, 1818 Market Street, Suite 910, Philadelphia, PA 19103 or Embassy of Italy, Visa Office or Consulate of Italy in Detroit or Consulate General of Italy in Boston or Consulate General of Italy in Miami, Visa Office, for residents of CO, IL, IA, KS, MN, MO, NE, ND, SD, WI, WY, AZ, NM, NV, CA, AK, CA, HI, ID, MT, OR, UT, WA, GU, AS, MP, NY, CT, NJ, TX, OK, LA, AR, PA, DE, NC, WV, NJ, MD, VA, DC, MD, VA, IN, KY, MI, OH, TN, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT, FL, GA, SC, AL, MS, PR, VI.

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