Italy

Investor visa for Italy. Residence through one of four capital options: government bonds, company shares, an innovative startup, or a philanthropic donation.

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Investor visa for Italy

A residence permit valid 2 years, renewable for 3-year periods, with no minimum-stay requirement.

Who qualifies

€2,000,000 in Italian government bonds with at least 2 years’ residual maturity at purchase, OR €500,000 in shares or bonds of an Italian limited company, OR €250,000 in an Italian registered 'innovative startup', OR a €1,000,000 philanthropic donation to a project of public interest in culture, education, immigration management, scientific research or heritage.
Consolato Generale d’Italia a Londra — Investor Visa for Italy, Art. 26-bis, D.Lgs 286/1998, as introduced by D.L. 25/2017 conv. L. 20/2017
The investment must be maintained for the duration of the permit and made within 3 months of entry.
Consolato Generale d’Italia a Londra — Investor Visa for Italy
Pre-authorisation from the Investor Visa for Italy Committee (MIMIT) is required before applying for the visa.
Investor Visa for Italy Committee

You keep your U.S. citizenship.

Does it fit your family?

One question, from the program’s own rules.

Savings you could move or invest?

Not legal advice.

What it takes.

Investment: About $275,000.
Time: 3–6 months from committee pre-authorisation to visa issuance.
Cost: About $10,000–30,000 beyond the investment: committee filing, legal fees and translations.
The hard part: Passing the Investor Visa Committee’s pre-screening of the source of funds and the investment target itself, especially for the startup option.

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
2 years, renewable for 3 years at a time.
2029
Renew the permit
Filed before the old one lapses; renews for 3 years.
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.

No minimum stay keeps the permit, but citizenship needs ten years of unbroken registered residence and the long-term permit limits absences, so only years actually lived in Italy count.

The law behind these dates

Living there.

Time you must spend there: No minimum-stay requirement to keep the permit, unlike ordinary residence visas.
Tax: Investor-visa holders are not automatically Italian tax residents unless they exceed 183 days/year; those who do become resident can typically also elect the flat-tax regime for new residents (see IT-FLATTAX).

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

Start today.

Submit a pre-application to the Investor Visa for Italy Committee before applying at a consulate.Open investorvisa.mise.gov.it ↗
Gather these documents.
- Proof of the funds to invest: about $275,000, and where they came from
- Request your FBI Identity History Summary
- Health cover for the move
- 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 for the visa after the committee approval or the Consulate General of Italy in New York, 690 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10065 or the Consulate General of Italy in San Francisco, 2590 Webster Street, San Francisco, CA 94115 or the Consulate General of Italy in Houston, 1330 Post Oak Boulevard, Suite 1950, Houston, TX 77056 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 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, NY, CT, NJ, AK, CA, HI, ID, MT, OR, UT, WA, GU, AS, MP, TX, OK, LA, AR, AZ, NM, NV, CA, 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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