Italy

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

Free · The law behind every answer · Checked Sep 27, 2026

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 route.

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 24–36 months is the legal maximum for applications filed after 20 December 2020; I found no official figure for actual average times.
Income: the Prefettura page gives a floor of €8,263.61 a year for a single applicant; it is not a field here but applies.
Elective-residence renewal length (commonly two years) is Questura practice, not confirmed from an official page today.
The flat-tax amount (€200,000 a year, possibly raised for new arrivals by the 2026 budget) was not re-checked; only its 15-year limit matters here.

The law behind these dates

Investor Visa for Italy (MIMIT) — two-year visa; renewals under art. 26-bis Consolidated Immigration Act · checked 2026-09-25
Polizia di Stato — Permesso di soggiorno UE per soggiornanti di lungo periodo · checked 2026-09-25
Ministero dell'Interno — Concessione della cittadinanza per residenza (art. 9, Law 91/1992) · checked 2026-09-25
Ministero dell'Interno — Law 91/1992, art. 11 (holding another citizenship) · checked 2026-09-25

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 ↗
Round up the papers.
- 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)

Or let us run it.

$900for your first year as a founding member. Then $399 a year, automatically.Standard first year: $1,200. Everyone renews at $399.One membership, the whole family. Accounts and activation included.

19 steps, from the first paper to the passport. You do 4 of them: send what we ask for, sign, and show up. We run the rest, and keep every permit renewed on time. Accounts and activation are included, whether you move now or keep the plan ready. Accounts depend on provider availability. Government, record and approved third-party charges are extra.

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