Italy: Work Visas

The 2025 reform of Italian citizenship law fundamentally changed how descendants of Italian emigrants can claim citizenship through grandparents. What was once an automatic right based on bloodline now requires meeting strict conditions about exclusive citizenship and generational limits. Can you still obtain Italian citizenship if your connection runs through Italian grandparents, and what alternatives exist for those who no longer qualify under the new rules?

The visa is a long-stay national visa (Legislative Decree 286/1998), as applied through consular practice.

Italian citizenship jure sanguinis (by descent) has long been one of the most generous nationality routes in the world, allowing millions of people with Italian roots to reclaim their citizenship...

Il nomadismo digitale, così come il remote working, è un fenomeno particolarmente sviluppatosi durante la pandemia, con la proposta di un nuovo modello organizzativo...

A foreign citizen, descended from an Italian citizen by birth, who intends to initiate the process in Italy for the recognition of citizenship jure sanguinis, has the possibility of applying for a residence permit for awaiting citizenship.

Aligned with the increased interest in remote working around the world, the Italian government introduced a long-awaited digital nomad visa program earlier this year.

On March 28, 2022, the Italian parliament approved a law creating a new "Digital Nomad" visa for remote workers from outside the European Union (EU)...

Italy is trying to become more friendly with extra-UE remote workers.

The government of Italy updated the work permit quota for 2022 for workers from countries outside of the European Economic Area (EEA).