Italy — Residency

Italy Investor Visa

Processing time: 2–5 months
Physical presence: There is no minimum-stay rule to keep the permit, but the investment must be made within three months of entry and held throughout. Naturalisation, by contrast, requires ten years of genuine legal residence.
Family: The investor can bring a spouse, minor children, adult children who are dependent, and dependent parents.

See the investment routes and what each one really costs →

Limits and drawbacks

This is residence, not a passport. Citizenship requires ten years of genuine legal residence — one of the longest waits in the EU.
Italy taxes tax-residents on worldwide income at rates up to 43% plus regional and municipal surcharges. The 231,000 USD flat-tax regime helps only large foreign incomes and is a real annual cost, not a zero-tax outcome.
On the 289,000 USD and 577,000 USD routes, the capital is exposed to genuine business risk; the 1,155,000 USD donation is gone for good.
The advantage is European residence and lifestyle, not cheapness: the bond and donation routes are seven-figure commitments.

What it gets you

Residence in an EU member state, with Schengen travel
No minimum-stay requirement to hold the permit
A low entry point of 289,000 USD via the innovative-startup route
For new residents, an optional flat-tax regime of 231,000 USD per year on all foreign income

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What we do for you

Citizenship or residence, the honest answer often is not the one you arrived with. We take the whole procedure with you — eligibility, the route that fits your situation, the file, the follow-up — with one person on your side throughout.

For Italy specifically, you are talking to someone who already knows the file: who to speak to on the ground, what the unit actually asks for, and the points where applications stall.

One point of contact, from the first call to the certificate
Vetted partners on the ground — law firms, licensed agents, banks — introduced, not listed
It starts with a short qualifying call, and no, it is not a sales call

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