Italy immigration guide
EU residency through direct investment, or a slower-paced route for people living on passive income.
Italy's residency-by-investment program gives applicants four distinct entry points — company equity, government bonds, an innovative startup, or a philanthropic donation — each with its own capital commitment and holding rules, but a shared path toward renewal and eventually long-term EU residency. Alongside the investor routes sits an older, unrelated option built for people who can support themselves on passive income without working locally. Every route requires the qualifying capital or income to stay in place and be re-evidenced at each renewal; nothing here can be withdrawn or substituted mid-permit without risking the residency itself.
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Every figure below is what Immimaps has verified for that route against Italy's official programme rules — not a marketing minimum.
Equity in an Italian limited company, held without withdrawal or substitution for the life of each permit.
Italian government bonds with a minimum remaining term at purchase, held through the permit period the same way as the company-investment route.
The lowest-threshold investor route, tied to a company registered in Italy's official innovative-startup register.
A one-time, irrevocable donation to an approved cause — once completed, there's nothing further to maintain at renewal.
Not an investor route — built for people who can support themselves on passive income and don't intend to work in Italy.
Check a proposal for this routeThe order Investor Visa Company Investment follows
No confirmed rule change has been flagged for Italy since it was last checked against the official investorvisa.mise.gov.it portal on 2026-08-29. Immimaps keeps watching official immigration sources and will list dated changes here as soon as one is confirmed.
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Fees, process steps, and terms — checked against Italy's program rules
Every figure on this page is checked against Italy's official immigration sources. Immimaps does not publish success rates, approval odds or any probability score — here or anywhere else.
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