Italy Self-Employment Visa, prepared end to end.

The service covers route and category fit, Decreto Flussi quota and click-day timing, nulla osta sequencing, income and resources evidence planning, family-scope review, a tax-regime handoff, and residence setup tracking. Tax and social-security advice remain with the relevant specialists.

Yes. The route is often called the Italy self-employment or freelance visa, but Italian law frames it as the visto per lavoro autonomo, covering freelancers, regulated professionals, company officers, renowned artists, and innovative-startup founders.

Self-employment entries are capped each year and open on specific click days. The 2026-2028 decree sets 650 lavoro autonomo entries a year, 500 of them shared by five categories (entrepreneurs, professionals, company officers, renowned artists, and innovative start-ups). We help line up the file before the window so timing does not block the application.

There is no single flat minimum. Your personal income must exceed the healthcare-cost exemption level (EUR 8,263.31 a year according to the Ministry of Labour's integration portal; some consulate pages, such as Bogota's, still cite EUR 8,500), and you need suitable housing (D.Lgs. 286/1998 art. 26(3)). For the activity, DPR 394/1999 art. 39(3) requires resources of at least the annual capitalisation of the monthly social allowance (EUR 546.24 a month in 2026), attested by the Chamber of Commerce or professional order; some embassy checklists, such as Tbilisi's, ask for three times that amount. We map the evidence for both tests.

We prepare the documents and arrange the handoff. A commercialista or tax specialist handles regime forfettario eligibility, IRPEF, INPS, and any filings.

Family scope can be planned, but dependant evidence, income coverage, insurance, family records, apostille, translation, and timing need to be reviewed before filing.

The ministries' circular on the 2026-2028 Flows Decree lists five: entrepreneurs with an investment plan of interest to the Italian economy using at least EUR 500,000 of their own resources and creating at least three new jobs; professionals in regulated or recognised professions; company officers covered by the interministerial decree of 11 May 2011 n. 850; renowned artists engaged by public or private bodies; and founders of innovative start-ups under Law 221/2012.

The consulate must issue or refuse the visa within 120 days of the complete application, and the visa must be used within 180 days of issue (D.Lgs. 286/1998 art. 26(7)). After entry, you request the permit at the Questura within eight working days (art. 5(2)).

Up to two years, and each renewal up to three years (D.Lgs. 286/1998 art. 5(3-quater)). Renewal is requested at least 90 days before expiry (art. 5(4)).

No. The lavoro autonomo visa is quota-based and needs a nulla osta for work you will carry out in Italy on your own account, while the digital nomad visa sits outside the quotas, needs no work nulla osta, and is for highly qualified remote work (D.Lgs. 286/1998 art. 27(1-sexies)).