Citizenship or Residence by Ancestry
Residence permit while awaiting recognition or acquisition of Italian citizenship
- Programme status
- — To be confirmed on the route website
Italy at a glance
Current published coverage and the date of the latest review.
- Published pathways
- 153
- Route types
- 19
- Verified facts
- 0
- Structure updated
- 2026-09-06
Pathways by category
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Ancestry Return
3 pathwaysCitizenship or Residence by Ancestry
Riconoscimento della cittadinanza italiana per discendenza (iure sanguinis)
- Programme status
- — To be confirmed on the route website
Citizenship or Residence by Ancestry
Work entry outside quotas for descendants of Italian citizens — designated historic-emigration states
- Programme status
- — To be confirmed on the route website
Business Self Employment
9 pathwaysEntrepreneurship & Self-Employment
Italia Startup Hub — in-country conversion, certified-incubator pathway
- Programme status
- — To be confirmed on the route website
Entrepreneurship & Self-Employment
Italia Startup Hub — in-country conversion, direct application
- Programme status
- — To be confirmed on the route website
Entrepreneurship & Self-Employment
Italia Startup Visa — certified-incubator application
- Programme status
- — To be confirmed on the route website
Entrepreneurship & Self-Employment
Italia Startup Visa — direct application
- Programme status
- — To be confirmed on the route website
Entrepreneurship & Self-Employment
Self-employment visa — entrepreneur under annual quota
- Programme status
- — To be confirmed on the route website
Entrepreneurship & Self-Employment
Self-employment visa — internationally renowned or highly qualified artist
- Programme status
- — To be confirmed on the route website
Entrepreneurship & Self-Employment
Self-employment visa — qualifying company office holder
- Programme status
- — To be confirmed on the route website
Entrepreneurship & Self-Employment
Self-employment visa — recognised non-regulated profession
- Programme status
- — To be confirmed on the route website
Entrepreneurship & Self-Employment
Self-employment visa — regulated or supervised liberal profession
- Programme status
- — To be confirmed on the route website
Cultural Religious Volunteer
6 pathwaysCultural, Religious & Volunteer Activities
National Visa for European voluntary-service activity
- Programme status
- — To be confirmed on the route website
Cultural, Religious & Volunteer Activities
National Visa for mission — long stay
- Programme status
- — To be confirmed on the route website
Cultural, Religious & Volunteer Activities
National Visa for religious reasons — clergy or religious worker
- Programme status
- — To be confirmed on the route website
Cultural, Religious & Volunteer Activities
National Visa for volunteering under national contingent
- Programme status
- — To be confirmed on the route website
Cultural, Religious & Volunteer Activities
Schengen Visa for mission — short stay
- Programme status
- — To be confirmed on the route website
Cultural, Religious & Volunteer Activities
Schengen short-stay visa for religious reasons
- Programme status
- — To be confirmed on the route website
Digital Nomad
2 pathwaysRemote Work & Digital Nomad
Digital Nomad Visa — highly qualified self-employed remote worker
- Programme status
- — To be confirmed on the route website
Remote Work & Digital Nomad
Remote Worker Visa — highly qualified employed worker or collaborator
- Programme status
- — To be confirmed on the route website
Family
21 pathwaysFamily Reunification
Family accompanying visa — dependent adult disabled child of eligible non-EU long-stay principal
- Programme status
- — To be confirmed on the route website
Family Reunification
Family accompanying visa — minor child of eligible non-EU long-stay principal
- Programme status
- — To be confirmed on the route website
Family Reunification
Family accompanying visa — qualifying dependent parent of eligible non-EU long-stay principal
- Programme status
- — To be confirmed on the route website
Family Reunification
Family accompanying visa — spouse of eligible non-EU long-stay principal
- Programme status
- — To be confirmed on the route website
Family Reunification
Family member of EU Blue Card holder
- Programme status
- — To be confirmed on the route website
Family Reunification
Family member of Investor Visa holder
- Programme status
- — To be confirmed on the route website
Family Reunification
Family member of digital nomad or remote worker
- Programme status
- — To be confirmed on the route website
Family Reunification
Family member of elective-residence holder
- Programme status
- — To be confirmed on the route website
Family Reunification
Family member of scientific researcher
- Programme status
- — To be confirmed on the route website
Family Reunification
Family permit on reaching adulthood — study, access to work or employment
- Programme status
- — To be confirmed on the route website
Family Reunification
Family reunification for recognised refugee sponsor
- Programme status
- — To be confirmed on the route website
Family Reunification
Family reunification for subsidiary-protection sponsor
- Programme status
- — To be confirmed on the route website
Family Reunification
Family reunification — dependent adult child with total disability
- Programme status
- — To be confirmed on the route website
Family Reunification
Family reunification — dependent parent over 65 whose other children cannot support
- Programme status
- — To be confirmed on the route website
Family Reunification
Family reunification — dependent parent with no other child in country of origin
- Programme status
- — To be confirmed on the route website
Family Reunification
Family reunification — spouse of a non-EU sponsor
- Programme status
- — To be confirmed on the route website
Family Reunification
Family reunification — unmarried minor child of a non-EU sponsor
- Programme status
- — To be confirmed on the route website
Family Reunification
Residence permit for child under 21 of an Italian citizen not exercising EU mobility
- Programme status
- — To be confirmed on the route website
Family Reunification
Residence permit for dependent adult child of an Italian citizen not exercising EU mobility
- Programme status
- — To be confirmed on the route website
Family Reunification
Residence permit for dependent parent of an Italian citizen not exercising EU mobility
- Programme status
- — To be confirmed on the route website
Family Reunification
Residence permit for spouse or civil-union partner of an Italian citizen not exercising EU mobility
- Programme status
- — To be confirmed on the route website
Free Movement
15 pathwaysFree Movement & Regional Mobility
EU/EEA/Swiss free movement — employed worker
- Programme status
- — To be confirmed on the route website
Free Movement & Regional Mobility
EU/EEA/Swiss free movement — jobseeker or retained-worker status
- Programme status
- — To be confirmed on the route website
Free Movement & Regional Mobility
EU/EEA/Swiss free movement — self-employed person
- Programme status
- — To be confirmed on the route website
Free Movement & Regional Mobility
EU/EEA/Swiss free movement — self-sufficient person
- Programme status
- — To be confirmed on the route website
Free Movement & Regional Mobility
EU/EEA/Swiss free movement — student
- Programme status
- — To be confirmed on the route website
Free Movement & Regional Mobility
Facilitated entry for other dependent household family of a mobile EU citizen
- Programme status
- — To be confirmed on the route website
Free Movement & Regional Mobility
Permanent residence card for non-EU family member of an EU citizen
- Programme status
- — To be confirmed on the route website
Free Movement & Regional Mobility
Permanent residence right for EU/EEA/Swiss citizen after five years
- Programme status
- — To be confirmed on the route website
Free Movement & Regional Mobility
Residence card for dependent non-EU adult descendant of a mobile EU/EEA/Swiss citizen
- Programme status
- — To be confirmed on the route website
Free Movement & Regional Mobility
Residence card for dependent non-EU ascendant of a mobile EU/EEA/Swiss citizen
- Programme status
- — To be confirmed on the route website
Free Movement & Regional Mobility
Residence card for non-EU descendant under 21 of a mobile EU/EEA/Swiss citizen
- Programme status
- — To be confirmed on the route website
Free Movement & Regional Mobility
Residence card for non-EU registered partner of a mobile EU/EEA/Swiss citizen
- Programme status
- — To be confirmed on the route website
Free Movement & Regional Mobility
Residence card for non-EU spouse of a mobile EU/EEA/Swiss citizen
- Programme status
- — To be confirmed on the route website
Free Movement & Regional Mobility
Withdrawal Agreement residence document — UK national beneficiary
- Programme status
- — To be confirmed on the route website
Free Movement & Regional Mobility
Withdrawal Agreement residence document — qualifying family member
- Programme status
- — To be confirmed on the route website
Humanitarian Protection
13 pathwaysAsylum, Refugee & Humanitarian Protection
Asylum applicant permit
- Programme status
- — To be confirmed on the route website
Asylum, Refugee & Humanitarian Protection
Medical permit for pregnancy and six months after birth
- Programme status
- — To be confirmed on the route website
Asylum, Refugee & Humanitarian Protection
Recognition and residence of a stateless person
- Programme status
- — To be confirmed on the route website
Asylum, Refugee & Humanitarian Protection
Refugee-status residence permit
- Programme status
- — To be confirmed on the route website
Asylum, Refugee & Humanitarian Protection
Residence permit for acts of particular civil value
- Programme status
- — To be confirmed on the route website
Asylum, Refugee & Humanitarian Protection
Residence permit for calamity
- Programme status
- — To be confirmed on the route website
Asylum, Refugee & Humanitarian Protection
Residence permit for unaccompanied foreign minor
- Programme status
- — To be confirmed on the route website
Asylum, Refugee & Humanitarian Protection
Residence permit for victims of domestic violence — Article 18-bis
- Programme status
- — To be confirmed on the route website
Asylum, Refugee & Humanitarian Protection
Residence permit for victims of labour exploitation — Article 18-ter
- Programme status
- — To be confirmed on the route website
Asylum, Refugee & Humanitarian Protection
Residence permit for victims of trafficking or serious violence — Article 18
- Programme status
- — To be confirmed on the route website
Asylum, Refugee & Humanitarian Protection
Special-protection residence permit
- Programme status
- — To be confirmed on the route website
Asylum, Refugee & Humanitarian Protection
Subsidiary-protection residence permit
- Programme status
- — To be confirmed on the route website
Asylum, Refugee & Humanitarian Protection
Temporary protection for displaced persons from Ukraine
- Programme status
- — To be confirmed on the route website
Independent Means
1 pathwayPassive Income, Savings & Retirement
Elective Residence Visa — principal applicant
- Programme status
- — To be confirmed on the route website
Investment
4 pathwaysResidence or Citizenship by Investment
Investor Visa for Italy — Italian government bonds
- Programme status
- — To be confirmed on the route website
Residence or Citizenship by Investment
Investor Visa for Italy — Italian limited company
- Programme status
- — To be confirmed on the route website
Residence or Citizenship by Investment
Investor Visa for Italy — innovative startup
- Programme status
- — To be confirmed on the route website
Residence or Citizenship by Investment
Investor Visa for Italy — philanthropic initiative
- Programme status
- — To be confirmed on the route website
Medical Treatment
3 pathwaysMedical Treatment
Accompanying person for medical-treatment patient
- Programme status
- — To be confirmed on the route website
Medical Treatment
National Visa for medical treatment
- Programme status
- — To be confirmed on the route website
Medical Treatment
Schengen Visa for medical treatment
- Programme status
- — To be confirmed on the route website
Other Special
3 pathways- Programme status
- — To be confirmed on the route website
- Programme status
- — To be confirmed on the route website
- Programme status
- — To be confirmed on the route website
Residence Based Status
9 pathwaysStay, Settle or Change Status
Conversion of family permit to study, employed or self-employed status
- Programme status
- — To be confirmed on the route website
Stay, Settle or Change Status
Conversion of first seasonal-work permit to non-seasonal employed work
- Programme status
- — To be confirmed on the route website
Stay, Settle or Change Status
Conversion of study or training permit to employed work
- Programme status
- — To be confirmed on the route website
Stay, Settle or Change Status
Conversion of study or training permit to self-employment
- Programme status
- — To be confirmed on the route website
Stay, Settle or Change Status
EU long-term resident permit after five years
- Programme status
- — To be confirmed on the route website
Stay, Settle or Change Status
EU long-term resident permit for international-protection beneficiary
- Programme status
- — To be confirmed on the route website
Stay, Settle or Change Status
Post-research permit to seek work or start a research-related business
- Programme status
- — To be confirmed on the route website
Stay, Settle or Change Status
Post-study permit to seek work or start a coherent business
- Programme status
- — To be confirmed on the route website
Stay, Settle or Change Status
Waiting-for-employment permit after loss of non-seasonal work
- Programme status
- — To be confirmed on the route website
Short Stay Visit
8 pathwaysVisit & Short Stay
Schengen Visa for business
- Programme status
- — To be confirmed on the route website
Visit & Short Stay
Schengen Visa for conference or professional event
- Programme status
- — To be confirmed on the route website
Visit & Short Stay
Schengen Visa for private invitation
- Programme status
- — To be confirmed on the route website
Visit & Short Stay
Schengen Visa for short autonomous professional activity
- Programme status
- — To be confirmed on the route website
Visit & Short Stay
Schengen Visa for short cultural event
- Programme status
- — To be confirmed on the route website
Visit & Short Stay
Schengen Visa for short salaried activity
- Programme status
- — To be confirmed on the route website
Visit & Short Stay
Schengen Visa for tourism
- Programme status
- — To be confirmed on the route website
Visit & Short Stay
Schengen Visa for transport work
- Programme status
- — To be confirmed on the route website
Sports
5 pathwaysSports & Athlete Mobility
National Visa for salaried sports activity — amateur athlete
- Programme status
- — To be confirmed on the route website
Sports & Athlete Mobility
National Visa for salaried sports activity — professional athlete
- Programme status
- — To be confirmed on the route website
Sports & Athlete Mobility
Schengen Visa for sports competition
- Programme status
- — To be confirmed on the route website
Sports & Athlete Mobility
Self-employment visa for professional sports activity
- Programme status
- — To be confirmed on the route website
Sports & Athlete Mobility
Sports coach or technical staff work route
- Programme status
- — To be confirmed on the route website
Study
13 pathwaysStudy & Training
National Study Visa — AFAM higher arts, music or dance programme
- Programme status
- — To be confirmed on the route website
Study & Training
National Study Visa — Italian-language or cultural course
- Programme status
- — To be confirmed on the route website
Study & Training
National Study Visa — bachelor or single-cycle degree
- Programme status
- — To be confirmed on the route website
Study & Training
National Study Visa — doctoral programme
- Programme status
- — To be confirmed on the route website
Study & Training
National Study Visa — foundation or preparatory course
- Programme status
- — To be confirmed on the route website
Study & Training
National Study Visa — master's degree
- Programme status
- — To be confirmed on the route website
Study & Training
National Study Visa — single university course
- Programme status
- — To be confirmed on the route website
Study & Training
National Study Visa — university exchange or mobility programme
- Programme status
- — To be confirmed on the route website
- Programme status
- — To be confirmed on the route website
Study & Training
National Study Visa — upper-secondary school programme
- Programme status
- — To be confirmed on the route website
Study & Training
Short-stay Study Visa — course up to 90 days
- Programme status
- — To be confirmed on the route website
Study & Training
Study Visa — curricular traineeship
- Programme status
- — To be confirmed on the route website
Study & Training
Study Visa — vocational training
- Programme status
- — To be confirmed on the route website
Talent Merit
8 pathwaysTalent & Exceptional Achievement
EU Blue Card Italy — first application
- Programme status
- — To be confirmed on the route website
Talent & Exceptional Achievement
EU Blue Card holder — short-term business mobility up to 90 days
- Programme status
- — To be confirmed on the route website
Talent & Exceptional Achievement
EU Blue Card mobility to Italy — long-term mobility
- Programme status
- — To be confirmed on the route website
Talent & Exceptional Achievement
Researcher mobility to Italy — long-term from another EU Member State
- Programme status
- — To be confirmed on the route website
Talent & Exceptional Achievement
Researcher mobility to Italy — short-term from another EU Member State
- Programme status
- — To be confirmed on the route website
Talent & Exceptional Achievement
Scientific Research Visa and residence permit — Italy-hosted researcher
- Programme status
- — To be confirmed on the route website
Talent & Exceptional Achievement
University exchange lecturer or native-language reader — Article 27
- Programme status
- — To be confirmed on the route website
Talent & Exceptional Achievement
University professor assigned to an academic post — Article 27
- Programme status
- — To be confirmed on the route website
Transit
2 pathways- Programme status
- — To be confirmed on the route website
- Programme status
- — To be confirmed on the route website
Work
20 pathwaysWork & Job Search
Article 23 trained-abroad worker — quota-exempt entry
- Programme status
- — To be confirmed on the route website
Work & Job Search
Article 27 work route — circus or travelling-show worker
- Programme status
- — To be confirmed on the route website
Work & Job Search
Article 27 work route — contract-service employee
- Programme status
- — To be confirmed on the route website
Work & Job Search
Article 27 work route — domestic worker accompanying returning EU or Italian employer
- Programme status
- — To be confirmed on the route website
- Programme status
- — To be confirmed on the route website
Work & Job Search
Article 27 work route — executive or highly specialised employee
- Programme status
- — To be confirmed on the route website
Work & Job Search
Article 27 work route — foreign correspondent or journalist
- Programme status
- — To be confirmed on the route website
Work & Job Search
Article 27 work route — interpreter
- Programme status
- — To be confirmed on the route website
Work & Job Search
Article 27 work route — maritime worker
- Programme status
- — To be confirmed on the route website
Work & Job Search
Article 27 work route — professional nurse
- Programme status
- — To be confirmed on the route website
Work & Job Search
Article 27 work route — salaried performing artist
- Programme status
- — To be confirmed on the route website
Work & Job Search
Article 27 work route — translator
- Programme status
- — To be confirmed on the route website
Work & Job Search
Decreto Flussi 2026 — family-assistance and social-healthcare work
- Programme status
- — To be confirmed on the route website
Work & Job Search
Decreto Flussi 2026 — non-seasonal subordinate work for cooperation-agreement nationals
- Programme status
- — To be confirmed on the route website
Work & Job Search
Decreto Flussi 2026 — other non-seasonal subordinate work
- Programme status
- — To be confirmed on the route website
Work & Job Search
Decreto Flussi 2026 — seasonal agricultural work
- Programme status
- — To be confirmed on the route website
Work & Job Search
Decreto Flussi 2026 — seasonal tourism work
- Programme status
- — To be confirmed on the route website
Work & Job Search
Intra-corporate transfer permit — manager
- Programme status
- — To be confirmed on the route website
Work & Job Search
Intra-corporate transfer permit — specialist
- Programme status
- — To be confirmed on the route website
Work & Job Search
Intra-corporate transfer permit — trainee employee
- Programme status
- — To be confirmed on the route website
Youth Mobility
8 pathwaysWorking Holiday & Youth Mobility
Australia–Italy Working Holiday Visa
- Programme status
- — To be confirmed on the route website
Working Holiday & Youth Mobility
Canada–Italy Youth Mobility — International Co-op
- Programme status
- — To be confirmed on the route website
Working Holiday & Youth Mobility
Canada–Italy Youth Mobility — Working Holiday
- Programme status
- — To be confirmed on the route website
Working Holiday & Youth Mobility
Canada–Italy Youth Mobility — Young Professionals
- Programme status
- — To be confirmed on the route website
Working Holiday & Youth Mobility
Hong Kong–Italy Working Holiday Agreement — signed but not in force
- Programme status
- — To be confirmed on the route website
Working Holiday & Youth Mobility
Japan–Italy Working Holiday Agreement — signed, current operation not confirmed
- Programme status
- — To be confirmed on the route website
Working Holiday & Youth Mobility
New Zealand–Italy Working Holiday Visa
- Programme status
- — To be confirmed on the route website
Working Holiday & Youth Mobility
South Korea–Italy Working Holiday Visa
- Programme status
- — To be confirmed on the route website
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