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Intra-corporate transfer permit — manager

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What type of worker, employment situation, occupation or professional activity is this pathway actually designed for?

Non-EU nationals transferred for more than three months, outside the quotas, as managers (dirigenti) within an intra-corporate transfer to an Italian host entity of the same undertaking or group.

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  • https://www.normattiva.it/uri-res/N2Ls?urn:nir:stato:decreto.legislativo:1998-07-25;286~art27quinquies
    1. L'ingresso e il soggiorno in Italia per svolgere prestazioni di lavoro subordinato nell'ambito di trasferimenti intra-societari per periodi superiori a tre mesi è consentito, al di fuori delle quote di cui all'articolo 3, comma 4, agli stranieri che soggiornano fuori del territorio dell'Unione europea al momento della domanda di ingresso o che sono stati già ammessi nel territorio di un altro Stato membro e che chiedono di essere ammessi nel territorio nazionale in qualità di: a) dirigenti;

Does the applicant need a job offer, employer, sponsor, transfer relationship or other employer involvement? What is important about that employer relationship?

Yes. It is a temporary secondment from an undertaking established outside the EU, with which the worker has an employment relationship lasting at least three months, to a host entity in Italy belonging to the same undertaking or group of undertakings (art. 2359 civil code). The Italian host entity files the named nulla osta request with the Sportello unico per l'immigrazione of the province of its registered office.

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What are the few decisive professional characteristics of the pathway: occupation, qualifications, experience, salary, skill level, shortage status, labour-market condition or equivalent?

The worker must have worked for the same undertaking or group for at least three uninterrupted months immediately before the transfer, and the contract/assignment letter must show a manager post at the host entity, the pay and conditions, and return to a group entity in a third country at the end.

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  • https://www.normattiva.it/uri-res/N2Ls?urn:nir:stato:decreto.legislativo:1998-07-25;286~art27quinquies
    b) che il lavoratore ha lavorato alle dipendenze della stessa impresa o di un'impresa appartenente allo stesso gruppo per un periodo minimo di tre mesi ininterrotti immediatamente precedenti la data del trasferimento intra-societario;
  • https://www.normattiva.it/uri-res/N2Ls?urn:nir:stato:decreto.legislativo:1998-07-25;286~art27quinquies
    c) che dal contratto di lavoro e, se necessaria, da una lettera di incarico risulta: 1) la durata del trasferimento e l'ubicazione dell'entità ospitante o delle entità ospitanti; 2) che il lavoratore ricoprirà un posto di dirigente, di lavoratore specializzato o di lavoratore in formazione nell'entità ospitante; 3) la retribuzione, nonché le altre condizioni di lavoro e di occupazione durante il trasferimento intra-societario; 4) che, al termine del trasferimento intra-societario, lo straniero farà ritorno in un'entità appartenente alla stessa impresa o a un'impresa dello stesso gruppo stabilite in un Paese terzo;

What work does the permission allow? Is the holder tied to an employer, occupation or sector? Can family accompany where clearly established?

Employed work within the intra-corporate transfer at the host entity; the ICT permit is refused/revoked if the holder stays for purposes other than those for which the nulla osta was granted. Family reunification is allowed regardless of the permit's duration under art. 29; family members get a family permit lasting as long as the ICT permit.

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How long is the permission normally granted for, how is it renewed, and what longer-term residence direction exists if officially stated?

The ICT permit lasts as long as the transfer and can be renewed if the secondment is extended, up to a maximum of three years for managers; at least three months must pass before a new ICT application for the same person. The official source does not state a longer-term residence direction.

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  • No longer-term residence direction is stated in art. 27-quinquies.

These are the answers currently recorded in the catalogue. A missing or partial answer is not an eligibility decision.

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