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Study Visa — curricular traineeship

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What education or training is this pathway designed for?

Curricular traineeships: traineeships that give training credits and are included in the study plans of universities or schools. Foreigners resident abroad entering to do a traineeship need no work nulla osta but a study or training entry visa.

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What type of institution/course must accept or enrol the applicant?

A convention between a promoting body (university, upper secondary school, employment agency, training centre, etc.) and a host (company, professional firm, cooperative, public body, etc.), with a training plan; promoter and host each appoint a tutor.

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What are the most important financial or study-related conditions: tuition, funds, insurance, full-time study, attendance or equivalent?

The checked official sources did not provide enough route-specific evidence to confirm the tuition, funds, insurance and study-attendance conditions.

Can the student work? Under what major restrictions? What is the family position where clearly stated?

Yes, provided the work is with an employer other than the host, does not prejudice the training project, and, for holders of a study/training permit, is part-time up to 20 hours per week and 1.040 hours per year; full-time employment contracts are excluded.

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  • Family position is not stated.

How long does the status last, how is it renewed, and what officially documented post-study work or residence possibilities exist?

A valid study or vocational-training residence permit can be converted into a work residence permit at any time of the year and without numerical limits, as the 'decreto Cutro' removed the quota requirement for conversion. The official source does not state the permit duration or renewal for traineeships.

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  • Permit duration and renewal for traineeships are not stated.
  • https://www.integrazionemigranti.gov.it/it-it/Ricerca-news/Dettaglio-news/id/2064/Cose-un-tirocinio-formativo-Come-si-entra-in-Italia-per-svolgere-un-tirocinio
    I cittadini extracomunitari in possesso di un permesso di soggiorno per motivi di studio o di formazione professionale in corso di validità possono richiedere la conversione del proprio titolo in un permesso di soggiorno per motivi di lavoro. Il cd “decreto Cutro”(DL 20 marzo n. 23 convertito nella Legge 5 maggio 2023 n. 50) ha, infatti, soppresso la previsione che subordinava la conversione di tali permessi alla disponibilità di una quota prevista dal decreto flussi annuale. Ne consegue che tali permessi, purché ancora in corso di validità, possono ora essere convertiti in qualsiasi momento dell’anno e senza limiti numerici.

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