As of last week, Italy’s digital nomad visa opened to applicants, and your dream of moving to Italy - to live out la dolce vita - could now become a reality.
Italian legislators have been dangling ‘la carota’ for years; allowing us to envisage a life of pizza-eating and palazzo-frequenting thanks to the prospect of an Italian visa for remote workers. Finally, last week’s announcement confirmed the country’s digital nomad visa came into effect on April 4.
But don’t pack your bags and switch up your flat white for an espresso just yet. There are rules and regulations that will determine if you qualify.
Firstly, as the name suggests, the visa is open to those who can work remotely. According to Euronews, legislation defines such individuals as “non-European Union or Swiss citizens who are highly skilled. They should be able to work remotely, either as someone self-employed or in collaboration with or as an employee of a company.”
Before you sashay into your manager’s office and demand your WFH hours include logging in from Florence, you must be someone “who carries out a highly qualified work activity with the use of technological tools capable of allowing them to work remotely, both as a worker self-employed or as a collaborator or employee of a company even if not resident in Italy,” according to Euronews.
