Italy’s Representative Office Visa: The No-Investment, No-Presence Path to Italian Residency
Italian tax advisor and immigration specialist Nicoló Bolla introduces a little-known but highly flexible path to residency in Italy.
Read moreItalian tax advisor and immigration specialist Nicoló Bolla introduces a little-known but highly flexible path to residency in Italy.
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Read moreMadalena Monteiro saw a deluge of inquiries about the Italian Dolce Visa after news of Portugal’s closing. Especially from Russians.
Read moreThe bill proposes to introduce a tiered real estate acquisition route, new investment options, lower minimums, and procedural improvements.
Read moreItaly’s Dolce Visa has no processing delays, allows for tailor-made investments, and even lets you wait to invest until after approval.
Read moreGlobally, hundreds of millions of people have a great grandparent from an EU country. Too few of them are picking up citizenships for free.
Read moreItaly as a destination sells itself, argues Dario Montagnese. All RCBI advisors need to do is let investors know it also has a golden visa.
Read moreThe Italian Court of Rome states that consulates that don’t give appointments violate the right to claim Italian citizenship by descent.
Read moreFrom Buenos Aires to Boston, tens of millions are eligible for Italian citizenship by descent. David Lesperance explains how to qualify.
Read moreAfter three years of lackluster application volumes, Italy’s investor visa is finally garnering interest thanks to the reforms of late 2020.
Read moreAmong our ten most-read stories in 2021, half concerned Portugal and half were written by outside contributors. Merry Christmas.
Read moreOne firm claimed Italian citizenships were available for South Africans in “less than a year” for just EUR 100,000. “It’s a scam,” says the Italian embassy.
Read moreThe most common reasons for rejection were “weakness of the business model” and “lack of innovative value of the business project”.
Read moreNo more physical presence requirements and the possibility to apply and invest through a company rather than as an individual.
Read moreThe new minimum places Italy’s investment low end of the cost-spectrum among European golden visas but also calls for a much higher level of risk tolerance.
Read moreThe Italian Investor Visa (IIV) has been around for almost three years without gaining any meaningful traction. Why?
Read moreEight of ten startups end up in the wealthier Northern regions, and fully 56% of founders launch their business within a two-hour drive from Milan.
Read moreItaly offers three routes to residence by investment: Lump-sum taxation on high earners, an investor visa that begins at €500,000, and tax-free retirement.
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