Startup Visa Italy
🇮🇹 Italy visas · Business
What it is
Italy's fast-track visa for non-EU entrepreneurs founding or co-founding an innovative startup in Italy. Fully online application process, processed in 30 days.
Key facts
- Category
- Business
- Duration
- 2 years, renewable.
- Processing time
- Up to 17 weeks
- Maximum validity
- 3 years
- Extendable
- Yes
- Path to permanent residence
- Direct route
- Dependants
- Conditional
- How to apply
- Embassy
- Health insurance
- Required
Standard figures for this route. Some applicants pay a reduced fee or none at all, so confirm your own case on the official page.
Fees
- Application fee (National long-stay visa, type D (lunga durata))
- EUR 116
Key requirements
- Innovative startup business plan assessed by a certified incubator in Italy
- Investment capital: at least EUR 50,000 in the company
- Founder must hold at least 10% of company shares or be a director
- English or Italian language proficiency
- Proof of financial sustainability
Working on this visa
Il permesso per lavoro autonomo consente anche il lavoro subordinato per il suo periodo di validita' (DPR 394/1999 art. 14, comma 1, lett. b).
Facts checked against the official source. Last updated 4 August 2026.