Italy digital nomad visas: The dream could soon be reality
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- 30 Mar 2022
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Italy could be the next place to offer digital nomad visas, according to an early draft of a new law.
The prospect has, understandably, caused a buzz among the growing ranks of professionals who have untethered themselves from office-based jobs during the pandemic.
Where better to balance life online with getting out onto the gorgeous piazzas, hills or azure coasts of Italy?
For remote workers, a draft decree from the Italian Senate in January seemed to bring this dream to life. It proposed a new category of permit, specifically designed for non-EU ‘nomadi digitali’, or (less catchily) those “who carry out highly qualified work activities through the use of technological tools that allow them to work remotely, autonomously or for a company that is not resident in the territory of the Italian state.”
