Short answer
Special entry categories outside the quotas: researchers, university staff, executives, seconded staff, journalists, artists.
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Who is this for
Workers in categories listed in art. 27 of the Italian Consolidated Immigration Act (TUI), admitted outside the annual quota.
Requirements
- Categories include executives and highly specialised workers, university teachers and researchers, translators and interpreters, seconded workers, journalists, and sports and artistic workers (special rules; see the special-* guides).
- For researchers, the host institute must be accredited and sign a hosting agreement.
- Each category has its own documents. Use the category chooser.
Sources
- Decreto flussi and entry quotas (Ministry of the Interior)
- Testo Unico Immigrazione (D.Lgs. 286/1998) (Normattiva)
- Visto per l'Italia: visa types and requirements (Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MAECI))
Find a professional
Immigration lawyers, commercialisti, CAF and patronato staff and interpreters list themselves in the app.
