Recently, the Italian Ministry of Economic Development (MISE) finally released an official statement by means of which it intends to shed lights on and clarify some aspects of the new Italian Investor Visa, which was introduced in late 2017, for those high net worth third-country nationals who desire to move to and reside in Italy by performing in the Italian territory a qualified investment.

The most remarkable clarifications are indeed related to: the definition of investment in equity instruments of Italian companies, the identification of the target company, the rights of the holder of the Italian Investor Visa and subsequent residence permit (permesso di soggiorno), the duration of such residence permit.

Read here the alert by our Corporate Immigration Team.

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