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Work in Italy

From choosing your route and finding an employer to the nulla osta, visa, permit and renewals.

About 240 days 25 steps

You end withA work permit matching your job, a signed contract and your renewal date saved.

Information, not legal advice. MovItaly is not a law firm. Check with the questura or consulate before you act.

Step 2 of 25

Check the quota and click-day calendar

Who is this for

Workers and employers planning a hire from abroad under the yearly quotas.

Requirements

  • The worker cannot self-apply under decreto flussi: only the employer can file the request. If anyone asks you to pay to file it for you, stop and read the scam warnings guide.
  • You know your job category (seasonal, non-seasonal employee, domestic or family care).
  • You are outside Italy with no entry ban.

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Steps

  1. Choose your work route
  2. Check the quota and click-day calendar
  3. Apply for the EU Blue Card: overview
  4. eligibility
  5. recognise-qualification
  6. Find an employer and check the offer
  7. Register as a jobseeker (DID)
  8. Agree the contract and salary with your employer
  9. special-documents
  10. Employer: preventive check with the employment centre
  11. What your employer files and what you check
  12. Answer requests from the Sportello Unico
  13. Wait for the nulla osta
  14. Receive the nulla osta
  15. visa-category-file
  16. visa
  17. Collect the visa and enter Italy
  18. permesso
  19. Questura appointment, fingerprints and permit collection
  20. Your first weeks as an employee
  21. Renew the work permit in time
  22. Seasonal: prepare to return next season
  23. Convert your existing permit to a work permit
  24. Changing job or losing your job
  25. Something went wrong with my job

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