Italy out-of-quota family and social-healthcare work route

Foreign workers hired for eligible care work by an employer in Italy who uses an authorised employment agency or qualifying domestic-employer association to apply.

• Eligible care work

  The work must be family assistance or social-healthcare assistance for a person with a disability, a person aged at least 80, or a child from birth up to six years of age.

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• Recognised disability, if applicable

  If the proposed work is to assist a person with a disability, the disability must be recognised; being unable to care for oneself without recognised disability does not qualify for this route. A person aged at least 80 may qualify whether or not they can care for themselves.

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• Eligible employer

  An application may be made to provide care for the employer, or for the employer’s spouse, relative or relative by marriage within the second degree, even if they do not live together, provided the person receiving care lives in Italy. Where a person with a disability needs intensive support, a relative within the third degree may employ the worker. The person receiving care cannot employ their spouse or a relative or relative by marriage within the third degree.

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• Authorised intermediary

  The employer must use a registered employment agency or an employer association that has signed the national collective agreement for domestic work; only these intermediaries may submit the work-authorisation application on the employer’s behalf.

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• Employer income

  The official domestic-work FAQ states that the employer’s annual taxable income must be at least €20,000 for a household of one person, or €27,000 where other family members live in the household. The income requirement does not apply where an employer whose illness or disability limits their independence seeks a worker to assist them personally.

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• Suitable accommodation

  For a first entry from abroad for work, the employer must attach documentation about the worker’s accommodation arrangements to the work-authorisation application, signed digitally or with another qualified electronic signature.

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• Work authorisation

  The worker needs a nulla osta for employed work from the Immigration One-Stop Shop before applying for the work visa. For this route, authorisation is not issued automatically 60 days after application: police and territorial labour-inspectorate checks must be completed.

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• Residence-permit postal submissionResearched just now · being double-checkedSource€30 per person
• Residence-permit stamp dutyResearched just now · being double-checkedSource€16 per person
• Electronic residence-permit productionResearched just now · being double-checkedSource€30.46 per person
• Adult residence-permit contribution if the permit lasts more than three months and up to one yearResearched just now · being double-checkedSource€40 per person
• Adult residence-permit contribution if the permit lasts more than one year and up to two yearsResearched just now · being double-checkedSource€50 per person

1. Get ready

   • Agree an eligible care job

     Arrange work caring for a qualifying older person, person with a recognised disability, or child up to six years old.

   • Prepare accommodation evidence

     The employer must prepare digitally signed documentation of the worker’s accommodation arrangements for the work-authorisation application.

     You’ll need: Documentation of accommodation arrangements

   • Use an authorised intermediary

     The employer must approach a registered employment agency or an employer association that has signed the domestic-work collective agreement.

2. Apply

   • Submit the work-authorisation application

     The intermediary submits form A-BIS fuori quota electronically through the Interior Ministry’s services portal.

     You’ll need: Form A-BIS fuori quota

   • Wait for authorisation checks

     Wait for the police and territorial labour inspectorate to check the application; the nulla osta is not issued automatically after 60 days.

3. Visa

   • Apply for a work visa

     Apply at the Italian diplomatic or consular office with a signed visa form, photograph, valid travel document and the required supporting documents.

     You’ll need: Signed visa application form, Passport photograph, Valid travel document, Work authorisation (nulla osta)

4. Travel

   • Enter Italy with the visa

     Once the work visa has been issued, travel to Italy for the authorised job.

     You’ll need: Work visa, Valid travel document

5. Settle in

   • Sign and send the residence contract

     The employer and worker sign the contratto di soggiorno and the employer sends it to the Immigration One-Stop Shop within 15 days of the worker’s arrival.

     You’ll need: Signed contratto di soggiorno

   • Request the residence permit

     After the One-Stop Shop validates the contract and supplies the permit forms, submit the first-entry kit at an enabled post office.

     You’ll need: Signed contratto di soggiorno, Permit application forms 1 and 2, Document showing the worker’s tax code, Worker’s identity document, Visa page

A residence permit for employed work, valid for up to two years.

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Japper is an AI immigration assistant. It gives general information from official sources, not legal advice, and it can be wrong. For your own case, ask a licensed advisor.