With the Sostegni ter decree, “digital nomads” and remote workers are added to the categories of foreign workers who may be issued with the permit to work for particular cases. They are citizens of a non-EU country who work highly
qualified through the use of technological tools that allow you to work remotely independently or for a company that is not resident in the territory of the Italian State.
One year residence permit
These workers are allowed to enter Italy outside of the quotas provided for each year by the flow decree: no work permit will be required and a one-year residence permit will be issued on condition that the holder has the availability health insurance (to cover all risks in the national territory) and that the fiscal and contributory provisions in force of the national law are respected.
The minimum income must be defined among the requirements
It will be up to an inter-ministerial decree to define the procedures and requirements for issuing the permit, including the indication of the categories of highly qualified workers who can benefit from the permit. The minimum income limits of the applicant and the methods for verifying the work activity to be carried out are also to be established.
M5S: “We attract talent from abroad”
“With the” remote workers “residence permit we attract talents from abroad” underlined the deputies of the 5-star Movement, Luca Carabetta and Anna Laura Orrico, who “thanks to an amendment to the support decree-ter approved by the Senate, accepting our proposal , Italy will be more able to attract talent from foreign countries and at no cost ». In reality, in the dossier of the Chamber’s Studies Service, it is noted that there is a lack of “data and elements useful for evaluating the potential extent of the phenomenon and the possible financial impact in terms of social and health costs relating to services for the enjoyment of which the prerequisite is the regular residence on the Italian territory “.
The Lega, which in turn presented an amendment which was then implemented by the Ministry of Economy in the conversion phase of the decree of support for the emergency from Covid and for the containment of prices in the electricity sector, is also claiming the paternity of the measure.