Saturday, July 25th · 6pm Milan · 12pm New York · 9am California
Free Live Webinar · July 25, 2026
Italy’s Golden Visa
Explained Live.
In 90 minutes, you’ll know how it works: the four routes, real 2026 timeline, tax stack, and why the window is narrowing.
Saturday, July 25th at 6:00 PM Milan time (12:00 PM New York). ~90 min live online with Q&A.
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Why Now
Eleven programs closed. Italy is the last one open at the old price.
That’s eleven of seventeen major European and EU-adjacent programs gone in four years.
Spain shut its program in April 2025. Greece pushed real estate to €800,000. Portugal pulled real estate out entirely and funnelled applicants into funds with year-long queues. The UK and Ireland closed years ago.
What’s left standing at €250,000 with no stay requirement is Italy. Applications went from 128 in 2024 to a record 209 in 2025, with 2026, per practitioner reports, on pace to roughly five-fold that.
The flip side: demand has outrun staffing. The Nulla Osta, once a few weeks, now commonly runs one to three months, and a backlog is starting to build. That is the whole case for moving before the queue, not after.
This webinar will break down everything so you’ll know whether you should move now or wait.
€250K
Entry (startup route)
0
Days required in Italy
~5×
2026 application surge
1-3 mo
Nulla Osta now (was weeks)
Who's Hosting
No sales deck. A qualified Italian lawyer.
Alessandro Palombo holds a Ph.D. in Public Law, is a qualified Italian lawyer, and holds a master’s in the regulation of global markets. He’s spent a decade building businesses, residencies, and investment structures across European and non-European jurisdictions, with more than €25M moved through these programs under his direction. He’s also the person behind some of the most-followed jurisdictional intelligence content on the internet, and through Bitizenship he runs an Italian innovative startup built for the Investor Visa, the Bitcoin Dolce Visa.
This webinar distills that experience into a clear, current read on Italy’s Investor Visa: the routes, the math, the real timeline, and whether it fits your own situation.
100K+
Followers
300M+
Impressions
150+
Visas processed
€25M+
Operated
Four ways in, one visa
Pick the route that matches your risk, not the smallest number.
Italy gives you four qualifying routes into the same Investor Visa. The startup route is the cheapest to enter; the bond route is the safe, capital-heavy end. The webinar walks through each in depth. We will also put Italy next to Greece, Portugal, and now-closed Spain, so you can see exactly why Italy still wins on price and terms.
01Innovative startup
Most popular
Entry
€250,000
Best for
Lowest entry. Bitcoin-aligned & founder investors.
Trade-off
Single-company equity risk. Do real diligence.
02Established company
Operating business
Entry
€500,000
Best for
Investors who want a stake in a going concern.
Trade-off
Twice the capital of the startup route.
03Philanthropic donation
Simplest
Entry
€1,000,000
Best for
A clean, no-equity path with nothing to manage.
Trade-off
Non-refundable. The capital is gone.
04Government bonds (BTP)
Capital-preservation
Entry
€2,000,000
Best for
Zero equity risk. Sovereign debt, recoverable at maturity.
Trade-off
Highest capital committed of the four.
What You'll Get
90 minutes, 7 sections, full Q&A.
Everything you need to evaluate Italy’s Investor Visa in 2026, structured so you leave knowing the routes, the costs, the real timeline, and whether to move now or wait.
Why now: Europe is repricing residency
8 minSpain closed, Greece went to €800K, Portugal dropped real estate. Why Italy is the last big door open at the old price.
The numbers, and what the surge really looks like
8 min7 applications in 2018, 128 in 2024, a record 209 in 2025, and 2026 on pace to roughly five-fold that. Rumours flagged as rumours.
The four routes: €250K to €2M
10 minInnovative startup, established company, philanthropic donation, or government bonds. Matching the route to your risk, not the smallest number.
Why Italy still wins the comparison
9 minInvest after approval, no days required, low entry. The three things that rarely line up together anywhere else.
Residency is not tax residency
12 minThe part most write-ups skip. The 24-bis €300K flat tax on foreign income, and how it clicks with the visa, on purpose and separately.
The real 2026 timeline (and the forming backlog)
9 minThe Nulla Osta was a few weeks; it now commonly runs one to three months as demand outpaces staffing and a backlog starts to build. The consular biometric slot, and why to budget six to nine months all in.
Should you wait? And who should pass
8 minThe counterargument. Which parts to start now, which never to rush, and the profiles this program is wrong for.
Live Q&A
10 minBring your specific situation and get it answered on the call.
Who This Is For
Built for four profiles.
Italy’s Investor Visa fits some people cleanly and others not at all. If you’re one of these, this webinar will save you weeks of research.
UHNW with €5M+ foreign income
Italy’s 24-bis caps tax on all foreign income at €300K/yr flat, for up to 15 years. Above ~€1M of foreign income, it pays for itself several times over.
UK ex-non-doms on a ticking clock
The 4-year UK transition ends April 2029. Italy’s 24-bis flat tax plus the Investor Visa is the cleanest exit on the table.
Mobile families wanting an EU foothold
Residency in months, no days required, renewable indefinitely. Schengen travel, healthcare and schooling, spouse and children included.
Bitcoin-aligned & founder investors
The €250K innovative-startup route: indirect Bitcoin exposure through equity in a real operating company, not a fund or a coin.
When is the webinar
Saturday, July 25th at 6:00 PM Milan time.
Format
Live online, ~90 minutes including Q&A
Cost
Free
Recording
Sent to all registrants if you can’t make it live
Language
English
Specialist Italian counsel (migration, tax, and the investment vehicle) joins the Q&A as relevant. Personal introductions provided post-webinar to registrants who request them.
Free Live Webinar
90 minutes that could save you months.
Most people piece Italy’s Investor Visa together from sales decks and outdated blog posts, then discover the real timeline halfway through. Ninety minutes with a qualified Italian lawyer who runs this program full-time is the fastest way to see how it actually works, what it costs, and whether to move now.
Our recent webinars drew 1,700+ registrants. Reserve your seat now to guarantee live access and Q&A participation.
Free · 1,700+ registered to our recent webinars · Recording sent to all registrants
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Italy’s Investor Visa, Explained
Saturday, July 25 · 6:00 PM Milan · Free live webinar