An Italy elective residence visa lawyer should check that your income is passive, stable and enough for your consulate, and that you can show housing in Italy, before you file. Compare 11 providers by legal credentials, service scope and published fee information.
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Quick answer: this directory lists 11 Italy Elective Residence Visa providers, unranked, with paid profiles listed first. Use the filters to narrow by provider type, language and fees.
Italy's elective residence visa is for people with ample, stable passive income who will not work in Italy in any form. Italian law sets no fixed euro figure. Consulates commonly look for roughly €31,000 a year per applicant and more for couples, but each post decides its own bar (Consulate General of Italy in New York).
Qualifying income means pensions, annuities, property or investment income, held in your own name. The New York consulate also asks for a purchase or registered lease contract for a home in Italy covering the whole period requested, so housing usually has to be arranged before the application.
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Aprigliano International Law Firm is a Milan immigration and business law practice at Via Fabio Filzi 41, advising on Italy's Investor Visa, residence permits and Italian citizenship.
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Arnone & Sicomo is an international law firm headquartered in Palermo, Italy. Its Immigration Law & Visa Assistance practice includes Elective Residence Visas and Long-term Tourist Visas linked to residential real estate investment, alongside other cross-border legal services.
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Boschetti Law Firm (Boschetti Studio Legale S.r.l. – Società tra Avvocati) is a Rome immigration law firm at Via dei Gracchi 151, advising on the Investor Visa for Italy, elective residence and Italian citizenship.
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Multi-service Italian law firm headquartered in Palermo, assisting foreign nationals and investors with Italian immigration, entry visas, residence permits, business set-up and citizenship.
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De Tullio is an Italian law firm with offices in Rome, Milan and Martina Franca, advising international clients on cross-border property, inheritance and residence matters.
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Florence-based Italian law firm assisting foreign individuals, families and companies with immigration and the Italy Investor (Golden) Visa, relocation, real estate and business matters.
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Independent Italian law firm with a Global Mobility practice and offices in Milan, Rome, Palermo and Abu Dhabi.
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Mazzeschi S.r.l. is an Italian immigration, citizenship and corporate/commercial practice headquartered in Colle di Val d'Elsa (Siena), with offices in Milan and Taipei. Services include Investor Visa for Italy, Elective Residence Visa, work permits and citizenship.
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Italian law firm (My Lawyer in Italy S.r.l. Società tra Avvocati) founded in 2014 for international clients, with offices in Rome and Orvieto and work spanning citizenship, visas, probate, property, business, tax and civil claims.
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Long-established Italian law firm (Bari, since 1887) handling the Investor Visa for Italy, immigration, residency and Italian citizenship, with offices in Italy, London and the US.
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Milan office of international law firm Withers, advising clients on Italy's investor visa, residence visas and Italian citizenship as part of its private client and global mobility work.
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Aurelio Augusto Metta is Senior Partner of Studio Legale Metta in Bari, where he leads the Civil Litigation and Commercial Law practices. He qualified as an avvocato in 1972, joining the family firm, and has been qualified before the Italian Supreme Court (Corte di Cassazione) since 1987.
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Dionisio Altamura is an Associate in Studio Legale Metta's International Department, working on real estate and inheritance matters. He qualified as an Italian lawyer (avvocato) in 2009, is a member of the Bari Bar and joined the firm in 2012. He earned his law degree from the University of Bari, where he is an Honorary Fellow in Private Law.
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Douglas Berti D'Agostini is an Associate at Studio Legale Metta working on immigration and Italian citizenship, with a focus on citizenship by descent. He practised as a labour lawyer in Brazil before moving to Italy in 2019. He has been a Brazilian lawyer since 2013, a Portuguese lawyer since 2021 and has been registered with the Bari Bar since 2023.
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Elio Maria Addante is of counsel to Studio Legale Metta on criminal law matters, including corporate crimes, professional liability and intellectual property crimes. A member of the Bari Bar since 1996, he is admitted to argue criminal and civil cases before the Italian Supreme Court (Corte di Cassazione).
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Francesca Falchi is an attorney at law at Mazzeschi. She has been a member of the Siena Bar (Ordine degli Avvocati di Siena) since 2025.
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Francesco Mazza is an attorney at law at ILF Law Firm, working on real estate, contract and family law. He has been a member of the Lucca Bar (Ordine degli Avvocati di Lucca) since 2020.
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Gioia Arnone is a co-founder and founding partner of Arnone & Sicomo (Studio Legale Associato Arnone e Sicomo) in Palermo. She is registered with the Palermo Bar (Ordine degli Avvocati di Palermo), admitted in 2014.
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Giuseppina Pedale is a litigation associate at De Tullio Law Firm, specialising in civil litigation and cross-border transactions. She is registered with the Taranto Bar (Ordine degli Avvocati di Taranto), admitted in 2021.
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Simone Keremidtschiev is a lawyer at Mazzeschi and a member of the Milan Bar (Ordine degli Avvocati di Milano).
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Andrea Cosma Mortati is an Attorney at Law at ILF Law Firm, focused on privacy, compliance and digital regulation. He holds a Ph.D., serves as a Data Protection Officer for businesses and institutions, and has been a member of the Rome Bar (Ordine degli Avvocati di Roma) since 2021.
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Anna Sagone is a lawyer in the Turin office of Damiani & Damiani. She has been a member of the Turin Bar (Ordine degli Avvocati di Torino) since 1999.
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Antonio Cammarano is a Senior Associate in the International Department of Studio Legale Metta, working on immigration and citizenship matters including Italian visa applications, permits to stay, residency and citizenship by descent, marriage and naturalisation. He has been a member of the Bari Bar (Ordine degli Avvocati di Bari) since 2015.
View the record→Ask which consulate the firm files with most often and what income level that post accepted recently, because the bar varies by consulate. Ask who reviews your income evidence and the lease or purchase contract before submission, and who handles the residence permit (permesso di soggiorno) after you arrive.
Compare a written scope rather than a headline fee. Our verification methodology explains what a directory credential label does and does not prove.
Salary, freelance fees and remote work for a foreign company do not count, and the visa does not allow any work in Italy. If you plan to keep working remotely, compare the Italy digital nomad visa lawyers. If you plan to invest, the Italy golden visa lawyers handle the Investor Visa.
The roughly €31,000 figure is consular practice, not law. Treat any website that calls it an official minimum with caution, and ask your lawyer what your own consulate expects.
Ask for a written price that separates the income review, the lease or purchase checks, the consular application, family members, translations and legalisation, and the permit stage after arrival. Directory fee bands describe a provider's broader services where published; they are not a quote for your elective residence case.
There is no fixed figure in law. Consulates commonly look for roughly €31,000 a year per applicant and more for couples or families, and some posts ask for more. Confirm the current expectation with your consulate.
No. The visa does not allow any work in Italy, and income must come from passive sources such as pensions, annuities, property or investments.
Usually yes. The New York consulate, for example, asks for a purchase contract or a lease registered with the Agenzia delle Entrate covering the whole period requested.
It is not required. A lawyer helps most when your income is mixed, your consulate is strict, or the lease and permit stages need handling in Italy. Ask for a written scope that covers both the visa and the permit after arrival.
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