RESIDENCY PERMIT FOR SELF-EMPLOYED WORK

(Art. 5 and 26 of Legislative Decree no. 286/98 and subsequent amendments; Art. 39 of Presidential Decree 394/99 and subsequent amendments)

a) Application filled in and signed by the interested party (Modules 1 and 2);

b) Complete photocopy of passport or other equivalent document (see table no. 4);

c) To be issued a residency permit: 1) Photocopy of the certificate, issued by the Italian diplomatic/consular mission in the country of origin certifying to the subsistence of the requirements, as per art. 26 of Legislative Decree 186/98 and subsequent amendments, and Art. 39 of Presidential

Decree 394/99 and subsequent amendments, to issue an entry visa for self-employed work.

d) To renew a residency permit: 1) Photocopy of the authorisation or licence, or registration in the apposite roll or register, or of the presentation of a statement or report as provided for by current legislation in order

to exercise the professional activities carried out;
2) Photocopy of the registration at the Chamber of Commerce.
3) Photocopy of income tax returns.

e) The application to renew a residency permit

for an alien working as a partner providing services to a company, including cooperatives, must include,

apart from the documents listed in letters a, b and d: 1) A statement by the Chairman of the company on the work carried out by the working partner, with attached photocopy of an identity document belonging to the signatory; 2) Photocopy of the register of shareholders (title page together with the page relative the registration of the foreign partner).

NOTES:

1) The residency permit for self-employed work may also be used for other activities as permitted and allows the alien to carry out subordinate work which may take place before being registered on the list of names or if the working relationship is in place, with previous communication by the employer to the Regional Employment Directorate. With the renewal, a new residency permit is issued for the work effectively carried out.

2) The residency permit for study or professional training reasons may be converted into a residency permit for self-employed work within the scope of the decree planning foreign citizen immigration influxes. In such cases, a certificate attesting to the fulfilment of regulation requirements for self-employed work is issued by the One-Stop Immigration Office, with previous controls on the availability of a quota being carried out, and that Modules 1 and 2 to apply for a residency permit have been filled in will take place at this office.

3) An irrevocable sentence for copyright and counterfeiting offences, or the use and trade in counterfeit brands results in the withdrawal of the residency permit and expulsion from the country.

4) Income must not be below the annual amount of the social security allowance and proof must be furnished by attaching a photocopy of the alien's income tax returns, or in cases where the self-employed activity was started during the course of the year, or where regulations do not provide for mandatory income tax returns, income can be proven using other "objective" documents.

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