RESIDENCY PERMIT FOR SUBORDINATE WORK

(Art. 27, paragraph 1, letter a) of Legislative Decree no. 286/98 and subsequent amendments; Art. 40 of Presidential Decree 394/99 and subsequent amendments)

MANAGERS OR HIGHLY QUALIFIED STAFF MEMBERS OF COMPANIES WITH HEADQUARTERS OR BRANCH OFFICES IN ITALY OR REPRESENTATION OFFICES FOR FOREIGN COMPANIES WHOSE PRINCIPAL OFFICE IS FOUND IN A WTO MEMBER STATE OR MANAGERS OF MAIN OFFICES IN ITALY BELONGING TO ITALIAN COMPANIES OR COMPANIES FROM ANOTHER EU MEMBER STATE.

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

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

3) To request a residency permit, Forms 1 and 2 must be filled in at the One-Stop Immigration Office when the residency contract is signed;

4) The application for a renewal of the residency permit must contain a photocopy of the residency contract signed by both parties and a copy of the registered mail return receipt for the same at the competent One-Stop Immigration Office, should one of the clauses in the contract have been amended.

NOTES:

1) The authorisation to work as per Art. 27, paragraph 1, letter a) and therefore the relative residency authorisation for subordinate work, is issued to managers or staff with specific skills qualifying their work as highly specialised, employed for at least six months within the same sector.

2) Temporary transfer, whose length is dependent on the company's real needs, is defined and predetermined in time, and cannot surpass, including eventual extensions, five years overall.

3) At the end of the temporary transfer, the worker may be hired with a fixed term or open ended contract by the branch company.

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