Overstay consequences and assisted voluntary return
Italy
This is not a route to status. Staying without a permit can bring a fine of 5,000 to 10,000 euros and expulsion, with a re-entry ban of 3 to 5 years. Italy's law provides assisted return programmes, run by the Ministry of the Interior, which suspend certain expulsion orders.
Moving to Italy
Practical facts for newcomers, from official sources Finance Living
Finance
3
Currency
Euro
EUR
Euro
Cost of living
73
Price level · US = 100
World Bank price levels, 2025
Tax
23–43%
Income tax (national)
VAT 22%
IRPEF 23% up to EUR 28,000, 33% to EUR 50,000, 43% above; plus regional (about 1.23-3.33%) and municipal (up to 0.8%) surcharges.
Living
1
Happiness
#36 of 145 countries
World Happiness Report 2025
Eligibility
Who it’s for: People in Italy without valid status, or who plan to leave.
Assisted return
Sign in to check this route against your profileArticle 14-ter: programmes for third-country nationals, within available funds. A person irregularly present who is admitted has certain expulsion orders suspended.
Excluded from assisted return
Sign in to check this route against your profileYou cannot use assisted return if you fall into any of the excluded groups listed in the text.
- Excluded: people who already used a programme
- Excluded: those under Article 13(4)(a) and (f)
- Excluded: those who did not comply with certain removal orders
- Excluded: those under criminal expulsion, extradition or an arrest warrant
Official wording
People who already used a programme, those under Article 13(4)(a) and (f), those who did not comply with certain removal orders, and those under criminal expulsion, extradition or an arrest warrant.
Leaving the programme
Sign in to check this route against your profileA person who withdraws faces immediate removal to the border by the Questore.
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Other routes to Italy
- Visit & tourismSchengen tourist & business visa
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