Can I apply for a green card when I work in Italy? Does it cost a lot of money to do so?

Theoretically, as long as you hold a legal work permit in Italy for 5 consecutive years, and have uninterrupted personal insurance and tax payments for 60 months, you can apply for permanent residence in Italy.

However, Italy’s economy has been really bad in recent years. The Italian Ministry of Labor has been suppressing the number of labor permits granted to foreigners every year, and it is getting later and later. In the past, it was not issued in November every year. It would be good if it comes out in December now.

And now the phenomenon of buying and selling this approval is very serious among the Chinese, and the cost of getting the approval is very high. After changing hands a few times, it was still around 90,000-100,000 yuan. And there are definitely more than this number in China now.

So if you just want to work and earn money for a few years, you will definitely not be able to earn back through the formal work permit route. Many people use this as a way. The purpose is actually to immigrate. When they arrive in Italy, they pay enough insurance and taxes, and then get a residence permit.