The Ministries of Labour and the Interior confirmed that the second click-day under the 2026 Flussi quota programme will open at 09:00 CET on Monday, 9 February. Employers in the hotel and wider tourism sector may transmit pre-filled C-STAG-Turistico applications to hire non-EU seasonal workers. Thirteen thousand of the 88,000 tourism-sector slots are reserved for petitions lodged by accredited employer associations, while the rest are first-come, first-served.
Only applications that were pre-compiled on the Single Immigration Portal between 23 October and 7 December 2025 can be submitted; no edits are allowed during the click-day. Authorities stress that digital signatures, valid accommodation declarations and proof of contractual wages at or above sectoral minimums must be attached or risk rejection.
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Tourism employers hope the enlarged quota—up from 65,000 last year—will ease chronic staffing gaps ahead of Easter and the high-profile Milano-Cortina Winter Olympics. Nevertheless, consultants predict electronic queues will last seconds, replicating January’s agriculture click-day when more than 240,000 applications competed for 70,000 places.
Mobility and HR teams should review credential access to the immigration portal, have multiple operators ready, and consider parallel strategies (intra-EU postings, conversion of study permits, or the new Digital Nomad category) for roles that miss the quota. Successful petitions must be followed by visa issuance at the worker’s consulate and an in-country residence-permit application within eight days of arrival, a timeline that can still stretch to eight weeks.
Finally, employers should budget time for compliance audits: the Labour Inspectorate has doubled spot checks on seasonal-work contracts after last year’s high-profile investigations into under-payment in coastal resorts.
Only applications that were pre-compiled on the Single Immigration Portal between 23 October and 7 December 2025 can be submitted; no edits are allowed during the click-day. Authorities stress that digital signatures, valid accommodation declarations and proof of contractual wages at or above sectoral minimums must be attached or risk rejection.
Tourism employers hope the enlarged quota—up from 65,000 last year—will ease chronic staffing gaps ahead of Easter and the high-profile Milano-Cortina Winter Olympics. Nevertheless, consultants predict electronic queues will last seconds, replicating January’s agriculture click-day when more than 240,000 applications competed for 70,000 places.
Mobility and HR teams should review credential access to the immigration portal, have multiple operators ready, and consider parallel strategies (intra-EU postings, conversion of study permits, or the new Digital Nomad category) for roles that miss the quota. Successful petitions must be followed by visa issuance at the worker’s consulate and an in-country residence-permit application within eight days of arrival, a timeline that can still stretch to eight weeks.
Finally, employers should budget time for compliance audits: the Labour Inspectorate has doubled spot checks on seasonal-work contracts after last year’s high-profile investigations into under-payment in coastal resorts.
Source: Portale Integrazione Migranti
