Draft text leaked on 7 July confirms that the cabinet will tomorrow approve a Prime-Ministerial Decree allocating 497 550 quotas for non-EU workers over the 2026-2028 cycle: 164 850 slots for 2026, 165 850 for 2027 and 166 850 for 2028. The figures include 76 850 permits a year for permanent hires and self-employed professionals, plus 88-90 000 seasonal visas as the agri-food and tourism sectors gear up for post-pandemic recovery. Preferential sub-quotas will reward source countries that run public-information campaigns against irregular migration in cooperation with Italy, echoing the ‘information in origin’ clauses piloted with Tunisia and Bangladesh last year. The decree also reserves 13-14 000 places annually for domestic caregivers (colf and badanti) to help households cope with Italy’s ageing-population labour gap. Employers welcome the earlier-than-usual publication, which gives them a full quarter to prepare compliance packets before the autumn click-day.
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For organisations or individuals who find the Italian quota system daunting, VisaHQ can streamline the entire process—from form preparation to appointment scheduling—through its dedicated Italy platform. The service offers real-time quota alerts, document checklists and a dashboard that lets HR teams track multiple applications simultaneously, ensuring nothing slips through the cracks when demand surges on click-day.
Immigration attorneys note, however, that only 7.8 % of the 2024 quotas translated into actual residence permits, largely due to back-logs at police headquarters that print biometric cards. The new decree therefore instructs prefectures to fast-track digital fingerprints within 30 days. Companies planning 2027 project ramp-ups should lock in applications this year: unused quotas can no longer be carried forward. Multinationals with global-mobility programmes are advised to pre-register on the revamped Ministry of Labour portal, which now supports bulk uploads in XML and provides API hooks for HR systems.
For organisations or individuals who find the Italian quota system daunting, VisaHQ can streamline the entire process—from form preparation to appointment scheduling—through its dedicated Italy platform. The service offers real-time quota alerts, document checklists and a dashboard that lets HR teams track multiple applications simultaneously, ensuring nothing slips through the cracks when demand surges on click-day.
Immigration attorneys note, however, that only 7.8 % of the 2024 quotas translated into actual residence permits, largely due to back-logs at police headquarters that print biometric cards. The new decree therefore instructs prefectures to fast-track digital fingerprints within 30 days. Companies planning 2027 project ramp-ups should lock in applications this year: unused quotas can no longer be carried forward. Multinationals with global-mobility programmes are advised to pre-register on the revamped Ministry of Labour portal, which now supports bulk uploads in XML and provides API hooks for HR systems.
