On December 1, 2025, with the publication of Law No. 179/2025, the parliament converted Decree-Law No. 146 of October 3, 2025.
Decree-Law 146 introduced significant reforms and updates to Italy’s immigration framework, particularly regarding employment-based entry through the quota system, commonly known as the decreto-flussi.
As with all decree-laws, the Italian parliament had 60 days to approve and convert the measure, during which it introduced the following key amendments:
- The trial measure which permits entries outside the quotas of the flow decree (up to 10,000 per year) for foreign workers to be employed in the assistance of people over the age of eighty or disabled, which has been extended for the three-year period 2026-2028, has also been expanded to include those employed to take care of children from birth to six years old. It is to be noted that the work permit application in this cases has to go through authorized employment agencies or employers’ associations.
- The employer is now required to confirm the request for work clearance at the one-stop shop for immigration within fifteen days (previously seven days) of the communication of the conclusion of the usual investigations on the entry visa application submitted by the worker.
- The employer and the foreign worker must now sign the residence contract within fifteen days (previously eight days) from the date of entry of the foreign worker.
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