US EditionItaly to Issue 500,000 Non-EU Work Visas over Three Years
- The government of Italy, led by Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, intends to grant close to half a million employment permits to workers from outside the EU between 2026 and 2028 to help alleviate shortages in key industries.
- This plan follows previous visa quotas and aims to fill workforce gaps in aging Italy, where population decline and excess deaths over births increase pressure.
- Key sectors targeted include technology, healthcare, engineering, hospitality, and agriculture, with over half the visas designated for seasonal workers in agriculture and tourism.
- Maria Grazia Gabrielli criticized the system for ignoring migration dynamics and said only 7.5-7.8 percent of quotas resulted in residence permits in 2023-2024, highlighting the need for structural reform.
- The visa expansion could help mitigate labor shortages and demographic challenges, while industry groups like Coldiretti welcome it as vital for maintaining Italy's food production workforce.
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The Italian ultra-conservative government of Giorgia Meloni announced on Monday 30 June that it would issue nearly 500,000 new working visas to non-European nationals,
Italy to issue 500,000 non-EU work visas over three years
Italy's hard-right government has agreed to issue 500,000 visas for non-EU workers over the next three years, but a top trade union warned Tuesday that only structural change would tackle labour shortages. The government of far-right Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said a total of 497,550 workers would be allowed in over the 2026-2028 period, starting with around 165,000 in 2026. This is up from the 450,000 quota set by Meloni's government for 202…
Italy deals with agreements, border controls and stricter rules against irregular migration. At the same time, more work visas are intended to alleviate the shortage of skilled workers.
Rome, 1 Jul . The migration issue returns to the center of the political debate, and does so in the most aseptic way possible: five hundred thousand regular entrances in three years, all planned, all programmed, without any emotional crisis of the mainstream linked to some tear-off photos. The new decree flows is presented as a necessary response to an occupational need """" (") " (") " (") "), as if the Italian citizens were irrelevant spectat…
Italy to issue close to 500,000 non-EU work visas over next three years
Italy’s government said it will issue nearly 500,000 work visas for non-EU nationals from 2026 to 2028 under efforts to expand legal immigration channels in response to labour shortages in sectors including agriculture and tourism.
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