Italy Increases Work Permit Quota for Foreigners

Italian authorities announced that they will increase the work permit quotas for foreign unskilled workers as well as startup visa applicants from third country to 82.705 spots by 2023.

According to the government, this move will allow about 7,000 more third country nationals to apply to work permits this year than 2022. SchengenVisaInfo.com reported that Italy is trying to address the problem of labour shortages by increasing its work permit quota.

The government clarified that work permits are available to applicants in certain markets, but stressed that they do not apply to highly skilled foreigners.

Fragomen explained that 44,000 spots are reserved for seasonal work out of the total work permit quota. 31205 spots are also reserved for certain nationalities working in specific fields, such as construction, tourism, and telecommunications.

Additional to the above, another 7,000 spots will be reserved for foreigners who have a residence permit in Italy and other EU countries and wish to change their status.

500 spots are reserved to self-employed individuals, such as entrepreneurs, start-up owners and chairmen.

"The quotas fixed for entries for non-seasonal and self-employment reasons are 38,705 units, of which the vast majority (30,105 units) reserved for entries for non-seasonal subordinate work in the road haulage, construction and tourism-hotel sectors, as well as, new this year, from the mechanics, telecommunications, food and shipbuilding industries," the Italian governement statement mentions.

You can submit applications for work permits under the 2023quota starting March 27, 2022. The applications will be processed within 30 working days of submission. The document will then be automatically sent to the Italian diplomatic missions responsible for issuing visas.

 

Source: schengenvisainfo.com