Late on Monday, 24 November 2025, the Chamber of Deputies approved— with several amendments—the bill converting Decree-Law 146/2025 on regular entry of foreign workers. The text now goes to the Senate for final ratification before the 2 December deadline, but the lower-house vote already locks in significant procedural changes for corporate sponsors.
Chief among them is the extension of two critical time-frames: employers will now have 15 days (instead of 7) to confirm a nulla osta after it is issued, and another 15 days after the employee’s arrival to sign the contratto di soggiorno. Law-makers also doubled—from six to twelve months—the period during which non-quota graduates of Italian training programmes may apply for a job-seeker visa, a move welcomed by multinational R&D centres.
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Additional amendments require the Interior Ministry to publish real-time statistics on quota uptake, including gender-disaggregated data, and to test a blockchain pilot that logs each application’s IP address—measures aimed at deterring the resale of quota slots by illicit brokers. Unions secured a clause obliging employers to certify compliance with national collective-bargaining agreements when they confirm a nulla osta.
For global-mobility managers the biggest upside is predictability: the longer windows reduce the risk that consular appointments or delayed travel arrangements will force companies to restart the entire process. However, advisers caution that prefectures must update their web portals quickly or filings could stall in December.
Next steps: the Senate will begin committee review on 25 November, with a confidence vote expected by month-end. Companies should track the Gazzetta Ufficiale for the final text and adjust internal compliance calendars accordingly.
Chief among them is the extension of two critical time-frames: employers will now have 15 days (instead of 7) to confirm a nulla osta after it is issued, and another 15 days after the employee’s arrival to sign the contratto di soggiorno. Law-makers also doubled—from six to twelve months—the period during which non-quota graduates of Italian training programmes may apply for a job-seeker visa, a move welcomed by multinational R&D centres.
Additional amendments require the Interior Ministry to publish real-time statistics on quota uptake, including gender-disaggregated data, and to test a blockchain pilot that logs each application’s IP address—measures aimed at deterring the resale of quota slots by illicit brokers. Unions secured a clause obliging employers to certify compliance with national collective-bargaining agreements when they confirm a nulla osta.
For global-mobility managers the biggest upside is predictability: the longer windows reduce the risk that consular appointments or delayed travel arrangements will force companies to restart the entire process. However, advisers caution that prefectures must update their web portals quickly or filings could stall in December.
Next steps: the Senate will begin committee review on 25 November, with a confidence vote expected by month-end. Companies should track the Gazzetta Ufficiale for the final text and adjust internal compliance calendars accordingly.
