Migrants, the calendar of click days for 2026 under the new Flussi decree
It starts on 12 January with seasonal workers for agriculture. A total of 497,550 entries authorised over the next three years. Pre-filling of applications in the autumn
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Key points
- Non-seasonal and self-employed workers: room for 76,850 a year
- Disabled and elderly caregivers, out-of-limit admissions will return
- Season tickets, click day on 12 January for agricultural and 9 February for tourist
- Input fees increased by 6 per cent from 2026-2028
- Why the click day will not be passed immediately
- Decline in irregular applications, but timing remains an issue
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Flussi Decree, new round. Yesterday the Council of Ministers approved the Prime Ministerial Decree authorising the entry into Italy of another 497,550 foreign workers in the next three years (164,850 for 2026, 165,850 for 2027 and 166,850 for 2028, divided between 230,550 non-seasonal and self-employed employees and 267,000 seasonal workers), still growing compared to the 450,000 that had been planned for 2023-2025, later integrated up to over 468,000. The click day system is not affected and the pre-filling of applications in the autumn is confirmed, but the territorial allocation of quotas will make its debut, entrusted to the Ministry of Labour within ten days of the deadline for submitting applications. The allocation will take place by provincial area.
Non-seasonal and self-employed workers: room for 76,850 a year
In detail, 76,850 non-seasonal subordinate workers and self-employed workers are envisaged each year (650 the self-employed), expanding the sectors to include commerce, logistics, textiles, metalworkers and health care: the click day will start at 9 a.m. on 16 February. Also included in this quota are family assistants - 13,600 in 2026, 14,000 in 2027 and 14,200 in 2028 - and 'qualified' workers, i.e. entrepreneurs and managers, freelancers, artists and startuppers, admitted in the number of 500 per year. The relevant click day will start on 18 February.
Disabled and elderly caregivers, out-of-quota admissions will return
With regard to carers for the disabled and the elderly, the executive is inclined to reintroduce in the future the out-of-quota admissions experimented thanks to Decree Law 145/2024, eliminating the 10,000 ceiling, even though as of 18 June the relative applications for work permits were 13% of the ceiling.
Seasonals, click day on 12 January for agricultural and 9 February for tourist
The quotas for seasonal workers will be 88,000 for 2026, 89,000 for 2027 and 90,000 for 2028, of which 141,000 (47,000 per year) will be reserved for applications submitted by agricultural employers' organisations and 42,000 (13,000 for 2026, 14,000 for 2027 and 15,000 for 2028) for those submitted by employers in the tourism sector. For agricultural employers the click day will be 12 January, for tourism employers 9 February.
Input fees increased by 6% over the three-year period 2026-2028
"The government intends to confirm also for the coming three-year period the strategy set out since it took office: a decisive fight against irregular immigration and opening up to legal immigration, especially for work reasons," reads the illustrative report. Hence the decision to increase entry quotas from 69,700 in 2021 to more than double in 2026. Compared to the three-year period 2023-2025, the increase in 2026-2028 is 6% (+29,100 workers).
