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  FLOWS 2024, first click day on Monday, March 18 Start of applications for non-seasonal employed workers from countries that have migration agreements with Italy From 9 a.m. on Monday, March 18, through the Services Portal - Single Desk for Immigration of the Ministry of the Interior, the first applications can be submitted to have foreign workers arrive in Italy and be hired within the quotas authorized by the government for 2024. This click day is dedicated to non-seasonal employees for certain labor sectors, citizens of countries that have cooperation agreements with Italy on migration. The sectors affected are: trucking, construction, tourism-hotel, mechanics, telecommunications, food, shipbuilding, bus passenger transport, fishing, hairdressers, electricians, and plumbers. The countries that have agreements with Italy are: Albania, Algeria, Bangladesh, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Korea (Republic of Korea), Côte d'Ivoire, Egypt, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Philippines, Gambia, Ge...

Italian Citizenship The waiting time to get Italian citizenship is rather long. In addition to the period required to meet the legal conditions , foreign citizens are expected to wait for further 2 / 3 years  before having their application to become Italian citizens accepted (4 years with Salvini Law). However, the facts amply demonstrate that two years are not enough and deadlines are hardly ever respected. Foreign citizens may have to wait up to five or six years before receiving a “yes”. The reason for these long bureaucratic waits is the rising demand from foreigners to get  Italian citizenship . On the other hand, there is an inadequate number of people in charge of processing the requests, implemented for this reason a few months ago. Although new laws were made to speed up the process, the waiting time is still extremely long. So here are two tips to help you reduce it or, at least, not exceed the limit of 2 - 3 years required b...

Becoming Italian citizens after getting married is possible , however, this can only be done if one is to respect and follow the rules provided by the Act 91/1992 .  According to the act 91 of 1992 , which is currently in function, Italian citizenship can be obtained through matrimony. The request must be submitted to the Prefect of the territory where the residence of the applicant currently is. Meanwhile, if the foreigner consort is residing abroad, the submission must be presented to the consular office of the territory in question. In addition to that, the decree granting citizenship will be signed by the Head of Department for Civil Liberties and Immigration. As stated by the act, precisely at the article 5: “ The consort, foreign or stateless, of an Italian citizen may acquire Italian citizenship after having been legally (for a period of two years ) in the territory of the Republic following his marriage. Or, after three years from the date of the marriage ...

Question: What is the minimum income required to submit the application for Italian citizenship? In the case of application for Italian citizenship for residence under Article 9 of Law 91 of February 5, 1992 it is necessary to possess a personal or family income in the last three years amounted to EUR 8.263,31 for the sole applicant. If the citizenship applicant is part of a family unit, so if he is married or has children, then the minimum income for citizens is increased from € 8.263,31 to € 11.362,05. To the new minimum income of € 11,362.05 requested by the applicant with spouse , you will add up more euro 516,46 for each dependent child. They must accompany the application for Italian citizenship tax models CUD, UNICO, 730 relative to the income of the last three years. And possible to take into account the income of the entire family unit to which the applicant belongs Italian citizen when it is clear that there are other resources that form the income. For th...

The 2021 Decreto Flussi is underway. The Flows decree 2021 will be published in the Official Journal in a matter of days. Applications can be presented from 9 AM on the tenth (and fifteenth) day from the publication in the Official Gazette. The decree provides access to the labour market for 69,700 non-EU foreign citizens. The numbers will be divided as follows: - 17,000 non-seasonal employees in transporting goods for third parties, construction and tourism/hotel sectors from the following countries : Albania, Algeria, Bangladesh, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Korea (Republic of Korea), Côte d'Ivoire, Egypt, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Philippines, Gambia, Ghana, Japan, Guatemala, India, Kosovo, Mali, Morocco, Mauritius, Moldova, Montenegro, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, Republic of North Macedonia, Senegal, Serbia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Tunisia, Ukraine; - 3,000 non-seasonal subordinate workers in the sectors of freight transport for third parties, construction and hotel tourism from countries w...

  2021 flows decree to be issued as soon as possible The Agriculture Commission of the Chamber of Deputies is pushing for the issuing of a new seasonal flows decree for 2021. The extension of the expiry date of residence permits to 31 July 2021 is a positive step, but it is not enough! "The extension to 31 July of residence permits expiring for about 30,000 regular non-EU workers, who arrived with the past 'flow decrees', is an important support for agricultural businesses who complain of a lack of seasonal labour due to the Covid-19. It is now necessary to issue the ' flows decree 2021' as soon as possible and to push for the 'active quarantine' that has worked in other European countries". Foreigners' amnesty: only five hundred foreign farmers registered "It is estimated that the 'amnesty of the invisibles', about which we expressed all our perplexity from the beginning, has allowed the regularisation of just 500 agricul...

How to apply from 18th to 19th birthday (Council) A person born in Italy of immigrant parents has a privileged procedure to follow in becoming an Italian citizen. This privilege, however, is only valid for a year, from the moment the person reaches the legal age. According to Italian Law, whoever is born in Italy of immigrant parents doesn’t automatically acquire Italian citizenship. The child maintains the parents’ citizenship until he/she reaches the legal age. Let's see in detail the legal procedure to be followed by one who was born in Italy to immigrant parents and would like to become an Italian citizen. The Italian citizenship is regulated by Law no. 91/92 which states that a foreigner who was born in Italy, and has been residing legally and uninterruptedly in the country from birth up to the legal age, becomes an Italian citizen by making an explicit statement of will to acquire Italian citizenship within a year of reaching the legal age. (Article 4, paragraph 2 of ...

Los ciudadanos extranjeros que residen en Italia y desean ser naturalizados com Italianos deben tener obligatoriamente por ley 10 años de residencia regular antes de solicitar la ciudadanía; para los refugiados cinco años de residencia y 4 años para los europeos . El solicitante para obtener la Ciudadanía Italiana deberá completar el formulario B en la página online del Ministerio del Interior creando en primer lugar una identificación SPID Aquí la lista de todos los documentos tendrá que enviar online a la Prefectura : Marca da bollo € 16,00; Recibo del pagamento de € 250.00; obtener la Ciudadanía Italiana   Certificado de nacimiento: el solicitante debe tener el certificado de nacimiento, donde se indican todos los detalles de su identidad, incluida la de los padres. En caso de que la solicitante sea mujer y use el apellido del certificado de matrimonio que no se encuentra en el certificado de nacimiento, tendrá que enviar además la copia original y certif...

The decree regarding flow of immigration signed The trade unions categories of the agricultural sector anticipate the successful signature of immigration in 2019. According to the information magazine of the Agricultural Category the decree regarding flow of immigration 2019 is finally signed and now it would be in phase of registration with the organ of control of the State: The Court of the Auditors. The solicitations coming from the agricultural companies and from the sector associations of the sector (Coldiretti) would have been decisive in determining the signing of the decree regarding flow of immigration 2019 and that now should wait for the passage of the Court of Auditors and then proceed forwarded for publication in the Official Gazette. A situation created that put crops at risk, this after the high temperatures accelerated the maturation of agricultural products and in particular fruit. The 2019 click day will therefore require the go-ahead ...

All residence permits for humanitarian reasons valid on 5 October 2018, will remain valid until expiry. The holders of a residence permit for humanitarian reasons valid on 5 October are allowed to convert such permit, upon expiry or before the expiry, into a  subordinate work or self-employed permit, if they have an employment contract or if they meet the requirements for a self-employed residence permit . Whereas, applicants waiting to be granted a residence permit for humanitarian  reasons , following a decision of the Commission adopted before 5 October 2018 (even if not yet notified), will be granted a residence permit for “special cases.” This permit: is valid for two years;  allows to work;  can be converted, before expiry or upon expiry, into a subordinate work or self-employed permit, if holders have an employment contract or meet the requirements for a self-employed permit. If the Commission’s evaluations establish that there is the ...

Decree on flows 2018: all there is to know The decree on flows: an explanation With the decree, therefore, the quotas of non-EU immigrants are established in concrete terms, within which the entry is allowed, with some clarifications. In special cases, higher flows are established for citizens coming from countries that have signed agreements with Italy for readmission and for citizens of Italian origin who are registered in special lists located at Italian diplomatic/consular representations abroad. The flows in 2018 What are the quotas established by the Decree on flows 2018 The remaining 12,850 units, on the other hand, are partly reserved for certain categories of workers, in particular self-employed workers, seasonal workers, workers of Italian descent and workers who have taken training courses abroad in accordance with the Article 23 of the “ Testo Unico sulle Immigrazioni” (Consolidation Text on Immigration) ; the remaining part is for conversions . How to ...

Flows Decree There will be a total amount of 17 thousand seasonal workers who will be employed on fixed-term contracts in the sectors of agriculture and tourism-hotel. 2017 began with the new parts communicated by the Ministries of Interior and Labour for foreign seasonal workers who will reach Italy from abroad to be used for a few months in the companies of agricultural sector and tourism -hotel: there are 17,000 totally those authorized by the flows decree which also includes allowances allocated to non-seasonal inputs as well as conversions of residence permits. At the moment this is the only official figure because in reality the text of the flows decree has not yet been published and therefore not available. You have to wait to see the dates on which you can submit online applications ( so-called 'day-click '). decreto flussi 2017 But it is not announced the substantial new about regarding the countries of origin of the workers as it is awaiting th...

Bulgarian Citizenship: living and working in Bulgaria Lately, Bulgaria has become the destination of many people. Life is cheaper, you can make good investments at low prices and, for us the Italians, it still means to live in Europe. You can live in Bulgaria as mere residents or you can decide to take the citizenship . If you want to move permanently the last option is the one that suits you. How to acquire the Bulgarian citizenship? First, you must apply for the permanent residence , which lasts for a year and shall be renewed for 5 consecutive years. That's the basic standard time to acquire the Bulgarian citizenship and passport. Bulgarian Citizenship: living and working in Bulgaria The Country also requires to be able to speak a fluent Bulgarian language and, therefore, there will be a language skill test. As aspiring citizens, you must also demonstrate to have an income. Keep a clean criminal record, or your Bulgarian citizenship appli...

The italian passport and on the other hand the residency permission. Citizenship , Italian passport , Residency permission immigration italy , more italian citizenship than the residency. Official numbers confirm that having the Italian citizenship is much more easier than having residency permission in the last years . The number of foreigners that have the Italian citizenship becomes more every year : in 2012 was 60 thousand , in 2014 was 120 thousand and in 2015 was 178 thousand. That confirms the 22 relation about the migration of the foundation Ismu that photographs a situation : it’s too easy for a migrant to apply for the Italian citizenship to stay in Italia and this is easier than waiting for the EU to give a residency that takes a lot of time . It’s not a case that in many Italian regions in 2015 and in 2016 have been registered an increase in the requests for citizenship like a drop instead of the requests for the residency permission . the ...

Italian Government raises Residence permit fee From May 2016 the fee to obtain the electronic Residence permit will be increased from the current € 27.50 to € 30.46, and this excludes all other permit-related taxes. Trade unions are on the warpath. The month of May has started with bad news for migrants who intend to apply for an Italian Residence permit . The government, led by Prime Minister Renzi , has decided on a small but concrete increase in the application fee . The new figures The new application fee for the electronic Residence permit , which is obtainable in Italy since last autumn, has been increase to € 24.56, to which one should add the VAT and a fixed postal commission of € 0.5, for a total of € 30,46. This is almost € 3 more than the previous € 27,50 fee. The fees applicable for issue of a new permit or renewal of an expired one stay the same, and vary from € 80 to € 100 depending on the type and the length of the permit. All in all, the cost for a...

What Are The Times To Get The Italian Citizenship ? Waiting times to get Italian citizenship vary primarily based on the attainment of minimum requirements. A foreigner who for example marries an Italian citizen , will be able to obtain residency in two years. In case of naturalization , the years required by Italian law are 10. But there are others waiting times that are often not kept in mind by those who want to obtain Italian citizenship. After they have been met the necessary requirements to make the request to become to all Italians citizens effects, you will be further subject to other expectations because of the time required by Italian bureaucracy. According to Law 362 of the 18/04/1994 art.3 , the foreigner who has reached the necessary requirements to advance application for Italian citizenship , will have to wait up to a maximum of 730 days before of being accept the application and become all the effects of a citizen of the country. Unfortunately, the facts sh...

ITALY RECEIVES THE MIGRANTS SHIPWRECKED IN CRETE Seven hundred people, following the International Migrations Organisation , were on board of the cargo ship Clipper Hebe, which sank near Crete on the 4th of June.  It is one of the worst episodes ever happened in the Mediterrean, which lets us wonder of a very difficult summer, for both the Italian and Greek.  The are only 350 survivors, and as they arrived they told to the Greek Coast Guard, to be on their way to Italy. The authorities of both countries found an agreement as soon as possible, and decided to bring the migrants to Italy. RECEIVED IN THE “BEL PAESE”   President of Council Matteo Renzi , immediatly after hearing the news, gave orders to have the migrants brought to Italy at the Augusta port. In the morning of the 5th June, the 350 survivors finally arrived on the sicilian coast. Migrant Law, Italy The power of attorney of Siracusa has opened the invastigations on the case in or...

عفو عام بغرض تسوية أوضاع الأجانب العفو عن المهاجرين افتراض غير عملي يتوقع البعض أن الحكومة يمكن أن تفكر في العفو عن المهاجرين غير الشرعيين في إيطاليا، وكان آخر عفو قد صدر في عام 2012 ، لكن يبدو وسيلة غير عملية . قبل عام من الآن أنتظر العديد صدور عفو لتسوية أوضاع المهاجرين غير الشرعيين المقيمين في إيطاليا، لكن لم يتم إصداره . أيضًا تشير الدلائل لعام 2016 إلى أن الأمر لن يكون كذلك . حيث كان العفو إجراءًا استثنائيًا تم إجراءه لمرة واحدة، لذلك لن يتم إصدار قرار مماثل كل عام، ولكن في حالات الضرورة المُلحة الحقيقية . ومن الممكن أن يتيح هذا العفو فرصة للمهاجرين الذين هم بالفعل في إيطاليا تسوية أوضاعهم، وذلك بإمتلاكهم تصريح الإقامة، لكن ليس أولائك الذين على وشك الوصول إلى إيطاليا . متى سيتم إصدار العفو القادم؟ كان الإصدار الأخير في عام 2012 وكانت أعداد الطلبات المُقدمة جديرة بالملاحظة (129.814 إجمالاُ ) ، حيث تُعتبر أقل بنسبة 70 ألف وحدة على الأقل مقارنةً بالوحدات المقدمة في عام 2009 بالإضافة إلى أن العفو كان مخصص فقط لمقدمي الرعايات والخدمات المنزلية . يرجع هذا الان...