Decreto flussi: working in Italy as an employee under the annual quotas

Who is this for

Non-EU workers who have an Italian employer willing to hire them from abroad within the yearly entry quotas (decreto flussi).

Requirements

• An Italian employer (or its agent) files the request online during the click day windows. The multi-year decree sets see the current official threshold entries over three years (see the current official threshold for 2026). TO VERIFY: quotas per category in the decree text.
• The employer must show it can pay the salary and provide housing, and must first complete the preventive check with the employment centre.
• The worker must be outside Italy and have no entry ban. Some nationalities have reserved quotas.
• You cannot self-apply: only the employer files. Click day dates are in the click-day article (work-w1-click-days-explained-guide).