Immigration News

Argentina: immigration policy update
On May 14th, 2025, the government announced important changes in

Czech Republic: blue card salary updated
Starting from May 2025, the annual salary for the blue

China: Visa exemption for some Latin America countries
China will expand the visa exemption policy to nationals of

Malta: Citizenship by investment is contrary to EU law
The Court of Justice found that the Maltese program of
The Italian Government approves the citizenship decree
On 20th May 2025, the Chamber of Deputies definitively approved

Work permit: non-seasonal work allowed while awaiting conversion
Authorities have clarified that it is possible to perform non-seasonal

Poland: Immigration law updates
In response to the migration changes and new challenges, the

France: New interpretation of the “Talent – Qualified Employee” permit
The French legislation was recently updated to simplify the existing

US: Alien Registration Requirement starting from April 11th, 2025
Starting from April 11th, 2025, all immigrants who did not

Italian Citizenship by Descent: Changes in 2025
Italian citizenship by descent changes in 2025: find out who

Hiring non-EU workers with apprenticeship contracts
The Italian immigration law allows the hiring of non-EU workers

Flow Decree: allocation of quotas at provincial level
With memo No. 1054 of February 12th, 2025, the Ministry

Italian Citizenship: fees for recognition applications increased
New contributions introduced and fees increased for applications for recognition

Family Reunion in Italy: new changes on when it can be requested
Decree-Law 145/2024 has been recently converted into law with amendments.

UK Electronic Travel Authorisation 2025: Mandatory application to enter the UK
The British Government is officially introducing the ETA (Electronic Travel

Decreto Flussi 2025: Amendments introduced by Legislative Decree 145/2024
The Italian Legislative Decree 145/2024, now approved by the Senate,

New Flow Decree approved by the Italian Senate on December 4, 2024
New Decreto Flussi approved: what are the most important changes.

Italian Citizenship by Iure Sanguinis: new interpretative guidelines
The Italian Supreme Court has provided clarification regarding the recognition

Germany reintroduces cross-border controls for non-EU citizens
The German Ministry of the Interior has implemented border controls

EU States may require residence permits for non-EU workers posted to their territory
The European Court of Justice has ruled on a case

Italy to reinstate borders controls in view of the G7 summit
As the G7 Meeting approaches, the Italian government announces the

UK implemented new business visitor rules from 31 January 2024
The UK government has changed the visitor visa rules, expanding

Flows Decree 2023: additional quotas distributed for seasonal work and conversions
Remaining quotas provided by the Flows Decree 2023 have been

Member States not obliged to automatically recognize the refugee status granted by another Member State
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) recently ruled on the

Unaccompanied minor refugees entitled to family reunification even if come of age during the application process
The ECJ has recently provided that unaccompanied minor refugees are

Italy Flows Decree 2024: click days for the entry of non-EU citizens postponed to March
The deadlines for submitting applications for Decreto Flussi 2024 have

Bulgaria and Romania in the Schengen Area from March 31st, 2024
The European Commission has given the green light to the

Covid-19: EU Member States can impose travel bans and testing requirements
The ECJ has recently ruled that Member States may impose

China Visas: visa exemption for Italian citizens
It is now possible for Italian citizens to travel to

Extension of temporary protection to Ukrainian refugees by EU member states
The EU Council extends the Temporary Protection Mechanism to Ukrainian

Application of the so-called “Returns Directive” to third country nationals
The Court is asked whether it is possible for a

Entry Flows Italy: the three-year planning decree for 2023-2025 is published on the Official Gazzette
An overview of the 3-year period for the Decreto Flussi

New entry quotas for internships and training courses
The Italian government recently published the three-year quota program that

Clarifications on the employment of foreign workers through staffing agencies
The Italian Government provides details on the applications of work

Posted Workers in the Construction Sector: ELA’s Latest News
ELA published a new information leaflet, regulating the posting of

Rejection of British’s citizens appeal following Brexit
The Court of Justice of the European Union has dismissed

News on entry flows, permit conversions and immigration procedures
Law Decree 20/2023 introduced some new provisions on immigration and

Internship in Italy allowed to non-EU with a residence permit
With note number 320 of 14 February 2023, the National

Croatia: adoption of the Euro and entry into the Schengen Area
Starting from 1 January 2023, Croatia adopted the single European

The European Commission asks to stop facilitations for Russian citizens’ entry visas
The Commission proposes to suspend the EU-Russia Agreement and not

Admission of non-EU personnel in Italy: procedure simplified
With Circular No. 3 of July 5th 2022, the Italian

Nullaosta in Italy: the Decree on migration flows simplifies issuing procedure
The Decree simplifies timing and background checks requirements to issue

PU Invitation Letter for the Chinese Work VISA (Z): exemption for categories of applicants
Announced a partial lifting of the PU Letter obligation but

A new work-vacation Visa between Italy and Japan
Italy and Japan to issue a special Visa to promote

Application for study visas for non-EU students for the academic year 2022/2023
Defined the procedures for entry, stay, matriculation and recognition of

Childbirth allowance in Italy: regime extended to certain categories of non-EU citizens
The new rules are included in a message from the

Residence permit for temporary humanitarian protection of Ukrainian citizens in Italy
How it works: submission of the request, recipients, term, cases

Decree on migration flows 2022: applications extended
The deadline for the permit application and conversion regulated by

Ukrainian citizens: priority in regularization processes in Italy
On March 8 2022, INL issued memo 1521 to prioritize

Italian work permits for former students
Foreign citizens holding an Italian study permit may apply for

UK: after-sales personnel entry permit
Updated Visit Guidance enables after-sales personnel to enter the United

Student visas: redefinition of economic means for applicants
Debate on Circular 2020/2021 of the Ministry of Instruction being

Long-term residence permits: changes in format and validity
New long-term residence permits in Italy will now feature digital

Immigration update: upcoming regulations on blue card procedure
Council presidency and EU Parliament reached a provisional agreement aimed

Brexit: Activities permitted by the Visitor Regime
The UK Authorities provide clarification on the conditions of entry

Brexit: Permit for Frontier Workers
The UK authorities clarify the residence permit for Frontier Workers

Brexit: issue of residence card for British Citizens with residence in Italy
New guidelines available for the issuing process of digital residence
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