Decision of the Council of State, III Section, No. 3166 of 22 May 2014

In decision No. 3166/2014, the Council of State examined the appeal of an Albanian national, who had arrived in Italy with a regular visa for employment issued by the Italian Representative in Albania, and to whom a residence permit for employment was subsequently refused by the police authorities, because he had not signed a job contract nor completed the related procedure at the Italian employment office. These facts had occurred not for reasons attributable to the foreign worker but because of inactivity from the employer company. The Council of State found that the applicant was entitled, under said circumstances, to apply for a temporary residence permit covering the waiting period for an employment. The Council of State therefore ruled the annulment of the first instance decision of the Regional Administrative Court for Friuli Venezia Giulia.