Expo Milan 2015 Guidelines in the matter of foreigners’ entry and stay
4.3.1 Who has to notify the one-stop shop for immigration information (Sportello Unico)?
Notification is to be sent in the case both of transfer and of hiring by the subjects indicated below:
a) Transfer
of a worker employed by a foreign company to a company incorporated in Italy (e.g. Italian branch
of the company): in this case, notification to Sportello Unico must be forwarded by the “transferee” company
incorporated in Italy, through its legal representative who, towards this end, must request the access
credentials from the Commissioner General of Section, or the Director of Unofficial Participants of the
pavilion of the country where the work is to be performed.
of a worker employed by a foreign company that has no branches in Italy, for the rendering of
services: in this case, notification to Sportello Unico must be forwarded by the legal representative who,
towards this end, must request the access credentials from the Commissioner General of Section, or the
Director of Unofficial Participants of the pavilion of the country where the work is to be performed.
b) Hiring of foreign workers by Italian companies or by companies incorporated in Italy: in this case,
notification to Sportello Unico must be forwarded by the company through its legal representative who, towards
this end, must request the access credentials from the Commissioner General of Section or the Director of
Unofficial Participants of the pavilion of the country where the foreign worker is to carry out the work.
If the hiring or transfer is requested directly by Expo, the accreditation procedure and the subsequent communication
is handled directly by the Commissioner General of the Exhibition.
4.3.2 The system for forwarding the communication online
To obtain qualification for the computerized system set up by the Ministry of Interior for the purposes of compiling the
online communications for the entry of the foreign workers as per situations a) and b) above, it is necessary to contact
the Commissioner General of Section or the Director of Unofficial Participants, which have the credentials issued
by Expo 2015 S.p.A.
The EXPO 2015 link for accessing https://nullaostalavoro.interno.it/Ministero/index2.jsp where the forms to be compiled for the foreign workers’ entry (for transfer or for hiring) are published is present both on the Home Office’s
official site (http://www.interno.gov.it), and on that of the Ministry of Labour and Social Policies
(http://www.lavoro.gov.it). The site also has a general use manual and a compilation manual specific to each form.
The section dedicated to EXPO 2015 is also available in French and English.
4.3.3 Issuance of the permit to stay for reasons of work
The foreigner that has entered Italy for hired work or for transfer must, by no later than 8 working days after entry, visit
the appropriate section of the one-stop shop for immigration (Sportello Unico Immigrazione) of Milan, located in the
Expo facilities, in order to sign the contract of stay. At the same time, the worker will receive the pre-compiled form
applying for the permit of stay for reasons of work (Form 209, Expo 2015), to be delivered to the post office for
subsequent forwarding to the police station (Questura). It is specified that when the contract of stay for reasons of work
is signed, the obligations of mandatory notification of hiring to the competent Departments in accordance with the
regulations in force are understood to have been met.