Prefettura — Territorial Government Office of Naples, Area IV Immigration, 10 July 2026

Note from the Prefettura of Naples (the State's territorial office) — Area IV Immigration, replying to the request to activate reception measures for a Bangladeshi national who arrived in Italy on 4 June 2026 via the Balkan route, and who expressed the wish to apply for international protection to the Immigration Office and the Territorial Commission of Naples by certified email, through counsel, about a month after arrival.

Before proceeding to the assessments within its remit, the Prefettura asks for further information to be sent and, in particular:

• the date of actual entry of the applicant into national territory;
• if he expressed the wish to apply for international protection more than ninety days after entering Italy, any elements useful to show good cause for the delay, under Article 1(2-bis) of Legislative Decree 142/2015;
• any documentation attesting to conditions of vulnerability relevant under Article 17 of Legislative Decree 142/2015.

The note is significant as practice because it shows the first use, at the stage of access to reception, of the ninety-day time filter introduced into Legislative Decree 142/2015: a criterion that operates upstream of the assessment of reception measures and may lend itself to investigative delay. From the defence standpoint, what matters is the immediate allegation of any vulnerability profiles and the communication of the date of entry together with a request for access to reception.