While the State governs intense migration policies in the broad sense, in essence the policies concerning entries and border inspections, and the issuing of permits of stay, the Regions together elaborate measures aimed at fostering the social and economical integration of foreign citizens, favouring development and the union of various cultural identities, and opposing discrimination and illegality.

The initiatives and interventions on in the immigration sector, with regards to the jurisdictions attributed by the constitutional act, were legislated by the Veneto Region with law no. 9 of  30 January 1990, in harmony with the community directives and the national legislation.