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EU/EEA/Swiss free movement — employed worker

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Explore the five recorded questions, answers and sources for this pathway.

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Which citizenship, status or regional agreement creates the person's right to move/reside?

Citizenship of an EU Member State: the Italian free-movement decree applies to any EU citizen who goes to or resides in a Member State other than their own, and to their family members who accompany or join them. The official source does not state the position of EEA or Swiss citizens.

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  • The cited Italian text covers EU citizens only; EEA and Swiss nationals are not addressed in these citations.

Under which circumstances can the person reside: worker, self-employed, student, jobseeker, self-funded person or another recognised basis?

An EU citizen may reside in Italy for more than three months as an employed or self-employed worker in Italy.

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What entry, registration or residence-document formalities remain?

No residence card is required any more. For stays over three months the EU citizen registers at the registry office (Ufficio anagrafe) of the Comune of domicile; registration is required once three months have passed since entry, and an attestation with name, address and request date is issued immediately. For this category registration requires documentation of the employed or self-employed work.

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Which non-member-country family members can accompany or join, and what broad rights do they receive?

Non-EU family members (spouse; registered partner where Italian law treats the union as marriage; direct descendants under 21 or dependent, and those of the spouse/partner; dependent direct ascendants and those of the spouse/partner) who accompany or join the EU citizen share the right of residence, provided the EU citizen meets the worker, self-sufficiency or student condition; after lawful entry they can apply to the Questura (or via the post office) for the residence card for family members of an EU citizen.

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  • https://www.normattiva.it/uri-res/N2Ls?urn:nir:stato:decreto.legislativo:2007-02-06;30~art7
    Il diritto di soggiorno di cui al comma 1 è esteso ai familiari non aventi la cittadinanza di uno Stato membro quando accompagnano o raggiungono nel territorio nazionale il cittadino dell'Unione, purché questi risponda alle condizioni di cui al comma 1, lettere a), b) o c).
  • https://www.normattiva.it/uri-res/N2Ls?urn:nir:stato:decreto.legislativo:2007-02-06;30~art2
    b) "familiare": 1) il coniuge; 2) il partner che abbia contratto con il cittadino dell'Unione un'unione registrata sulla base della legislazione di uno Stato membro, qualora la legislazione dello Stato membro ospitante equipari l'unione registrata al matrimonio e nel rispetto delle condizioni previste dalla pertinente legislazione dello Stato membro ospitante; 3) i discendenti diretti di età inferiore a 21 anni o a carico e quelli del coniuge o partner di cui alla lettera b); 4) gli ascendenti diretti a carico e quelli del coniuge o partner di cui alla lettera b);
  • https://prefettura.interno.gov.it/it/prefetture/roma/permessi-questura
    Se sei familiare straniero di un cittadino italiano o di un cittadino dell'Unione Europea e hai fatto regolare ingresso in Italia, puoi richiedere direttamente alla Questura, o tramite ufficio postale, la carta di soggiorno per familiare di cittadino UE.

When do permanent/long-term rights arise and what continuity, absence or retention conditions matter?

After five years of legal and continuous residence the EU citizen acquires permanent residence, no longer subject to the residence conditions. Continuity is not broken by absences totalling up to six months a year, longer absences for military obligations, or up to twelve consecutive months for important reasons (pregnancy and maternity, serious illness, study or vocational training, posting for work). Permanent residence is lost after absences of more than two consecutive years.

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These are the answers currently recorded in the catalogue. A missing or partial answer is not an eligibility decision.

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