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Facilitated entry for other dependent household family of a mobile EU citizen

ItalyFree movement

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

The right derives from the EU citizen's free movement: other family members listed in art. 3 of the Italian free-movement decree (e.g. siblings of the EU citizen or spouse) are not entitled to a visa, but their applications are facilitated as long as they accompany or join the EU citizen; the visa carries a fee.

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

These other family members are covered only when accompanying or joining the EU citizen; visa applications not directly linked to the EU citizen's movement are treated as ordinary applications and granted only if the requirements of the requested entry type are met.

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  • https://vistoperitalia.esteri.it/files/public/moduli/en/informativa_familiari_UE.pdf
    Any visa applications made by foreign family members of EU citizens for journeys that are not directly linked to the movement of the EU citizen (therefore when they do not accompany or join the EU family member) shall be dealt with as ordinary applications, and the visa shall be issued if the requirements and conditions provided for by the type of entry requested are met.

What entry, registration or residence-document formalities remain?

For municipal registration, family members without an autonomous right of residence present a valid identity document or passport, a document from the competent authority of the country of origin/provenance attesting the family relationship and, where required, dependency, household membership or serious health problems requiring the EU citizen's personal care, and the attestation of the EU citizen's registration request. The official source does not state which residence document these family members receive.

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  • The cited text does not say which residence document these other family members receive.
  • https://www.normattiva.it/uri-res/N2Ls?urn:nir:stato:decreto.legislativo:2007-02-06;30~art9
    Ai fini dell'iscrizione anagrafica, oltre a quanto previsto per i cittadini italiani dalla normativa di cui al comma 1, i familiari del cittadino dell'Unione europea che non hanno un autonomo diritto di soggiorno devono presentare, in conformità alle disposizioni del decreto del Presidente della Repubblica 28 dicembre 2000, n. 445 : a) un documento di identità o il passaporto in corso di validità; b) un documento rilasciato dall'autorità competente del Paese di origine o provenienza che attesti la qualità di familiare e, qualora richiesto, di familiare a carico ovvero di membro del nucleo familiare ovvero familiare affetto da gravi problemi di salute, che richiedono l'assistenza personale del cittadino dell'Unione, titolare di un autonomo diritto di soggiorno; c) l'attestato della richiesta d'iscrizione anagrafica del familiare cittadino dell'Unione.

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

Italy, under its national law, facilitates entry and residence of any other family member, of any nationality, not in the core family definition, who is dependent on or lived in the country of origin with the EU citizen holding the primary right of residence, or where serious health grounds require the EU citizen's personal care; and of a partner in a duly attested stable relationship (with official documentation). Italy carries out an extensive examination of their personal situation and must justify any refusal.

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  • https://www.normattiva.it/uri-res/N2Ls?urn:nir:stato:decreto.legislativo:2007-02-06;30~art3
    Senza pregiudizio del diritto personale di libera circolazione e di soggiorno dell'interessato, lo Stato membro ospitante, conformemente alla sua legislazione nazionale, agevola l'ingresso e il soggiorno delle seguenti persone: a) ogni altro familiare, qualunque sia la sua cittadinanza, non definito all'articolo 2, comma 1, lettera b), se è a carico o convive, nel paese di provenienza, con il cittadino dell'Unione titolare del diritto di soggiorno a titolo principale o se gravi motivi di salute impongono che il cittadino dell'Unione lo assista personalmente; b) il partner con cui il cittadino dell'Unione abbia una relazione stabile debitamente attestata ((con documentazione ufficiale))
  • https://www.normattiva.it/uri-res/N2Ls?urn:nir:stato:decreto.legislativo:2007-02-06;30~art3
    Lo Stato membro ospitante effettua un esame approfondito della situazione personale e giustifica l'eventuale rifiuto del loro ingresso o soggiorno.

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

The checked official sources did not provide enough route-specific evidence to confirm when permanent rights arise and the continuity or absence rules.

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

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