RESIDENCY PERMIT FOR FAMILY REASONS
(Articles 29 and 30 of Legislative Decree no. 286/98 and subsequent amendments)

1. Application filled in and signed by the interested party (Module 1);
2. Complete photocopy of passport or other equivalent document (see table no. 4);
3. To request a residency permit, Form 1 must be filled in at the One-Stop
   Immigration Office, which has issued the authorisation to enter the country for family reunification.
4. The application to renew a residency permit must contain a statement
   by the family member, who requested and obtained
   family reunification or who was reunited with the family, stating that they will support
   the family member.

NOTES:

• The residency permit for family reasons is valid for the same length of time as the residency permit for the alien family member who obtained authorisation for family reunification and is renewable together with the residency permit belonging to
  this individual.
• The residency permit for family reasons may be used for other activities allowed to the alien, even without altering or converting the document, for the duration of the document’s validity. Specifically:
  
  1. carrying out subordinate work, which may take place before
     being registered on the list or if the working relationship is already underway, with previous communication by the employer
     to the Regional Employment Directorate;
  2. Self-employed labour may take place through the
     acquisition of the authorisation or qualification eventually required for the professional activity carried out;

• The residency permit for family reasons is issued to the alien who has entered the country
  for family reunification, or with a visa to accompany the family member, or in other cases described in the chart “conversion of the residency permit from other reasons
  to family reasons”;
• the alien’s underage child, cohabiting with the alien and a regular resident,
  is registered on the residency permit or card of one or both parents up until his/her
  fourteenth birthday, and is subject to the same legal conditions of the parent with which he/she lives.
  Similarly, minor children in custody are subject to the same legal conditions of the alien guardian.
  On their 14th birthday, the minor will be entitled to request an
  self-employed residency permit, up until they come of age.
• The alien entering Italy for family reunification with an Italian citizen, or
  an EU member state citizen, or a foreign citizen with a residency card, is issued a residency card.

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