Special– Italian Language Test for the Issuance of the Long – Term Permit of Stay
The explicative circular, the language test, the illustrated procedure for the exam enrolment
. Starting from December 2010, the interdepartmental order of 4th June that was published on the Official Gazzette on 11th June, will come into force. The decree, that implements comma 2 bis of art. 9TU and that was introduced with the law “Pacchetto Sicurezza” (Security Package) on 9th August 2009, looks at the procedure for the Italian language test which will be useful to attain the A2 certification and for the issuance of the long-term permit of stay.
It would be a new obstacle for a (...)
[ 19 November 2010 ] |
Security Package in the House - If approved it would not be possible for ’irregular’ migrants to recognize their children.
by Marco Paggi - Lawyer
The chamber of Deputies is now in the process of considering Bill 733. The bill has been before the Justice and the Constitutional Affairs committees since Tuesday March 11 prior to passing to the chamber.
The security package is almost entirely devoted to immigration, albeit under the definition of migration as only a security problem. The text considered by the Senate is worrying due to the consequences it may have.
If the version of the text already passed by the Senate was approved (...)
[ 10 March 2009 ] |
Flow Decree 2008 – 150,000 available quota
Colf, caretakers and special nationalities have the priority. Foreign employers holding the residence permit not later than the 10th of December.
On the 3rd of December 2008 the law concerning the Flow Decree 2008 has been signed. It has been published on the Official Journal n.288 of the 10th of December 2008.
On the 5th of December an information leaflet has been advanced.
Division of the quota
150,000 entries divided between:
44,600 domestic workers or workers belonging to different productive sectors, coming from countries which have already signed or are supposed to sign specific cooperation agreements involving (...)
[ 19 December 2008 ] |
Points for permit to stay – Remark on Lega Nord’s proposal
by Marco Paggi, lawyer
The proposal advanced by Lega Nord concerning the introduction of a new regulation for the permesso di soggiorno (permit to stay) based on a points system should be an even more rewarding method, and demoting towards certain behaviours too, as someone thinks.
The first opinions on this topic, as also reported by Italian newspapers, and as often happens in the Italian political environment, have been a leap into the unknown, namely without being aware of what the points system is exactly (...)
[ 7 November 2008 ] |
PDS renewals: 65% of all applications submitted through the Post Office system is incorrect or incomplete
To that, waiting times for the electronic PDS and for the appointments at the “Questura” need to be added
In the past few days, there has been a meeting for all officers (patronati, associations, communes questura) at the Padua Prefettura, in order to update them about the situation of the PDS processing.
It is fair to say that most officers are not satisfied with the service that Poste Italiane is providing the customers and the Questuras as well.
The most discouraging fact is that 65% of all applications submitted so far through the postal system is incomplete or incorrect. Maybe because (...)
[ 7 February 2007 ] |
Cassation - Neither arrest nor expulsion for the immigrants without a renewed residence permit
The Court of Cassation (sentence 31426) has established that the immigrants, who don’t obtain the renewal of their residence permit, after having asked for it, cannot be punished by arrest or by expulsion.
The Supreme Court has so rejected the appeal of the Palermo Public Prosecutor’s Office.
The Supreme Court has so rejected the appeal of the Palermo Public Prosecutor’s Office against the order of the monocratic court, who denied the validation of the arrest against Rachid Z. – a (...)
[ 12 October 2006 ] |
Social security - Benefits guaranteed only to those holding an indefinite permit to stay
Awaiting the decision of the Courts regarding this discriminatory law
Numerous are the email inquiries that we receive regarding social security benefits. On this subject, we draw attention to the communication issued recently by the National Social Security Institute (INPS), which reconfirms that disability allowance, like other social security payments, is only payable to those who have an indefinite permit to stay.
This is an issue that we have dealt with many times in the past, especially regarding finance law no. 388 published on 23rd December 2000, (...)
[ 9 June 2006 ] |
Bonus bebè (newborns’ benefits – A government’s mistake at migrants’ expenses
There’s been great fuss about the so-called bonus bebè, which is being granted to all Italian citizens. Unfortunately the government made a mistake and it sent letters to migrant citizens as well. Letters were sent to all citizens that have recently had a baby and they communicated parents that they were to be issued a 1,000 € benefit. This communication reached Italian, EU and non-EU citizens: but benefits are reserved only to Italians!
With the letter in their hands many went to post (...)
[ 9 March 2006 ] |
Flows decree 2006 - You can give forms in from Tuesday, March 14th from 2.30 p.m.
Flows decree 2006 - You can give forms in from Tuesday, March 14th from 2.30 p.m. as published on Official Gazette, issue 55 – March, 7th 2006
Flows decree 2006 was published on the Official Gazette past March 7th 2006. It will allow foreign workers to regularly come and work in Italy. Official Gazette, issue 55 – March 7th 2006 – explains that application forms can be given in only from next week: Tuesday, March 14th 2006. Post offices will start accepting the so-called kits from 2.30 p.m.. (...)
[ 9 March 2006 ] |
A comment upon note 2768/2.2 issued by Home Office – Oct.25th
Residence contracts and housing suitability
The note offers some specifications, these are both useful and disputable. The specifications come from the department that takes care of civil liberties and immigration within Home Office. The note tries to clarify some of the issues of the day.
Residence contracts
This is a form that needs to be stipulated by employers and employees. The form is to be stipulated each time migrant workers renew their permits, each time migrant workers change employment and when they come from abroad. (...)
[ 12 January 2006 ] |
Employment lists – Registration date is not respect. Is work permit revoked?
We shall today talk about foreign citizens that hold work permits but they find themselves without job. The reasons of unemployment can be different (dismissal, invalidity, etc.). Unemployed workers must register themselves as unemployed.
Italian and European workers are not sanctioned if they do not register whereas non-EU worker risk to be quite seriously sanctioned if they do not. This has been introduced by the new rules for the enforcement of Bossi-Fini law.
A note issued by police (...)
[ 12 January 2006 ] |
Residence papers renewal – Is coming into pacts with court always an obstacle to living in Italy?
We have already said that Immigration consolidated act provides for that entering and living in Italy is forbidden to citizens that we condemned of certain crimes, which were increased by the new law. Today even very little crimes lead to this situation. Even in case of citizens that came into pacts with court residence in Italy is denied.
Lawyers do often come into pacts when facing the risk of a more serious sentence. In case of foreigners coming into pacts leads to the fact that (...)
[ 12 January 2006 ] |
A comment upon Home Office’s memorandum issued March 4th 2005
The rules for the enforcement of Bossi-Fini law – interpretation and explanation
The memorandum was issued by Public security general director and it comments upon the rules for the enforcement of Bossi-Fini law (DPR 334 - October 18th 2004). It gives some instructions and some changes are introduced to the system we have so far met. Charges also regard Sportello U.T.G per l’immigrazione (Prefecture’s immigration front office), which should take care of some proceedings – should of course.
Are interpreters really available?
The memorandum also comments upon art. 3 of the (...)
[ 12 January 2006 ] |
Naturalising Italian through marriage - After two years, naturalisation comes automatically
We shall analyse the situation of non-EU citizens married to Italian citizens. Law 91/1992 art. 9 they can apply to naturalisation after six months of marriage or after three years of marriage if they live abroad.
The cases that we study through out the e-mails we often receive most of all talk about foreigners that got married with Italian citizens and that live in Italy. According to ministerial instructions naturalisation should take the most 730 days.
This is to say that (...)
[ 24 November 2005 ] |
Housing suitability – The problem of newborn children
We shall today deepen one of the many negative consequences of the rules for the enforcement of Bossi-Fini law. We shall talk about the need of proving that houses, flats, apartments are suitable to law. Suitability depends on the number of people that housing can accomodate and this depends on the parameters provided for by regional laws. These conditions must be respected to have permits issued and renewed. Some police headquarters also believe that housing must be suitable also to renew (...)
[ 8 November 2005 ] |
