Monday, May 20th
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You can apply for refugee status if
In your home country you were directly and personally persecuted for reasons of race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group or political opinion, or if there is a well-founded and proved reason to hold that you may be persecuted in case you return to your home country (in compliance with the Geneva Convention).
In order to apply for family reunification, the applicant is required to prove that they have suitable accommodation that meets the health and hygiene standards established by the law.
In the Circular Letter 1575/2008, Ministry of Home Affairs clarified that should the applicant indicate that the family member will live in a different apartment from the one in which the applicant lives, then the applicant will have to provide proof that that apartment meets the health and hygiene standards.
An irregular immigrant woman who is pregnant cannot be expelled from Italy. In fact the moment she becomes pregnant, she acquires the right to be issued the Permit of Stay for medical reasons (permesso di soggiorno per cure mediche).
A foreigner who holds an EC long term residence permit issued by an EU Member State may go for work in another Member State under certain conditions. This right is prescribed by the Council Directive 2003/109/EC of 25 November 2003 concerning the status of third-country nationals who are long-term residents.
The EU Directive was transposed into Italian law by Legislative Decree Number 3 of 2007.
Highly skilled people from outside Europe can now come for work in Italy by applying for the EU Blue Card.
Legislative Decree 108/2012 introducing the EU Blue Card in Italy entered into force on 8th August 2012.
