italy

[mulcoa]

I am a EU-citizen, My girlfriend is a non EU-citizen, we wanna go to italy, have my own small business, possibilities to move to my business to italy, what is the best thing i can do.?

[John]

Can you say :-

1. Which country's nationality you have?
2. Which country you are living in at the moment?
3. Your girlfriend's nationality?
4. Where is your girlfriend is living at the moment?
5. Your girlfriend's immigration status in the country she is living in?

[mulcoa]

I have the dutch natinality, and living in the netherlands, My gf livies in the philippines, and is also a filipino.,
we dont wanna be married at the moment, but staying together, can i move my business to Italy, and give my gf a contract, with a normal salary.? so she can get also her working permit, or something else?

[John]

I personally know nothing about Italian immigration law, so hopefully others can post about that. So I shall just restrict myself to EU/EEA law.

As a Dutch citizen, and therefore an EU/EEA citizen, you have Treaty Rights that enable you to live and work in any other EEA country, including of course Italy. So there is no problem at all you moving to Italy. Whether Italy has local trade regulations relating to your type of business, well you will need to check that out.

Your girlfriend in the Philippines? EU legislation which came into force as recently as April this year includes the ability for an unmarried partner to be treated as an extended family member if the couple are in a "durable relationship". You need to find out how Italy defines that and if your relationship falls within that definition. If it does she should apply for an EEA Family Permit at the Italian Embassy in Manila.

Armed with an EEA Family Permit in her passport she can also live and work in Italy.