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We provide comprehensive support throughout the entire family reunification process. We assist you in determining whether you meet the legal requirements, prepare all necessary documentation, and handle communications with the competent authorities.

We guide both you and your family members—step by step—from the application submission to the issuance of the entry visa (if required) and residence permit

Who Can Apply for Family Reunion in Italy?

Foreign nationals who have been legally residing without interruptions in Italy for at least two years (with the exception of those holding residence permits for international protection and minor children) — through the family reunification procedure)

This procedure allows your eligible relatives to join you in Italy. Under Italian law, the right to family unity is protected, meaning your family members can obtain an entry visa and, once in Italy, a residency permit that enables them to live legally with you on Italian territory.

Individuals who hold the following residency permits can apply for family reunion in Italy (ricongiungimento familiare):

• Employment (either self-employed or employed)

• International protection (asylum or subsidiary protection)

• Study

• Religious purposes

• Family reasons

• Carta di soggiorno (relatives of UE citizens)

• Long-term EU resident permit (permesso di soggiorno UE)

• Awaiting Italian citizenship

• Digital nomads or remote workers (if holding a residence permit for this purpose)

What if My Relative is an EU Citizen (Including Italian Citizens)?

If your family member is a citizen of another EU country, you may be entitled to the EU Residence Card (Carta di soggiorno per familiare di cittadino UE) under Legislative Decree 30/2007.

If your family member is an Italian citizen, the situation is slightly different because Italian citizens can be classified as either mobile or static:

• Mobile Italian citizen (has lived in another EU Member State):
  You may still qualify for the EU Residence Card, just like in cases involving family members of other EU citizens.

• Static Italian citizen (has always lived in Italy or outside the EU):
  You may instead qualify for the F.A.M.I.T. residence permit or, if you are a relative within the second degree living together, the Residence Permit for Family Reasons (Art. 19 T.U.I.).

In all these situations, no nulla osta is required, but you may need a visa as explained in our related article Want to join a EU Family Member in Italy? What you need to know on the relevant visa

It is important to clarify that the correct term is family cohesion of a foreign national with an Italian or EU citizen, since “family reunification” in this context takes place directly in Italy and does not require specific formalities.

 How to apply for ricongiungimento familiare in Italy

If you have the requirements, and, as said, you are a non EU citizen joining a non EU citizen in Italy you can apply for the nulla osta for the ricongiungimento familiare. The nulla osta is an authorization from the Italian State that will allow your family member to obtain an entry visa. This request can only be made online on the website of the Ministry of the Interior and it will be examined by the Sportello Unico per l’Immigrazione of the Prefettura of your city.