Australian spouse of EU citizen wanting to work in Italy

Hi

My wife and I recently arrived in London from Australia. I am an Australian citizen and my wife has dual citizenship for Australia and Ireland.

Before leaving Australia, I got a 6 month UK family permit stamped in my passport allowing me to work in UK. My wife is traveling on her Irish passport.

However, I do not have a UK residence stamp.

My wife and I would like to travel to Italy to work. She is ok with her EU passport but I am trying to determine what I need to do.

As an Australian, I do not need a visa for a tourist visit not exceeding 90 days. However, I want to be able to work and stay possibly longer than 90 days. As the spouse of an EU citizen, what do I need to do?

Any advice would be much appreciated.

Thanks
Mark

It is the same as the UK - you need another EEA family permit, this time for Italy. One thing to remember - she needs to be exercising her treaty rights in the EEA state.

so can i get this Italian EEA family permit stamp without a UK residence stamp in my Australian passport from the italian consulate in london?

so can i get this Italian EEA family permit stamp without a UK residence stamp in my Australian passport from the italian consulate in london?

As Frontier Mole pointed out, Your wife needs to be exercising her treaty rights in the EEA state (In your case in Italy) either by working, studying etc...

mark73 wrote:Hi

My wife and I recently arrived in London from Australia. I am an Australian citizen and my wife has dual citizenship for Australia and Ireland.

Before leaving Australia, I got a 6 month UK family permit stamped in my passport allowing me to work in UK. My wife is traveling on her Irish passport.

However, I do not have a UK residence stamp.

My wife and I would like to travel to Italy to work. She is ok with her EU passport but I am trying to determine what I need to do.

Your wife will need to sponsor you for an Italian EEA family permit.

Are you planning to become a British citizen some day? Living in Italy won't help you in that quest and won't necessarily get you Italian citizenship either.