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Hello everyone,

I have got some questions to ask

I am non EEA national living in Italy for 11yrs with my mother who is Italian citizen.
I currently hold the Italian permanent resident stay and i just submit my application for Italian citizenship this
month and i was told the process would take 2 to 3yrs to have it

My mother is now going to live and work in the UK from now on and i want to go with her by applying for EEA family permit as her dependent child and when in the UK i will apply for EEA2 immediately so i can be able to work there.

Now my question is if my UK EEA2 (resident permit) is granted will i lose my Italian permanent residence as i will then have UK resident permit? Will it affect the Italian citizenship i applied for?

Pls help me with this questions because i really don't want to wait for 2 to 3yrs waiting for my citizenship doing nothing as its hard to get jobs here in Italy now and i also don't want to acquired the EEA2 and then lose my Italian permanent resident as its 2 to 3yrs to get my citizenship.

pls share what you think.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you very much in advance.

mercy22 wrote:Hello everyone,

I have got some questions to ask

I am non EEA national living in Italy for 11yrs with my mother who is Italian citizen.
I currently hold the Italian permanent resident stay and i just submit my application for Italian citizenship this
month and i was told the process would take 2 to 3yrs to have it

My mother is now going to live and work in the UK from now on and i want to go with her by applying for EEA family permit as her dependent child and when in the UK i will apply for EEA2 immediately so i can be able to work there.

Now my question is if my UK EEA2 (resident permit) is granted will i lose my Italian permanent residence as i will then have UK resident permit? Will it affect the Italian citizenship i applied for?

Pls help me with this questions because i really don't want to wait for 2 to 3yrs waiting for my citizenship doing nothing as its hard to get jobs here in Italy now and i also don't want to acquired the EEA2 and then lose my Italian permanent resident as its 2 to 3yrs to get my citizenship.

pls share what you think.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you very much in advance.

No, you will not lose your italian permanent resident status.

Kashifich if you are going to be that confident that op would not loose Italian PR, you should please provide a link to buttress this point, this doesn't appear right at all, mostly all the member states of the EU, when a person who has PR leaves the territory of the country who issued the PR for more than 2 years, they tend to loose PR status, this may not count if your stay is within the Schengen zone, as UK is not a signatory to Schengen, OP, it is more than likely that you will loose your PR, you should investigate further.

dalebutt wrote:Kashifich if you are going to be that confident that op would not loose Italian PR, you should please provide a link to buttress this point, this doesn't appear right at all, mostly all the member states of the EU, when a person who has PR leaves the territory of the country who issued the PR for more than 2 years, they tend to loose PR status, this may not count if your stay is within the Schengen zone, as UK is not a signatory to Schengen, OP, it is more than likely that you will loose your PR, you should investigate further.

Your EC long-term residence permit may be revoked in the following cases:

You have acquired it fraudulently.
An expulsion measure has been adopted against you.
You no longer fulfil the requirements set for its issue.
You have been absent from the territory of the European Union for a period of 12 consecutive months.
You have acquired long-term resident status in another European Union member State
You have been absent from Italy for a period exceeding 6 years.

http://www.poliziadistato.it/articolo/10723/

I still maintain as previously, UK isn't a party to the directive of the EC long term residence, OP is most likely to loose PR staying in the UK, if you have EC PR from Italy, you could seek work in other member states, excluding UK and Ireland, UK does not recognise other member states ILR, which is mostly refereed to as PR, other member states doesn't not recognise UK's as well. EU is still EU without the UK, so do not take the 12 months absence from EU as including the United Kingdom.