Thursday, September 06, 2012

Important information for companies (IMMIGRATION 2012)

In order to qualify to apply for regularisation of their illegal immigrant workers, companies officially registered in Italy must have legal representatives who are either: Italian citizens, EU citizens or non-EU citizens who are holders of the EC long term residence permit (Carta di Soggiorno).
A company whose legal representative doesn’t belong to any of the above categories will not be allowed to regularise its workers.

If you are a non-EU citizen without the EC long term residence permit, but you own a company and would like to regularise your workers, then you must appoint a legal representative with the EC long term residence permit, or an Italian citizen, or an EU citizen.

The Chamber of Commerce must be notified telematically of the appointment of the company’s new legal representative within 30 days.

Please note that the legal representative doesn’t necessary have to own the company. He/she can just be a legal Human Resource Representative whose duties are limited to hiring and managing workers. And you are not obliged to pay such a person anything.

It’s important to have a legal representative who meets the requirements because this is the person who will officially sign the applications for regularisation of the company’s workers.

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