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EU citizens removal from Italy

Avv. Massimo Romano · updated 18/08/2026

EU citizens removal from Italy is decided by the provision below, by how the facts are qualified, and by what is done in the first weeks. Sentence, criminal record and right of residence follow from that. We answer on your own facts, at any hour, and you need not be in Italy.

Provision: Art. 20 D.lgs. 30/2007 (attuazione dir. 2004/38/CE)
Checked 18/08/2026.

What this page covers

Whether EU citizens removal from Italy ends in a conviction, and with what sentence, depends on how the facts are qualified and on decisions taken in the first weeks — long before any trial.

Governing provision: Art. 20 D.lgs. 30/2007 (attuazione dir. 2004/38/CE)

The questions that decide the outcome

  • What is actually happening
  • Effect on your right to stay in Italy
  • Longer-term consequences
  • Your options
  • What to do now

What people ask us about this

  • Can an EU citizen be removed from Italy?

Avv. Massimo Romano — Italian criminal defence lawyer, Naples Bar no. 14553, admitted to plead before the Court of Cassation since 23 October 2015.

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