Immigration law
Advice and assistance in administrative and judicial procedures connected to lawful residence in Italy.
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Legal assistance with residence permits, Italian citizenship, family reunification, refusals and criminal-law matters connected to immigration.

Lawyer Dorina Merdini is registered with the Bologna Bar and focuses her professional activity on the protection of individuals, with particular attention to immigration law, Italian citizenship, lawful residence in Italy and fundamental rights. She graduated from the University of Bologna and completed a university Master’s degree in immigration, migration phenomena and social transformation at Ca’ Foscari University of Venice.
In Bologna she assists foreign nationals, families and vulnerable people with residence permits, long-term residence, Italian citizenship, family reunification, international protection, communications from public authorities and challenges to negative decisions. Her professional activity also includes criminal, family and employment-law matters.
She is included in the lists for State-funded legal aid and holds responsibilities within Rete Nazionale Forense.
Judicial and out-of-court assistance, with a particular focus on immigration, citizenship and the protection of individuals and families.
Advice and assistance in administrative and judicial procedures connected to lawful residence in Italy.
Explore immigration servicesSupport with applications, document requests, delays, rejection notices and negative decisions.
Italian citizenship assistanceAssistance with issue, renewal, conversion, long-term residence and documentary problems.
Residence permit assistanceAssistance with family entry and residence procedures and protection of family unity.
Family reunification assistanceFirst issue, renewal, conversion, family permits, requests for documents and negative decisions.
Residence permit assistanceRequirements, document checks, applications, delays, rejection notices and negative decisions.
Italian citizenship assistanceFamily reunification, family cohesion and residence permits for family reasons.
Family reunification assistanceAnalysis of the decision, deadlines and documents already submitted to identify the appropriate form of protection.
Residence permit refusalA legal education enriched by specialised training in migration and social transformation.
Legal training in the main areas of public, private, administrative, civil and criminal law.
Thesis in Administrative Law: “The political-administrative representation of foreign citizens at local level”.
Master’s programme in immigration, migration phenomena and social transformation, focused on migration and intercultural relations.
Thesis: “CIE and the inviolable rights of the human person: critical issues and ineffectiveness”.
Professional activity within the Bologna Bar and participation in legal networks focused on immigration law and access to justice.
Qualified to practise law and registered with the Bologna Bar since 23 October 2019.
Professional activity supporting foreign nationals, families, refugees and asylum seekers, with attention to rights and access to justice.
Included in the lists of lawyers available for State-funded legal aid for eligible clients.
Secretary General of Rete Nazionale Forense, with an institutional commitment to individual rights and fundamental protections.
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