Paragraph 513 of Article 1 of Law No. 199 of December 30, 2025 (State Provisional Budget for the 2026 financial year and Medium Term Financial Planning Budget for the three-year period from 2026 to 2028) introduced important amendments to Article 4, paragraph 1-bis, letter b) and to Article 9-bis of Law No. 91/1992 on citizenship.
With the commencement (i.e. the legal validity) of new law, the declaration made by the parents, at least one of whom must be Italian by birth, expressing their desire to have their minor child/children acquire Italian citizenship pursuant to Article 4, paragraph 1-bis, letter b) of Law No. 91/1992, may be submitted within three years from —and no longer within just one year from — the minor’s birth or from the subsequent date on which parental affiliation, including adoption, with an Italian citizen is established.
Furthermore, starting January 1, 2026, for the declarations referred to in the aforementioned Article 4, paragraph 1-bis, letter b) of Law 91/1992, as well as for those due by May 31, 2026, for children of at least one Italian citizen who were still minors as of May 24, 2025, the fee of €250 (two-hundred-and-fifty euros) will no longer be due. The declarations will therefore be received free of charge.
The aforementioned measures are not retroactive. Therefore, requests for fee reimbursements pursuant to the legislation in force up to December 31, 2025, will not have merit.
