ARE YOU AN ADULT (OR A MINOR WHO HAS NOT REACHED THE AGE OF ONE (1) YEAR), BORN ABROAD, HOLDING ANOTHER CITIZENSHIP, AND DO YOU HAVE A FIRST- OR SECOND-DEGREE ASCENDANT (NO FURTHER) WHO HOLDS, OR HELD AT THE TIME OF DEATH, SOLE ITALIAN CITIZENSHIP (NOT A DUAL OR MULTIPLE CITIZEN) AND THE TRANSMISSION LINE OF SUCH CITIZENSHIP HAS NOT BEEN INTERRUPTED?
If so, pursuant to the new legislation, you may submit an application for Italian citizenship.
Please consult the following link:
PROCEDURE art. 3bis comma1 lettera c) ADULT APPLICANTS and MINORS over ONE year of age
ARE YOU AN ADULT (OR A MINOR WHO HAS NOT REACHED THE AGE OF ONE (1) YEAR), BORN ABROAD, HOLDING ANOTHER CITIZENSHIP, AND DO YOU HAVE A FATHER OR MOTHER WHO IS AN ITALIAN CITIZEN (INCLUDING BY NATURALIZATION) WHO HAS BEEN RESIDENT IN ITALY FOR AT LEAST TWO (2) CONTINUOUS YEARS AFTER ACQUIRING ITALIAN CITIZENSHIP AND BEFORE THE DATE OF BIRTH OR ADOPTION OF THE CHILD, AND THE TRANSMISSION LINE HAS NOT BEEN INTERRUPTED?
If so, pursuant to the new legislation, you may submit an application for Italian citizenship.
Please consult the following link:
PROCEDURE art. 3bis comma1 lettera d) ADULT APPLICANTS and MINORS over ONE year of age
ARE YOU AN ITALIAN CITIZEN BY BIRTH (NOT BY NATURALIZATION) AND DO YOU HAVE A MINOR CHILD TO REGISTER WHO IS ALREADY AT LEAST ONE YEAR OLD, FOR WHOM YOU INTEND TO ESTABLISH LEGAL RESIDENCE IN ITALY FOR AT LEAST TWO (2) CONTINUOUS YEARS?
If so, pursuant to the new legislation, verification of uninterrupted residence will be conducted by the competent Italian Municipality to which you must refer (Article 4 paragraph 1-bis letter a).
ARE YOU AN ITALIAN CITIZEN BY BIRTH (INCLUDING DUAL CITIZENSHIP) AND DO YOU HAVE A MINOR CHILD TO REGISTER WHO HAS NOT YET REACHED ONE YEAR OF AGE?
If so, pursuant to the legislation, you may submit an application for the “benefit of the law” pursuant to Article 4 paragraph 1-bis letter b, by means of a declaration signed by both parents (please consult the following link: MINORS – Article 4 paragraph 1-bis letter b).
ARE YOU AN ADULT BORN ABROAD AND HAVE YOU SUBMITTED AN APPLICATION FOR CITIZENSHIP BY DESCENT TO THIS CONSULAR OFFICE (OR HAVE YOU RECEIVED CONFIRMATION OF AN APPOINTMENT TO SUBMIT THE APPLICATION) ON OR BEFORE MARCH 27, 2025 (THEREFORE, THE LEGISLATION IN FORCE AS OF MARCH 27, 2025 APPLIES TO YOUR CASE)? ARE YOU AWAITING A RESPONSE FROM THE CONSULAR OFFICE AND DO YOU HAVE MINOR CHILDREN?
If so, immediately report IF YOU HAVE CHILDREN WHO WERE MINORS AS OF MAY 24, 2025 by writing to citttadinanza.washington@esteri.it. In the event of a positive outcome of your citizenship recognition application, you will be scheduled for an appointment to submit the declaration of acquisition of citizenship for your minor child. If in the meantime the child reaches the age of majority, the child will be required to submit the declaration personally.
ARE YOU AN ADULT BORN ABROAD, RECOGNIZED AS AN ITALIAN CITIZEN IURE SANGUINIS BY MARCH 27, 2025 (INCLUSIVE), AND DO YOU HAVE A SON/DAUGHTER WHO IS OVER ONE YEAR OLD AND WAS A MINOR ON MAY 24, 2025?
Then, under the law, you may submit an application for “benefit of law” pursuant to Article 1, paragraph 1-ter, of Decree-Law no. 36/2025, BY MAY 31, 2026, by means of a declaration signed by both parents (see the following link: CHECK LIST 1 art. 1, paragraph 1-ter, of Decree-Law n. 36/2025 MINORS).
If in the meantime the son/daughter HAS REACHED THE AGE OF MAJORITY, it will be he/she who must make the declaration.
For all other questions regarding the law, please write exclusively to the following email address: washington.consolare@esteri.it, where the office will respond within the prescribed timeframe (30 days).