{"id":15092,"date":"2026-03-27T17:45:28","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T21:45:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ambwashingtondc.esteri.it\/servizi-consolari-e-visti\/servizi-per-il-cittadino-straniero\/cittadinanza-2\/cittadinanza-italiana-per-matrimonio\/documentazione-richiesta\/certificazione-linguistica-e-costi\/"},"modified":"2026-03-30T15:27:21","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T19:27:21","slug":"certificazione-linguistica-e-costi","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ambwashingtondc.esteri.it\/en\/servizi-consolari-e-visti\/servizi-per-il-cittadino-straniero\/cittadinanza-2\/cittadinanza-italiana-per-matrimonio\/documentazione-richiesta\/certificazione-linguistica-e-costi\/","title":{"rendered":"Naturalization by Marriage &#8211; Language Proficiency Certification"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Language Proficiency Certification<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Only certifications attesting the level of Italian proficiency issued by the following institutions are accepted:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>CILS (University for Foreigners of Siena)<\/li>\n<li>CELI (University for Foreigners of Perugia)<\/li>\n<li>PLIDA (Dante Alighieri Society)<\/li>\n<li>Cert.It (Roma Tre University)<\/li>\n<li>University for Foreigners of Reggio Calabria<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The following individuals are exempt from submitting language proficiency certifications:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Foreigners (even if resident abroad) who have signed the Integration Agreement pursuant to Article 4 bis of Legislative Decree No. 286\/1998 (Consolidated Immigration Act).<\/li>\n<li>Holders of a long-term European Union (or European Community) residence permit pursuant to Article 9 of the same Consolidated Immigration Act (even if resident abroad), only if issued by the Italian authorities. &#8211; Note that residence permits for family reasons or those issued by other countries are not eligible.<\/li>\n<li>Individuals who have obtained a qualification from a public or private educational institution recognized by the Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research and\/or the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation.<\/li>\n<li>Exemption may also be granted to those with<strong> serious limitations in language learning abilities<\/strong> due to age, illness, or other disability. In these cases, a <strong>medical certificate <\/strong>illustrating the applicant&#8217;s limited language learning abilities <strong>issued by a public institution<\/strong> is required.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Ultimo Aggiornamento: 30 Marzo 2026<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Language Proficiency Certification Only certifications attesting the level of Italian proficiency issued by the following institutions are accepted: CILS (University for Foreigners of Siena) CELI (University for Foreigners of Perugia) PLIDA (Dante Alighieri Society) Cert.It (Roma Tre University) University for Foreigners of Reggio Calabria &nbsp; The following individuals are exempt from submitting language proficiency certifications: [&hellip;]","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":0,"parent":15047,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-15092","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ambwashingtondc.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15092","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ambwashingtondc.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ambwashingtondc.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ambwashingtondc.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ambwashingtondc.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15092"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/ambwashingtondc.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15092\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15205,"href":"https:\/\/ambwashingtondc.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15092\/revisions\/15205"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ambwashingtondc.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15047"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ambwashingtondc.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15092"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}