{"id":15101,"date":"2026-03-30T11:08:45","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T15:08:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ambwashingtondc.esteri.it\/servizi-consolari-e-visti\/servizi-per-il-cittadino-straniero\/cittadinanza-2\/cittadinanza-italiana-per-matrimonio\/documentazione-richiesta\/naturalizzazione-per-matrimonio-requisiti-dei-certificati-penali\/"},"modified":"2026-03-30T15:23:48","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T19:23:48","slug":"naturalizzazione-per-matrimonio-requisiti-dei-certificati-penali","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\/naturalizzazione-per-matrimonio-requisiti-dei-certificati-penali\/","title":{"rendered":"Naturalization by Marriage &#8211; Criminal Background Check requirements"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Criminal Background Check records\u2019 requirements<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Must be issued no more than six months prior to submitting the application<\/li>\n<li>Must be duly legalized\/apostilled and translated into Italian<\/li>\n<li>Must cover all names used over time<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Criminal Background Check <\/strong>records are not required if the applicant left the country before age 14 and has not retained citizenship.<\/p>\n<p>If the applicant has changed their name or surname, or one of the partners has changed their surname\u00a0 (Last name) upon marriage, the <strong>Criminal Background Check\u2019s <\/strong>records must be requested using both the name indicated on the birth certificate and the name the applicant had at the time of the application, or any other name they had during their lifetime, unless the records are issued using fingerprints.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>For applications to be submitted to this Consular Office in Washington, DC, the documents required and the offices to contact are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fbi.gov\/how-we-can-help-you\/more-fbi-services-and-information\/identity-history-summary-checks\">FBI Criminal Background Check Records<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dpscs.maryland.gov\">Maryland State Criminal Background Check Records<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.virginia.gov\/agencies\/department-of-state-police\/\">Virginia Commonwealth Criminal Background Check Records<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mpdc.dc.gov\/service\/police-clearances-arrest-and-criminal-history-section\">District of Columbia Criminal Background Check Records<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Last update: March 30, 2026<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Criminal Background Check records\u2019 requirements Must be issued no more than six months prior to submitting the application Must be duly legalized\/apostilled and translated into Italian Must cover all names used over time Criminal Background Check records are not required if the applicant left the country before age 14 and has not retained citizenship. If [&hellip;]","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":0,"parent":15047,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-15101","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ambwashingtondc.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15101","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=15101"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/ambwashingtondc.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15101\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15199,"href":"https:\/\/ambwashingtondc.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15101\/revisions\/15199"}],"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=15101"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}