Found Your Italian Roots? Here’s How to Turn Them Into Citizenship
Found Your Italian Roots? Here’s How to Turn Them Into Citizenship A Step-by-Step Guide to Reclaiming Your Heritage and Becoming an Italian Citizen Have you recently discovered that your grandparents were born in Italy? If so, you might be eligible to become an Italian citizen. Thanks to Italy’s laws on citizenship jure sanguinis (by right […]
Major Changes to Italian Citizenship Law
Major Changes to Italian Citizenship Law Key Takeaways from the Ministry’s Memo (May 2025) On May 23, 2025, the Italian government officially converted Decree-Law No. 36/2025 into Law No. 74/2025, introducing substantial reforms to citizenship by descent (jure sanguinis). The Ministry of the Interior has now issued Memo No. 26185, providing the first operational guidelines […]
Jure Sanguinis Explained: How Italy Recognizes Citizenship by Bloodline
Jure Sanguinis Explained How Italy Recognizes Citizenship by Bloodline What is Jure Sanguinis? Jure Sanguinis (“right of blood”) is the principle by which Italy recognizes citizenship based on ancestry, rather than place of birth. This means that individuals with Italian ancestors may be eligible to claim Italian citizenship – even if they were born outside […]
Unspoken Changes: New Fees for Italian Vital Records You Haven’t Heard About
Unspoken Changes: New Fees for Italian Vital Records You Haven’t Heard About Everything you need to know about the fees no one talks about: the fees ofr obtaining Italian Vital records. Applying for Italian dual citizenship is a cherished goal for many individuals of Italian descent. The opportunity to reconnect with cultural roots, access the […]
Lawsuit VS Application at the Consulate
Lawsuit VS Application at the Consulate What is exactly a “1948 case”? This term identifies those Jure Sanguinis cases that are not going to be accepted by Italian consulates because of a law gap. In fact, regular Jure Sanguinis cases entail an uninterrupted lineage of Italian ascendants, starting from an Italian-born one and ending with […]
Italian Citizenship by descent – an overview of the process
Italian Citizenship by descent – an overview of the process The primary requirement for applying for Italian citizenship by descent is having Italian roots. In other words, if you have Italian-born parents, grandparents or great-grandparents, you may be eligible to claim Italian citizenship through Jure Sanguinis (by right of blood). To be more specific, there […]