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You may not know it, but you are an Italian citizen
You might be an Italian national without knowing it. That is a result of the law operating automatically: Italian law - as it happens in several other countries - regards every descendant of its citizens as Italian nationals, no matter where they are born. Italy is...

Is your family member an Italian Citizen? Get your 5 years residence card
You don’t need to wait for Italian citizenship to stay in Italy and enjoy an unlimited right of residence. All family members of Italian citizens have a right to reside in Italy, no matter what their nationality. Family members – spouse or partner, children up to 21...

What the Italian citizenship means for your health care
Italian citizens benefit not only from a great health care system in Italy. They are entitled to access treatments through Europe. That applies also to the family members. Here is how it works. The Italian health care system A great thing about Italy is that the...

Your Italian citizenship application may already have been processed
You may not be aware that your application may already have been processed. The Italian Ministry of the Interior is the authority in charge of processing all citizenship applications submitted overseas. The Ministry has been insisting for almost a year now that they...

Bypassing the Consulate: applying for Italian citizenship in Court (the reality)
The application process for obtaining Italian citizenship can be daunting. Not only for the amount of paperwork but also for the difficulty of starting the process at the Italian Consulates. The obstacles can be many: too long waiting times to have the Consulate...

Before the law changes for Italian citizenship
Over the past few years, there have been several attempts to pass reform on the Italian citizenship regulation. One of the main points of reform is to cut the possibility to give citizenship status down to the second generation. Such rule would include no more than...

Family members of Italian citizens: how to obtain a residence permit
How can the siblings or aunt/uncle of an Italian citizen obtain residence in Italy? It is widely known that family members of an Italian (or EU) citizen, have a right of residence in Italy. The spouse, the parents, the minor children, and even the parents and children...

Italian Nationality Act in English
Parliament Act of 5 February 1992 no 91 New Norms on Italian Nationality Gazzetta Ufficiale of 15 February 1992 no 38 Date of entry into force:15 August 1992 Updated text as of 24 April 2019 By Lara Olivetti, CC - Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-ND...

What does the Decreto Sicurezza say exactly?
Read here the translation word by word of the 2018 Italian decree on Italian citizenship. There is a helpful guide in the end to understand the tricky (Italian) legal language.

Smart dual citizenship
for Italians
3 Step-Strategy to your Smarter International Life