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Do you descend from an Italian ancestor and wish to apply?

You have an Italian ancestor and you wish to know whether that line can still make you an Italian citizen. The answer lies in the records, birth, marriage and death certificates, the date your ancestor became a citizen of another country, and every discrepancy in names and dates that an office will notice. Send me on WhatsApp the names you have, the town your ancestor came from and the documents you have already collected. I will examine your line, indicate what is still missing and explain how your jure sanguinis application can be filed. Paid consultation with the lawyer, 100 euro, online or at the office.

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Do you have some Italian citizen ancestors?

Did you know that you are also eligible for Italian citizenship?

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Francesco Santoro, immigration lawyer. 

 Thanks to our lawyer’s office, you can receive a specific assistance. 

 We are specialized in the rights of the Italian Citizenship iure sanguinis.

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All the foreigners in possession of the anticipated requisite from the law to become Italian citizen can also refer to our office to understand if it really exist the borders for becoming Italian citizen.

Anyone who becomes an Italian citizen also acquires the right to be able to apply for an Italian passport.

A foreign citizen can acquire italian citizenship in different ways.

At present, the discipline is based on the general principle of “jure sanguinis” (blood law).

That principle establishes that a child born of an Italian mother or father has the right to be an Italian citizen.

The Italian passport is among the first in the world in order of reliability, we can safely say that the Italian citizen can now go anywhere in the world and is perceived by authorities with a benevolent eye.

There are many ways to get italian citizenship, however, the demands of citizenship for iure sangunis have grown considerably over the years; you are therefore Italians by way of paternal or maternal.

Such recognition can get it who has an Italian ancestor that moves to another nation.

To get this type of citizenship need to prove:

  1. the descent from the emigrated ancestor and original holder of the citizen iure sanguinis
  2. the absence of interruptions in the transmission of Italian citizenship; the missed foreign naturalization from the ancestor first emigrant in the foreign territory;
  3. the absence of declarations of renouncement of the Italian citizen from the emigrated ancestor and of all of its descendants, included the interested subject.

Procedure for applying for citizenship abroad

When it is possible to apply for citizenship iure sanguinis in Italy?

Procedure for applying for citizenship in Italy

The appeals of recognition of the Italian citizen must be address to the Mayor of the Italian Municipality of residence.

It should be noted that the application filed in Italy must be written on legal papers and that the certificates provided for it, if issued in Italy by Italian Authorities, must be produced in accordance with the applicable stamp rules.

Which documents needs to attach to the appeal?

What kind of investigation should be done?

In this article we will look also the other ways to become an Italian citizen.

1 – Recognition of citizenship for descendants of Italian citizens also via maternal 

Not only who is the child of Italian parents, but also the ancestors’ descendants with Italian origins have the right to get the Italian citizen.

To date, countries with a greater number of eligible citizens are present in Brazil, Argentina, Canada and Venezuela and in many other countries around the world. Our office is specialized in this kind of practice.

2 – Minor child adoption

Even the adopted child has the right to become Italian.

The right can also be acquired by birth if parents are stateless, unknown or do not transmit their citizenship.

Even if the paternity or maternity of the child is pronounced by judgment, the same can acquire the title of citizen.

The child acquires citizenship even if he is found in a state of abandon

3 – Marriage

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Another way is to marry, bearing in mind that there are limits of stay in the marital status.

4 – Naturalization

The most widespread way to get citizenship is by naturalization (Article 9 l.91 / 92).

In order to obtain citizenship by naturalization, certain residence times are required, that is 10 years.

There are exceptions to this term.

The term is of 3 years in the case of descent from Italian citizens and for the foreigners been born in Italy, 4 years for the citizen of a state of the European Union, 5 years for the stateless ones, refugees and adults adopted by Italian citizens.

Another parameter to get citizenship is income.

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It must be noticed, that the concession of the status of citizen is always a discretionary action.

Beginning from May 18 th 2015 the question must have introduced in formed electronic.

Do you descend from an Italian ancestor and wish to apply?

You have an Italian ancestor and you wish to know whether that line can still make you an Italian citizen. The answer lies in the records, birth, marriage and death certificates, the date your ancestor became a citizen of another country, and every discrepancy in names and dates that an office will notice. Send me on WhatsApp the names you have, the town your ancestor came from and the documents you have already collected. I will examine your line, indicate what is still missing and explain how your jure sanguinis application can be filed. Paid consultation with the lawyer, 100 euro, online or at the office.

Send your family documents on WhatsApp