THE ITALIAN LAW FOR ITALIAN CITIZENSHIP BY DESCENT
Italian citizenship is granted by birth through the paternal line (with
no limit on the number of generations) or through the maternal line (for
individuals born after January 1, 1948). If you were born in any country
where citizenship is acquired by birth, and any one of the situations listed
below pertains to you, you may be considered an Italian citizen.
 1) Your father was an Italian citizen at the time of your birth and you
never renounced your right to Italian citizenship.
2) Your mother was an
Italian citizen at the time of your birth, you were born after January 1st, 1948
and you never renounced your right to Italian citizenship.
3) Your father was born in your native country, your paternal grandfather was an Italian citizen at the time of your father's birth, neither you nor your father ever renounced your right to Italian citizenship.
4) Your mother was born in your native country, your maternal grandfather was an Italian citizen at the time of her birth, you were born after January 1, 1948 and neither you nor your mother ever renounced your right to Italian citizenship.
5) Your paternal or maternal grandfather was born in your native country,
your paternal great grandfather was an Italian citizen at the time of his
birth, neither you nor your father nor your grandfather ever renounced
your right to Italian citizenship
NOTE: A woman born before 01/01/1948 can claim the Italian citizenship only from her father and can transfer it to descendants after 01/01/1948).
NOTE: "Italian citizen at the time of birth" means that he/she did
not acquire any other citizenship through naturalization, before the descendant's birth.
NOTE: Ancestors naturalized before July 1st 1912 cannot transmit citizenship (Law n. 555 of June 13, 1912)
NOTE: Italian Citizenship Law No. 379 of December 14, 2000 - All applicants for Italian citizenship under Law No. 379 of December 14 2000, whose ancestors emigrated from the Austrian-Hungarian Territories before July 16 1920, must submit their applications to the Italian Consulate within the deadline of December 20 2010. If your ancestor was born in the following regions : Veneto, Friuli Venezia Giulia, Trentino, to apply for the Italian citizenship you need to prove that he/she left Italy after July 16th 1920
OUR GOAL & WHAT WE WILL DO FOR YOU
Our goal is to ensure that you receive recognition of your Italian citizenship and that you get your Italian passport. To this end, we will take you step by step through the entire process and continue to
help you until you receive your Italian passport.
To ensure that everything is done correctly we ask that you use or services
listed below in the order they are listed:
Naturalization Service - Italian Certificates - Translation of US certificates
into Italian
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