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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. For each category all conditions must be met.  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)To see if you are qualified and for complete information for your category, select the relationship that applies to you from the DROP DOWN MENU below: Note: You must click on the arrow which opens the menu and then select the relationship that applies to you WE SUPPLY THE OFFICIAL ITALIAN DOCUMENTS and SERVICES BELOW
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