Article 14 of Law No. 91/1992, as amended by Decree-Law No. 36/2025, as converted into Law No. 74/2025, provides that, in order to acquire citizenship under this provision, a child of parents who are not Italian citizens by birth must have been legally resident in Italy for at least two consecutive years at the time the parent acquires or reacquires Italian citizenship. If the child is under two years of age, the child must have been resident in Italy since birth.
Please note the following:
- If the application for recognition of citizenship iure communicatione, based on the manner in which it was submitted, falls within the exceptions set out in paragraphs a), a-bis), or b) of Article 3-bis of Law No. 91/1992 (i.e., an administrative or judicial application submitted by 27 March 2025, or an application submitted pursuant to an appointment scheduled and communicated by 27 March 2025), the previous legislation will apply.
- If the application for recognition of citizenship iure communicatione was submitted on or after 28 March 2025, the parent transmitting citizenship must either be exclusively an Italian citizen or have resided in Italy for two years prior to the child’s birth.
- If the parent acquires or reacquires Italian citizenship on or after 24 May 2025, a child residing with the parent who acquires or reacquires Italian citizenship must have been resident in Italy for at least two years prior to the parent’s naturalization. In this case, the Italian municipality where the child resides has jurisdiction to determine the child’s acquisition of citizenship.