Italian citizenship by descent: who qualifies, the law, and what it takes

Q: Can you claim Italian citizenship through a parent?

Possible. Through a parent born in Italy, recognition is possible under the 2025 law, subject to conditions on your parent’s citizenship. If someone in your family became a citizen of another country before the next person in your family was born: unlikely. If you had already applied by 27 March 2025: likely. If your parent held only Italian citizenship, all their life: likely.

Q: Can you claim Italian citizenship through a grandparent?

Possible. Through a grandparent born in Italy, recognition is possible under the 2025 law, subject to conditions on the grandparent’s citizenship and unbroken descent. If someone in your family became a citizen of another country before the next person in your family was born: unlikely. If you had already applied by 27 March 2025: likely. If someone in your family naturalized elsewhere while their child was still a minor: unlikely. If your grandparent held only Italian citizenship, all their life: likely.

Q: Can you claim Italian citizenship through a great-grandparent?

Unlikely. The 2025 law ended new claims through great-grandparents. A residence option remains open. If you had already applied by 27 March 2025: likely.

Through a parentPOSSIBLERecognition by descent Through a grandparentPOSSIBLERecognition by descent Through a great-grandparentUNLIKELYClosed in 2025Likely if you had already applied by 27 March 2025

Ways to apply: Recognition by descent (parent or grandparent)
Dual citizenship: Kept, however you apply
Cutoff: 27 March 2025
Comes with: EU citizenship: the right to live and work in 27 countries

Each answer assumes none of your ancestors became a citizen of another country before their child was born. Below is what changes each answer.

On this page

01Who qualifies
02Dates that matter
03Through your mother
04Keeping your citizenship
05Ways to apply
06The documents
07What it takes
08Where the records live
09Places that changed countries
10Law changes
11Other options
12Sources

Who qualifies, generation by generation

POSSIBLE

Can you claim Italian citizenship through a parent?

Recognition by descent

Through a parent born in Italy, recognition is possible under the 2025 law, subject to conditions on your parent’s citizenship.

Recognition by descent remains open through a parent or grandparent who was an Italian citizen, under the conditions the 2025 law sets (exclusive Italian citizenship of the ancestor, or a parent’s two years of residence in Italy before the birth). The Constitutional Court upheld the law in judgment 63/2026. Law 91/1992, art. 3-bis, inserted by Decree-Law 36/2025 as converted by Law 74/2025 (citizenship by descent), art. 3-bis(1)

What changes the answer

UNLIKELY
If someone in your family became a citizen of another country before the next person in your family was born
If your ancestor became a citizen of another country before their child was born, Italian citizenship stopped passing down.
POSSIBLE
If you don’t know whether anyone in your family naturalized elsewhere before the next birth
Whether anyone in your family naturalized elsewhere before the next birth decides the claim; the US naturalization index and court records answer it. Law 91/1992 on citizenship
LIKELY
If you had already applied by 27 March 2025Recognition under the old law
Because you applied before 27 March 2025, your case runs under the old law, which had no generation limit, and it passed down to you unbroken.
POSSIBLE
If someone in your family naturalized elsewhere while their child was still a minor
Your parent held another citizenship, so under the 2025 law you qualify only if your parent lived in Italy for two continuous years before you were born, or one of your grandparents held only Italian citizenship.
LIKELY
If your parent held only Italian citizenship, all their life
Your parent held only Italian citizenship, which meets the 2025 law’s condition, so recognition by descent is open to you.
POSSIBLE
If your parent took another citizenship at some point
Your parent held another citizenship, so under the 2025 law you qualify only if your parent lived in Italy for two continuous years before you were born, or one of your grandparents held only Italian citizenship.
POSSIBLE
If the parent is your mother and you were born before 1948Court recognition (1948 case)
Before 1 January 1948 citizenship did not pass through the mother; such cases are recognised only by the courts. Constitutional Court judgment 30/1983; Court of Cassation, Joint Sections, 4466/2009

If you had already applied by 27 March 2025, 5 more cases

POSSIBLE
If the parent is your mother
Because you applied before 27 March 2025, your case runs under the old law, which had no generation limit; one fact in your family decides whether it holds.
UNLIKELY
If someone in your family became a citizen of another country before the next person in your family was born
Your application runs under the old law, but under it an ancestor who naturalized elsewhere before the next birth stopped citizenship passing down.
POSSIBLE
If you don’t know whether anyone in your family naturalized elsewhere before the next birth
Because you applied before 27 March 2025, your case runs under the old law, which had no generation limit; one fact in your family decides whether it holds.
POSSIBLE
If someone in your family naturalized elsewhere while their child was still a minor
Because you applied before 27 March 2025, your case runs under the old law, which had no generation limit; one fact in your family decides whether it holds.
LIKELY
If the parent is your mother and you were born in 1948 or later
Because you applied before 27 March 2025, your case runs under the old law, which had no generation limit, and it passed down to you unbroken.

POSSIBLE

Can you claim Italian citizenship through a grandparent?

Recognition by descent

Through a grandparent born in Italy, recognition is possible under the 2025 law, subject to conditions on the grandparent’s citizenship and unbroken descent.

Recognition by descent remains open through a parent or grandparent who was an Italian citizen, under the conditions the 2025 law sets (exclusive Italian citizenship of the ancestor, or a parent’s two years of residence in Italy before the birth). The Constitutional Court upheld the law in judgment 63/2026. Law 91/1992, art. 3-bis, inserted by Decree-Law 36/2025 as converted by Law 74/2025 (citizenship by descent), art. 3-bis(1)

What changes the answer

UNLIKELY
If someone in your family became a citizen of another country before the next person in your family was born
If your ancestor became a citizen of another country before their child was born, Italian citizenship stopped passing down.
POSSIBLE
If you don’t know whether anyone in your family naturalized elsewhere before the next birth
Whether anyone in your family naturalized elsewhere before the next birth decides the claim; the US naturalization index and court records answer it. Law 91/1992 on citizenship
LIKELY
If you had already applied by 27 March 2025Recognition under the old law
Because you applied before 27 March 2025, your case runs under the old law, which had no generation limit, and it passed down to you unbroken.
UNLIKELY
If someone in your family naturalized elsewhere while their child was still a minor
Your grandparent took another citizenship, so under the 2025 law it works only if your parent held only Italian citizenship or lived in Italy for two years before you were born.
LIKELY
If your grandparent held only Italian citizenship, all their life
Your grandparent held only Italian citizenship, which meets the 2025 law’s condition, so recognition by descent is open to you.
UNLIKELY
If your grandparent took another citizenship at some point
Your grandparent took another citizenship, so under the 2025 law it works only if your parent held only Italian citizenship or lived in Italy for two years before you were born.
POSSIBLE
If the grandparent is your grandmother and you were born before 1948Court recognition (1948 case)
Before 1 January 1948 citizenship did not pass through the mother; such cases are recognised only by the courts. Constitutional Court judgment 30/1983; Court of Cassation, Joint Sections, 4466/2009

If you had already applied by 27 March 2025, 4 more cases

POSSIBLE
If the grandparent is your grandmother
Because you applied before 27 March 2025, your case runs under the old law, which had no generation limit; one fact in your family decides whether it holds.
UNLIKELY
If someone in your family became a citizen of another country before the next person in your family was born
Your application runs under the old law, but under it an ancestor who naturalized elsewhere before the next birth stopped citizenship passing down.
POSSIBLE
If you don’t know whether anyone in your family naturalized elsewhere before the next birth
Because you applied before 27 March 2025, your case runs under the old law, which had no generation limit; one fact in your family decides whether it holds.
POSSIBLE
If someone in your family naturalized elsewhere while their child was still a minor
Because you applied before 27 March 2025, your case runs under the old law, which had no generation limit; one fact in your family decides whether it holds.

UNLIKELY

Can you claim Italian citizenship through a great-grandparent?

Closed in 2025

The 2025 law ended new claims through great-grandparents. A residence option remains open.

What would settle itWhether anyone in your family applied, or booked a consular appointment, before 27 March 2025; those applications proceed under the old rule.

Recognition by descent for people born abroad with another citizenship is limited to those with a parent or grandparent who was an Italian citizen. Law 91/1992, art. 3-bis, inserted by Decree-Law 36/2025 as converted by Law 74/2025 (citizenship by descent), art. 3-bis(1)
The Constitutional Court upheld the 2025 law in judgment 63/2026; it has since referred the law to the Court of Justice of the EU (order 147/2026), which does not reopen claims while that reference is pending. Constitutional Court, order 147/2026 (filed 23 July 2026): preliminary reference to the Court of Justice of the EU

What changes the answer

LIKELY
If you had already applied by 27 March 2025Recognition under the old law
Because you applied before 27 March 2025, your case runs under the old law, which had no generation limit, and it passed down to you unbroken.

If you had already applied by 27 March 2025, 4 more cases

POSSIBLE
If the great-grandparent is your great-grandmother
Because you applied before 27 March 2025, your case runs under the old law, which had no generation limit; one fact in your family decides whether it holds.
UNLIKELY
If someone in your family became a citizen of another country before the next person in your family was born
Your application runs under the old law, but under it an ancestor who naturalized elsewhere before the next birth stopped citizenship passing down.
POSSIBLE
If you don’t know whether anyone in your family naturalized elsewhere before the next birth
Because you applied before 27 March 2025, your case runs under the old law, which had no generation limit; one fact in your family decides whether it holds.
POSSIBLE
If someone in your family naturalized elsewhere while their child was still a minor
Because you applied before 27 March 2025, your case runs under the old law, which had no generation limit; one fact in your family decides whether it holds.

The dates that matter

1948
1 January 1948
Before 1 January 1948 citizenship did not pass through the mother; such cases are recognised only by the courts. Constitutional Court judgment 30/1983; Court of Cassation, Joint Sections, 4466/2009
1992
Under the pre-1992 law, an Italian who voluntarily acquired a foreign citizenship lost Italian citizenship; a child born after that loss did not receive it. Law 555/1912 on citizenship, arts. 8 and 12
2025
27 March 2025
An application lodged with a consulate or comune, or an appointment given, or a court case filed, by 23:59 Rome time on 27 March 2025 is decided under the law in force on that date, without the 2025 limits. Law 91/1992, art. 3-bis, inserted by Decree-Law 36/2025 as converted by Law 74/2025 (citizenship by descent), art. 3-bis(1)(a), (a-bis), (b)
2026
July 2026
The Constitutional Court referred the 2025 law to the Court of Justice of the EU in July 2026 (order 147/2026); the law applies while the reference is pending. Constitutional Court, order 147/2026 (filed 23 July 2026): preliminary reference to the Court of Justice of the EU

What counts as having applied by 27 March 2025: An application lodged with a consulate or comune, an appointment the consulate gave you, or a court case filed, by 23:59 Rome time on 27 March 2025 (Law 91/1992 art. 3-bis(1)(a), (a-bis), (b)).

Claiming through your mother or grandmother

In Italy’s rule, the answer changes when the ancestor you descend through is a woman:

POSSIBLE
If the parent is your mother and you were born before 1948Court recognition (1948 case)
Before 1 January 1948 citizenship did not pass through the mother; such cases are recognised only by the courts. Constitutional Court judgment 30/1983; Court of Cassation, Joint Sections, 4466/2009
POSSIBLE
If the grandparent is your grandmother and you were born before 1948Court recognition (1948 case)
Before 1 January 1948 citizenship did not pass through the mother; such cases are recognised only by the courts. Constitutional Court judgment 30/1983; Court of Cassation, Joint Sections, 4466/2009

In the law’s words

Before 1 January 1948 citizenship did not pass through the mother; such cases are recognised only by the courts. Constitutional Court judgment 30/1983; Court of Cassation, Joint Sections, 4466/2009

Dual citizenship with your home country

You keep your citizenship.

On every open route, the rule lets a citizen of the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, Brazil, Argentina or South Africa keep that citizenship.

Italy permits its citizens to hold another citizenship. Law 91/1992 on citizenship, art. 11

Every way to apply, and the law behind it

Recognition by descent

Open to you through a parent or a grandparent

POSSIBLE
Through a parent
POSSIBLE
Through a parent, if someone in your family naturalized elsewhere while their child was still a minor
LIKELY
Through a parent, if your parent held only Italian citizenship, all their life
POSSIBLE
Through a grandparent
LIKELY
Through a grandparent, if your grandparent held only Italian citizenship, all their life

The law

Recognition by descent remains open through a parent or grandparent who was an Italian citizen, under the conditions the 2025 law sets (exclusive Italian citizenship of the ancestor, or a parent’s two years of residence in Italy before the birth). The Constitutional Court upheld the law in judgment 63/2026. Law 91/1992, art. 3-bis, inserted by Decree-Law 36/2025 as converted by Law 74/2025 (citizenship by descent), art. 3-bis(1)
Under the pre-1992 law, an Italian who voluntarily acquired a foreign citizenship lost Italian citizenship; a child born after that loss did not receive it. Law 555/1912 on citizenship, arts. 8 and 12
Whether anyone in your family naturalized elsewhere before the next birth decides the claim; the US naturalization index and court records answer it. Law 91/1992 on citizenship
A person born abroad with another citizenship is deemed never to have acquired Italian citizenship unless a parent or grandparent holds, or held at death, only Italian citizenship, or a parent lived in Italy for two continuous years after becoming Italian and before the child’s birth. Law 91/1992, art. 3-bis, inserted by Decree-Law 36/2025 as converted by Law 74/2025 (citizenship by descent), art. 3-bis(1)(c)-(d)
An ancestor who naturalized elsewhere, even after the next birth, did not hold Italian citizenship exclusively, so the grandparent condition fails through them. Law 91/1992, art. 3-bis, inserted by Decree-Law 36/2025 as converted by Law 74/2025 (citizenship by descent), art. 3-bis(1)(c)
The Constitutional Court upheld these conditions in judgment 63/2026. Constitutional Court, judgment 63/2026 (30 April 2026)
A person born abroad with another citizenship is recognised where a parent or grandparent holds, or held at death, only Italian citizenship. Law 91/1992, art. 3-bis, inserted by Decree-Law 36/2025 as converted by Law 74/2025 (citizenship by descent), art. 3-bis(1)(c)
The Constitutional Court referred the 2025 law to the Court of Justice of the EU in July 2026 (order 147/2026); the law applies while the reference is pending. Constitutional Court, order 147/2026 (filed 23 July 2026): preliminary reference to the Court of Justice of the EU

What would settle an unsure case

The exact date of the naturalization against the birth date of the next person in your family. A few months’ difference decides it.
Whether your ancestor, or anyone between you, naturalized elsewhere before the next person in your family was born.
Whether your parent lived in Italy for two continuous years after becoming Italian and before you were born; a parent born and raised in Italy usually did.
Whether your parent lived in Italy for two continuous years after becoming Italian and before you were born, or holds only Italian citizenship; or whether you applied before 27 March 2025.

Recognition under the old law

Open to you through a parent, a grandparent or a great-grandparent

LIKELY
Through a parent, if you had already applied by 27 March 2025

The law

An application lodged with a consulate or comune, or an appointment given, or a court case filed, by 23:59 Rome time on 27 March 2025 is decided under the law in force on that date, without the 2025 limits. Law 91/1992, art. 3-bis, inserted by Decree-Law 36/2025 as converted by Law 74/2025 (citizenship by descent), art. 3-bis(1)(a), (a-bis), (b)
The Constitutional Court confirmed that the 2025 law does not touch those who had applied or received an appointment. Constitutional Court, judgment 63/2026 (30 April 2026)
Under the old law the child of an Italian citizen is Italian by birth, in any generation, if no one in your family lost citizenship before the next birth. Law 91/1992 on citizenship, art. 1(1)(a)
Before 1 January 1948 citizenship did not pass through the mother; such cases are recognised only by the courts. Constitutional Court judgment 30/1983; Court of Cassation, Joint Sections, 4466/2009
Under the pre-1992 law, an Italian who voluntarily acquired a foreign citizenship lost Italian citizenship; a child born after that loss did not receive it. Law 555/1912 on citizenship, arts. 8 and 12
When a parent naturalized during a child’s minority, the child kept Italian citizenship if they already held another citizenship from birth (for example, born in the United States); a child who was only Italian and acquired the foreign citizenship with the parent lost it. Court of Cassation, Joint Sections, judgment 24045/2026 (filed 26 July 2026), principles of law; Law 555/1912 arts. 7 and 12

What would settle an unsure case

Whether citizenship passed through a woman to a child born before 1948; those claims go to court.
The exact date of the naturalization against the birth date of the next person in your family. A few months’ difference decides it.
Whether your ancestor, or anyone between you, naturalized elsewhere before the next person in your family was born.
Where the child was born: a child born in a country that gave them its citizenship at birth kept Italian citizenship when the parent naturalized (Cassation 24045/2026).

Court recognition (1948 case)

Open to you through a parent or a grandparent

POSSIBLE
Through a parent, if the parent is your mother and you were born before 1948
POSSIBLE
Through a grandparent, if the grandparent is your grandmother and you were born before 1948

The law

Recognition by descent remains open through a parent or grandparent who was an Italian citizen, under the conditions the 2025 law sets (exclusive Italian citizenship of the ancestor, or a parent’s two years of residence in Italy before the birth). The Constitutional Court upheld the law in judgment 63/2026. Law 91/1992, art. 3-bis, inserted by Decree-Law 36/2025 as converted by Law 74/2025 (citizenship by descent), art. 3-bis(1)
Before 1 January 1948 citizenship did not pass through the mother; such cases are recognised only by the courts. Constitutional Court judgment 30/1983; Court of Cassation, Joint Sections, 4466/2009

Closed in 2025

Closed: no one qualifies this way today

UNLIKELY
Through a great-grandparent
The 2025 law ended new claims through great-grandparents. A residence option remains open.

The law

Recognition by descent for people born abroad with another citizenship is limited to those with a parent or grandparent who was an Italian citizen. Law 91/1992, art. 3-bis, inserted by Decree-Law 36/2025 as converted by Law 74/2025 (citizenship by descent), art. 3-bis(1)
The Constitutional Court upheld the 2025 law in judgment 63/2026; it has since referred the law to the Court of Justice of the EU (order 147/2026), which does not reopen claims while that reference is pending. Constitutional Court, order 147/2026 (filed 23 July 2026): preliminary reference to the Court of Justice of the EU

What would settle an unsure case

Whether anyone in your family applied, or booked a consular appointment, before 27 March 2025; those applications proceed under the old rule.

The documents, as the rule lists them

Recognition by descent

Through a parent or grandparent

Your ancestor’s Italian birth record (estratto dell’atto di nascita) from the comune
Their marriage record
Proof of their citizenship status (a certificate of no naturalization, or the naturalization record with its date)
Birth and marriage records for each generation to you

Through a parent, if someone in your family naturalized elsewhere while their child was still a minor

Your ancestor’s Italian birth record (estratto dell’atto di nascita) from the comune
Their marriage record
Proof of their citizenship status (a certificate of no naturalization, or the naturalization record with its date)
Birth and marriage records for each generation to you
Proof of your parent’s two years’ residence in Italy before your birth (residence certificate from the comune)

Recognition under the old law

Through a parent or grandparent or great-grandparent

Your ancestor’s Italian birth record (estratto dell’atto di nascita) from the comune
Their marriage record
Proof of their citizenship status (a certificate of no naturalization, or the naturalization record with its date)
Birth and marriage records for each generation to you

Court recognition (1948 case)

Through a parent or grandparent

Your ancestor’s Italian birth record (estratto dell’atto di nascita) from the comune
Their marriage record
Proof of their citizenship status (a certificate of no naturalization, or the naturalization record with its date)
Birth and marriage records for each generation to you

Most countries also want proof that your ancestor didn’t become a citizen somewhere else before their child was born: the naturalization record with its date, or a letter saying there isn’t one.

What it takes: time, cost, the hard part, who decides

Recognition by descent

Time: The New York consulate takes no new sign-ups for its waiting list (September 2026), and other U.S. posts ration appointments; the decision can take up to 36 months once filed (Law 11/2026). From 1 January 2029 adults abroad file by post with a central office of the Foreign Ministry in Rome instead of a consulate. A court petition in Italy resolves in months instead.
Cost: About $1,500–3,000: the €600 application fee per adult (about $700 at 2026 exchange rates), apostilles, certified translations of every U.S. record, and copies. An incomplete file is rejected and the €600 is paid again at a new appointment.
The hard part: Since May 2025, Italy limits automatic recognition to two generations born abroad: you generally need a parent or grandparent born in Italy itself, unless a narrow exception applies (your Italian parent lived in Italy for two years, or you had already applied before 27 March 2025). Within that window, you still must prove your ancestor did not naturalize before the next birth: a certificate of non-existence of record from USCIS, or the naturalization record itself with its date.
Who decides: The Italian consulate for your U.S. address, by appointment through Prenot@Mi (New York offers dates only to people already on its waiting list), or a court in Italy through a lawyer; from 1 January 2029, a directorate-general of the Foreign Ministry in Rome, by post.
The first record: Your ancestor’s Italian birth record (estratto dell’atto di nascita), from The comune where they were born. Search Antenati, the Ministry of Culture’s free portal of scanned civil registers, by comune and name to pin down the exact date first, then write to the comune’s ufficio di stato civile for the certified copy; many comuni answer by email in 2–8 weeks. antenati.cultura.gov.it

How it’s filed

Where: The Italian consular office for the member’s address: Boston (ME MA NH RI VT), Chicago (CO IL IA KS MN MO NE ND SD WI WY), Detroit (IN KY MI OH TN), Houston (AR LA OK TX), Los Angeles (AZ, southern CA, NV, NM), Miami (AL FL GA MS SC, PR, USVI), New York (NY, CT, northern NJ), Philadelphia (PA DE NC WV, southern NJ, MD and VA except the DC suburbs), San Francisco (AK, northern CA, HI ID MT OR UT WA), Embassy in Washington (DC, Montgomery and Prince George’s MD, Arlington/Fairfax/Alexandria/Falls Church VA). Jurisdiction follows the applicant’s residence, proven by ID and a utility bill. office list
How: In person; you appear in person
Form: Richiesta di riconoscimento della cittadinanza italiana iure sanguinis, with Forms 1 and 2 (applicant), Form 3 (each living ascendant) or Form 4 (each deceased ascendant); each consulate publishes its own copies
Appointments: Prenot@mi (Ministry of Foreign Affairs). Personal, named, non-transferable appointments. Prenot@mi suspends accounts whose booking attempts are too fast to be human (bots), and works on desktop Chrome/Edge only (Washington FAQ): Postern books in the member’s own account from desktop Chromium, one attempt per run at a person’s pace, and hands the member any code or check the site shows. Per post, September 2026: New York offers dates only to people already on its waiting list, and takes no new sign-ups; San Francisco and New York make you accept an offered date within 5 days and reconfirm 10 to 3 days before. Houston releases new slots Tuesdays at 5 pm local for about two weeks out, and requires uploading its Form_JS_prenot@ami at booking or cancels. Chicago lets you pick the first free date. Miami sends filing instructions about a month before the date.
Fee: About $699
Decision: 6–36 months

Your consulate

Every office in the United States (10)

Consulate General of Italy in Boston

Serves Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont

How: In person; you appear in person
Address: 600 Atlantic Avenue, 17th Floor, Boston, MA 02210
Pay: Cashier’s check or money order made out to “Consulate General of Italy – Boston”; no personal checks.
Sign: The consular officer, at your appointment, at the appointment.

Who qualifies, generation by generation

Can you claim Italian citizenship through a parent?

What changes the answer

Can you claim Italian citizenship through a grandparent?

What changes the answer

Can you claim Italian citizenship through a great-grandparent?

What changes the answer

The dates that matter

Claiming through your mother or grandmother

In the law’s words

Dual citizenship with your home country

Every way to apply, and the law behind it

The law

What would settle an unsure case

The law

What would settle an unsure case

The law

The law

What would settle an unsure case

The documents, as the rule lists them

Recognition by descent

Recognition under the old law

Court recognition (1948 case)

What it takes: time, cost, the hard part, who decides

Recognition by descent

How it’s filed

Recognition under the old law

Court recognition (1948 case)

How it’s filed

Where each record lives, and how to ask for it

Translations

The passport

Places on old papers that lead to Italy

Recent and pending changes

Already in the rule

If descent doesn’t reach you

Every source on this page

Check your family for Italy.

Who qualifies, generation by generation

Can you claim Italian citizenship through a parent?

What changes the answer

Can you claim Italian citizenship through a grandparent?

What changes the answer

Can you claim Italian citizenship through a great-grandparent?

What changes the answer

The dates that matter

Claiming through your mother or grandmother

In the law’s words

Dual citizenship with your home country

Every way to apply, and the law behind it

The law

What would settle an unsure case

The law

What would settle an unsure case

The law

The law

What would settle an unsure case

The documents, as the rule lists them

Recognition by descent

Recognition under the old law

Court recognition (1948 case)

What it takes: time, cost, the hard part, who decides

Recognition by descent

How it’s filed

Recognition under the old law

Court recognition (1948 case)

How it’s filed

Where each record lives, and how to ask for it

Translations

The passport

Places on old papers that lead to Italy

Recent and pending changes

Already in the rule

If descent doesn’t reach you

Every source on this page

Check your family for Italy.