Article 14 of Law No. 91/1992, as amended by Decree-Law No. 36/2025, converted into law by Law No. 74/2025, provides that, in order to acquire citizenship under this provision, the child of Italian citizens not by birth must have been legally residing in Italy for at least two consecutive years at the time the parent acquires or reacquires Italian citizenship (if the child is under the age of two, they must have been residing in Italy since birth).
Please be informed that:
- If the application for the recognition of citizenship iure communicatione falls—by mode of submission—within the exceptions identified in letters a), a-bis), or b) of Article 3-bis of Law No. 91/1992 (i.e., application—administrative or judicial—submitted by 27 March 2025, or submitted at an appointment scheduled no later than 27 March 2025), the previous legislation shall apply.
- If the application for the recognition of citizenship iure communicatione was submitted on or after 28 March 2025, it is necessary that the parent transmitting citizenship is exclusively an Italian citizen or has resided in Italy for two years prior to the birth of the child.
- If the acquisition or reacquisition of Italian citizenship by the parent occurs on or after 24 May 2025, the minor child residing with the parent who acquires or reacquires citizenship must have resided in Italy for at least two years prior to the parent’s naturalization. In this case, the competent authority for verifying the child’s acquisition of Italian citizenship will be the Municipality (Comune) of residence in Italy.