Updated August 2026. This article first appeared in December 2025. At that time the Court of Cassation and the Ministry of the Interior held that a parent’s foreign naturalization during a child’s minority broke the line of descent. That position no longer stands. On 26 July 2026 the Sezioni Unite
In the last week of July 2026, before the Italian courts closed for the summer, the question of Italian citizenship by descent reached the Court of Justice of the European Union. Two decisions landed within three days, and neither of them changed the law. The reform applies exactly as it
On April 30, Italy’s Constitutional Court published its much-anticipated ruling on the 2025 citizenship reform, also known as the Tajani Decree (Law 74/2025). The Court rejected the principal challenges raised by the Tribunal of Turin and confirmed that the Italian Parliament was within its rights to introduce a generational cap
March 11 is the date. Italy’s Constitutional Court will hold its public hearing to decide whether the citizenship law that, one year ago, closed the door to millions of people seeking to recover their Italian citizenship is constitutional. The decision could reopen the path to Italian citizenship for thousands of families
‘the 1948 Exception case’ by Michele Capecchi One of the most important principles of acquiring Italian citizenship is based on the nationality of one or both of your parents. Known as “jus sanguinis” (meaning “right of blood” in Latin), it is the rule by which citizenship is determined or acquired by the
Steps to take, documents you’ll need. by Michele Capecchi I often receive enquiries about how to obtain Italian citizenship by descent: my great-grandfather was Italian by birth, and then moved abroad over 100 years ago. Can I claim Italian citizenship and obtain an Italian passport? The acquisition of citizenship through ancestry, or by the law
