Article 14 of Law No. 91/1992, as amended by Decree-Law No. 36/2025 and converted into Law No. 74/2025, provides that in order to acquire citizenship through this procedure, the child of a parent who is an Italian citizen 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 legally resident in Italy since birth.
Specifically:
- If the application for recognition of citizenship iure communicatione falls within the exceptions identified in letters 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 through an appointment scheduled by that same date), the previous legal framework will apply.
- If the application for recognition of citizenship iure communicatione is submitted on or after 28 March 2025, the parent transmitting citizenship must either be exclusively an Italian citizen or must have resided in Italy for at least two years prior to the child’s birth.
- If the parent acquires or reacquires Italian citizenship on or after 24 May 2025, the child living with the parent must have been legally residing 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 citizenship will be the Italian Municipality (Comune) of residence.