Article 14 of Law No. 91/1992, as amended by Decree-Law No. 36/2025 and converted into Law No. 74/2025, states that in order to acquire citizenship under this method, the child of Italian citizens not citizens by birth must have been legally residing in Italy for at least two continuous years at the time the parent acquires or reacquires Italian citizenship (if the child is under two years old, they must have resided in Italy since birth).
Specifically:
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If the citizenship recognition procedure iure communicatione falls, by the method of submission, under 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 March 27, 2025, or appointment scheduled by that date), the previous regulation will apply.
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If the iure communicatione application was submitted on or after March 28, 2025, the parent transmitting citizenship must either be an Italian citizen exclusively, or have been resident in Italy for two years prior to the child’s birth.
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If the acquisition or reacquisition of citizenship by the parent occurs on or after May 24, 2025, the cohabiting child must have been residing in Italy for at least two years before the parent’s naturalization. In this case, the Italian municipality of residence will be responsible for verifying the child’s acquisition of citizenship.
Updated on 02/07/2025