How to get Italian Citizenship - Top 5 Ways Overview

[@noahalcoser1977]

me loving Italy. Trying to get in the country like that Eric Andre video “let me in let me in”

[@claudiovener5113]

I got my Italian citizenship this year! I'm from Argentina

[@mohammedsassi862]

How long it take yo get the passport?

[@Chapa24.]

I was born in Italy (but not of Italian ancestry), but moved out of the country pretty young. Wondering whether I still have a chance to apply for the Italian citizenship

[@dachiwolf2046]

Where are you now?

[@fabriziocoppola6519]

@@nemz2906 no. It does not matter. The blood line it is the only thing that matter.

[@Behemoth66]

Yes you are correct. Being born in Italian doesn’t grant you citizenship. It’s not like the USA

[@Chapa24.]

@@Behemoth66 you can apply for the citizenship if you were born in Italy, have B2 level of Italian language skills and have 5 years of residence. I already got my Italian passport.

[@lupurednic8624]

​@@Chapa24. 5 years of RECENT residence ?

[@mr.dsproductreviewchannel]

A Topic to Discuss would be about a Person Born Out of Wedlock. Please Explain about this Subject.

[@lisaparys4976]

For those who have already been granted Italian citizenship already, is it possible to change your last name in the country they are currently living in and then having the name change recognized by the Italian government? I want to change my name back to my family's original (my bisnonno changed it when he became an American citizen) but I am afraid that it will not be transferable to my Italian records.

[@ladyttv4275]

This is amazing video, thanks Dear for sharing.

[@GenieMP]

Have the requirements changed for me to become an Italian citizen this year ?

[@kylezuce4370]

Very informative

[@TheVloggingPhaseJM]

Is there a way for my parents to move to Italy with me when my spouse is Italian? Are they able to apply for the permit of stay too or just me?

[@macandfriends4677]

So my great grandfather and great grandmother came to America through Ellis island (not sure when) my grandfather is 100% of Italian descent but he was born in America. My dad is half and I’m ruffly 1/4th Italian. I don’t know if my great grandfather became a citizen of America. How would I (a woman) get my Italian citizenship

[@iamthat1801]

Hi, there. I'm a US citizen and am wanting to buy a home and live in Italy as my primary residence, then of course become a citizen, however, if I'm to live in Italy for 10 years without interruption, but as I understand it, I can only stay in Italy for a total of 90 days and then have to leave for 90 days before I can return... how in the world could I ever become a citizen by the 10 year WITHOUT interruption "rule"? Thank you, I look forward to clarification on this subject.

[@peterchirico2153]

Is the Language test always required ? If not married to an Italian citizen.

[@benb6631]

Any chance you could help me understand? My great grandfather was an Italian citizen and came to the USA when he was 14yo. My grandfather was the 1st of his kids born in the USA. When my grandfather was 6yo my great grandfather renounced his citizenship. Do I still qualify? Also my mother is who I’m going through for lineage she was born in 1955. Thank you for your help.

[@lorenabertolone-cooper1110]

My father was still an Italian Citizen when I was born in the United States. He became an American Citizen 2 years after I was born. Does this mean I should have been granted Italian Citizenship at the time of birth since I was born to an Italian Citizen? I currently have an appointment with the Italian Consulate in San Francisco in January 2023 (took 3 years for the appointment) to start the process for dual citizenship. Thanks for your help.

[@Neoyorchese]

great video, guys!

[@brunofacchin3354]

I have dual citizenship now. Would that enable my adult children to obtain it sooner?

[@smokeyblaze1995]

My father is Italian and Irish says my great grandfather was from sicily, but my mom is mexican and Spaniard. Any chances i can still try to become an Italian citizen?

[@annikaricci9863]

Yes, I am also going through my great grandfather. You essentially just have to prove the line of descendance (that you are in fact related) and that they and none of their descendants have renounced their italian citizenship. Also I believe if your great grandfather naturalized before the next person in your line was born then that would disqualify you. You can learn more by reading the exceptions on your consulate's webpage.

[@daisyh8805]

So if I’m English but have B2 Italian and want to get cittadinanza will I get an Italian passport? Will I have to give up my UK passport? Will I be able to stay in different EU countries as long as I like?

[@Docblogs]

So im a us citizen and my grand grandfather was italian this wont help me to apply for descent ??

[@mandyhpn]

Ones you have residency do you have to pay incomet tax in Italy even tho you don’t work in Italy, for example I work in the USA and get pay in the USA and pay taxes in the USA Do I still pay taxes in Italy

[@jackiej2347]

Please explain this situation: EU citizen with non-EU spouse comes to Italy and they both live there for 4 years. Now, after 4 years, EU citizen can get an Italian Citizenship. In this situation, can non-eu wife of this citizen apply for an Italian citizenship by marriage right away, since she's been his wife for more than 4 years and he is Italian now?

[@ItalianCitizenshipAssistance]

Hello! The law indicates its possibile to apply after 2 years from the marriage not form when citizenship is acquired by the Italian spouse. Hope this helps

[@jackiej2347]

@@ItalianCitizenshipAssistance Sorry, still didn't get it: So it's technically possible for wife to acquire citizenship right away after husband has acquired it? Or she needs to wait additional 2 years?

[@salvatoreemma]

I’m trying to get the Italian citizenship by descent correct. Please some help: My great-grandfather was born in Sicily in 1892 and came to America in 1910. He wasn’t naturalized. He married another unnaturalized Italian in 1915 and gave birth to my grandfather in 1918. My grandfather married an Italian descent American and gave birth in 1944 to my mother (an only child). My mother was impregnated by an Italian man but they never married, and his name wasn’t put on my birth certificate. Based on this narrative, might I be eligible to be an Italian citizen by descent? Thank you!

[@NaveedAhmad-iq4je]

I know this guy marco.quiet famous in our forigers comunity.he helps a lot with our people.i took 2 apoinment to meet him but unfartunatly i did not meet him.i have one request that make one onother youtube video on refugee citizenship process. Thanks.

[@50beauty71]

Are there any reviews for ICA success stories?

[@Elena-rt9yu]

so, you can live there, w/o papers and work for 10 years legally? before aplying for citizenship? I do not know the italian laws...please explain.....when I traveled thoough Italy, and seeked info on employment, as a nurse, was told cou;ld not hold a job, due to legal status, and same with healthcare....legal status means something

[@ThoughtFission]

My wife's mother was born outside Italy but moved to Italy and received her Italian citizenship. Is it possible for my wife (then me) to become Italian citizens through my wife's mother?

[@SirFamousNX]

If your wife's mother gave birth to your wife AFTER she received her Italian citizenship, then your wife would be eligible. In short, your mother-in-law needed to be presently an Italian at the time of your wife's birth.

[@ThoughtFission]

@@SirFamousNX Thanks :) Not the case I'm afraid.

[@JoseDDespaigne]

If your mother-in-law was the daughter of an Italian father she is an Italian citizen (Jure sanguinis); therefore, if your wife was born after 1948 she can also apply for citizenship through jure sanguinis law, and then you could apply through citizenship.

[@ItalianCitizenshipAssistance]

Thank you all for watching and for your kind comments

[@mdmajharulislam]

I like your words...

[@finestkindmedicinal5967]

My husband's grandfather and grandmother were born in Italy. We plan on living there for 3 years. We have been married for 35 years, will we both get citizenship after 3 years full time residency or just him?

[@ItalianCitizenshipAssistance]

Hello! If your husband has an Italian grandparent he can obtain citizenship after 3 years. It you were married after 1983 you can obtain first a residence permit for spouses and then apply for citizenship by marriage (process for couples married after 1983). We hope this helps!

[@famacheikhtoure6081]

Good mornin you are doing good job

[@ulfathussain951]

Great information for new like me 👍

[@Androrac]

I started my citizenship process at my local consulate in july this year through my great grandfather. I have heard that the current italian government is planning to impose generational limits on ius sanguinis. If such a law were to be passed, would it affect people like me that have already started the process at a consulate?

[@SirFamousNX]

If you already made an appointment with the consulate and they already have information on file, new laws passed won't affect you directly.

[@rominaaragonez4943]

Can you get the italian passport when you are not a resident yet in the United States

[@Jman45624]

My father was naturalized in 1991. I was born in 1998. I don’t think I can go through him for my citizenship but can I go through my grandparents?

[@nicolasrolland987]

Joseph Fortuna, having a new citizenship doesn't mean he lost the italian one. If he's still an italian citizen it shouldn't be a problem for you to apply. I'm french and I could apply to become an italian citizen two years ago (I was 45 ) via my mother, so now i'm dual french/italian citizen.

[@contessa5434]

My father was born in Italy and became an naturalized Australian citizen post WW2 Italy . I was born and raised in the USA . Dad was still a naturalized Australian when I was born. My mom was born Italy but became an American citizen circa 1992. I guess I am out of luck to get dual citizenship?

[@ItalianCitizenshipAssistance]

Please send us an email, we’ll be happy to evaluate your case free of charge. You’ll find out contact info on our website italiancitizenshipassistance.com

[@thebaltazar6029]

What is language level is needed to get Italian citizenship. I am am EU citizen. And how long does it take to get it after live in Italy 4 years to get it.

[@Ad-Free]

You don't need Italian citizenship. All EU citizens are free to live and work in any member state.

[@thebaltazar6029]

@@Ad-Free I know but I want also get Italian citizenship.

[@marcopermunian3546]

Great

[@rickc.3552]

So if my great grandfather whom was born in Palermo was naturalized in America before my grandmother was born, I’m out of luck?

[@alfreddeola5623]

One of my friend have asilo which is five years document and her husband he didn't have document he get negative , So it's possible when the documents is expired they can change it to italia Citizens document?

[@BAMatherne.realtor]

I have all my great grandfathers papers but I’m not sure where to start.

[@antoniodegregorio686]

go to the Italian embassy

[@annikaricci9863]

So there are two main things. First, you'll need all birth, marriage and death certificates for the people in your line of descent (the parents that lead to your great grandfather) to prove that you're related in the first place. The second is that you'll need naturalization or "no record" statements from USCIS (immigration). If I remember correctly, as long as the next person in your line (for me it was my grandfather) was born before your great grandfather naturalized, then you should be good to go. If you still need help feel free to contact me!

[@BAMatherne.realtor]

@@annikaricci9863 hi! I have his papers and he never got citizenship he remained an Italian citizen his entire life, I’ve found his Italian bc, we have all of his paperwork, and I have the birth certificates going in the order till it gets to me and each marriage license. I found someone to translate documents.I’m going to call the consulate near me to see what I need to do next. Thank you for your help.

[@annikaricci9863]

@@BAMatherne.realtor no problem, sorry for the late reply! The consulate will have a list of the documents you need on their website under jure sanguinos citizenship, along with the paper application you’ll need to fill out. You might need to list all of the cities your relatives lived, that’s what I have to do.

[@rockthatflag]

But how about for gay spouses? Does this marriage rule also apply?

[@EmilianYT]

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[@gri7]

I think I'm hitting a stumbling block. My father and all his family going back as far as I can trace born and raised in Italy. He immigrated to Canada. Got Canadian citizenship in 1977. I was born in 1980 in Canada. Does this exclude me. I have bloodline getting as far as I can Trace. But was born to a Canadian citizen

[@petera618]

So, my mother was born in Italy and my father, although born in the US was born of Italian immigrants not yet citizens of the US at the time of his birth and are both American citizens. Do I qualify? I was once told that I don't which confuses me because I hear of people with much more remote and partial Italian heritage than me that have obtained Italian citizenship.

[@annikaricci9863]

So im pretty sure that just being born in Italy doesn't give citizenship like it does in the US, but im no expert. So i'm not sure about your mother, but getting citizenship through your dad should be really easy and straightforward. You'll have to check your consulate for details

[@incorvaiac]

My father was not US citizen when I was born in US back in 84' .. I went to councilor in Philadelphia and he said I could get citizenship. BUT, there are no appointments available until 2022

[@mahimayadav7776]

Good morning sir I am mahima Yadav from India but I came to Italy for study and now I have work visa and I came in 2018 to 2021 even I have a baby so what should I do for italian passport please answer me .

[@blablabla63923]

If my great grandfather was born in Italy and emigrated to the US, then had a daughter (my grandma) who then had a son (my father) in the early fifties (so post "1948 case"), then, given certain documentation, by descent can I acquire Italian citizenship?

[@bernardooechsler116]

Let me try to explain what I know to you. So, my great-great-grandparents immigrated from Italy to Brazil around the 1890s, in Brazil they had children, including my great-grandmother who was given both Brazilian and Italian citizenship by birth. From what I have heard about Italians who immigrated to the USA, their children must have been born before they were naturalized Americans. I don't actually know how it works in Brazil LOL. So, knowing the fact my great-grandmother was Italian (born in Brazil around the 1910s), we, now have to look at her children. My grandmother was born before 1948, before this date, women couldn't pass their citizenship rights to their children, which means my great-grandmother was not allowed to pass the Italian citizenship to my grandmother! My great-grandmother had other children, one of them is my grandaunt who was born after 1948 (meaning she received the right to get her Italian citizenship). But even if my grandmother was born before 1948, there is still a way I was able to get my Italian citizenship which we in Brazil call "via judicial materna" in English: maternal judicial way. This basically means that we are suing the Italian government for being sexist in the past and not allowing women this right. As I said, my grandaunt was born after 1948, so one of my uncles was able to go to Italy and do the whole process there, it only takes a few months (In Brazil we call this process the administrative way), on the other hand, the way I did took around 2 years! And if you know your case is that one of your grandparents or parents was born after 1948, you can either go to Italy and do the whole process there, or you can do it through the Italian consulate in your country, which will probably take longer. Or if your case is like mine, I suggest doing the maternal judicial way. I suggest looking at this dailyiowan.com/2021/04/30/italian-citizenship-by-descent-can-you-get-it-with-a-maternal-lineage/#:~:text=The%20current%20Italian%20citizenship%20by,because%20they%20have%20female%20ascendants. it that's your case.

[@bernardooechsler116]

Basically, If your grandma was born before our great grandfather got naturalized american, you have all the right to get it.

[@simpleplum6184]

Hi Mike, I am in a similar situation, did you ever find out if you would fall under the 1948 exception?

[@simpleplum6184]

@@bernardooechsler116 to clarify the lineage with your uncle who was able to attain Italian citizenship the administrative way: great grandfather born in Italy-> grandmother born outside Italy before 1948 -> mother born outside Italy after 1948 -> uncle born outside Italy after 1948. Is that correct? So the females in the line did not interrupt eligibility of descendants of a male citizen, who were born after 1948? Or to put another way, descendants of a male citizen who were born after 1948 were eligible even if the ancestral line was through a female descendant?

[@bernardooechsler116]

@@simpleplum6184 Yes, that's correct! If the child of a female Italian/Brazilian citizen (great-grandmother) was born after 1948, then this does not interrupt eligibility. Let me start with my lineage. My great-great-grandfather arrived in Brazil in his twenties, there he had children, including my Italian/Brazilian great-grandmother (she acquired her Italian citizenship at birth because of her father), then she had my grandmother (born 1947) and grandaunt (born after 1948) since my grandmother was born before 1948, my great-grandmother couldn't pass her citizenship rights to my grandma, she could pass to my grandaunt though. That's why my uncle was able to do the process in Italy (administrative way), but these days, it doesn't matter anymore, you still can acquire your right to citizenship even if you fall under the 1948 law, the process is a little bit different though, you will have to hire an attorney in Italy to start the process for you (maternal judicial way). I hope I was able to clarify your question! you can contact me at " [e-mail] " if you still need more clarification. YAY!!! YOU ARE STILL ELIGIBLE IF YOU FALL UNDER THE 1948 LAW

[@majidaljaburi7870]

What if someone does not have Italian decent but would Italy give someone Italian citizenship if they have Roman blood in their DNA ? 🤔

[@aez6781]

If you are of Roman descent you are of Italian descent, Rome is in Italy

[@zafusca]

in case you are latin 100% for sure.

[@zafusca]

what if Romanian country called roman blood same as Italian but that's not matter.what matter is if you latin.romance Language speaker you must be Spanish Italian Portuguese french catalan galician you all have same roman blood in.DNA

[@dannydonnelly8198]

You have to have an ancestor who was born in the current republic of Italy and blood from that. It has nothing to do with having Roman ancestry

[@majidaljaburi7870]

@@dannydonnelly8198 what about the kingdom of Italy would someone get citizenship from that

[@mariezforbes]

I want to get Italian citizenship

[@michellereyn]

Will you be posting a new video on the new law passed. This prevents everyone from becoming a citizen now, very disappointed so many people will be turned away after spending thousands

[@ItalianCitizenshipAssistance]

We've just uploaded a new episode of The Italian Citizenship Podcast which covers the topic of the "Minor Issue": kzbin.info/www/bejne/eHbEk56upL9shas&pp=gAQBiAQB

[@Behemoth66]

So my father ( he was one of the biggest criminals known in the USA lol) was born in Palermo. He is on my USA birth certificate listed as my father and states his citizenship was Italy. What is needed to obtain Italian citizenship? I mean anyone around the world heard about him and it’s known hes 100% Italian. Hopefully it makes it easier

[@CindyNero1577]

If you manage to do it, are you looking for a wife? Because I volunteer:D

[@giovannifranco2131]

Bring me back to become citizen Italy

[@m.k.s.7417]

As a fan, of: Italian FOOTball: I think, that Italy, should_ surely: "Prioritize": 1, "Anyone, who: comes to the [very] Country; LEGALLY!!" 2, "Anyone, who: has "a special_ skill/talent/ability; in/for: FOOTie [FOOTball]!!"!! And 3rdly; = "Anyone, who is from: a country, which was/has been Colonized, by Italy": (E.G. Iraq!!?? Tunisia; Eritrea and/or; Ethiopia).

[@SaadSaad-zf3yp]

Please how can I get in Italy from Morocco? I learned Italian language when I was young and I emprouved while I was watching GIRO DITALIA .

[@briandimor3617]

Yo buddy hope you well ! do a vedio about Italian citizenship in 2 years new rules approved in 20th of December 2020.

[@luongthai]

How about same-sex marriages? Is there a path to Italian citizenship at this point?

[@annikaricci9863]

I believe it’s the same as heterosexual marriages, might be better to contact your consulate. There’s also great Facebook groups that can help

[@DustyDawnaDigsHistory]

I am a UK/USA dual citizen I lived in Gaeta 80-86 6 years, as a UK citizen who has lived in Italy for over the 4 year term could I apply for citizenship, or do I have to live there now to apply. I had an Italian girlfriend 😁 Evelina Vecchio- Gaeta Italy.

[@ahmedabdullah492]

Hallo I was born in Italy, and now I am 19 years old.. I just stayed in Italy for one month then my family and I have stayed out Italy until now. Is it anyway possible for me to get the Italian citizenship?

[@ahmedabdullah492]

Please answer me

[@nmw222]

@@ahmedabdullah492 hi I think so is you’re up to 18 year old I think you’re qualified

[@ahmedabdullah492]

@@nmw222 sorry I do not get you Do you mean that it is possible?

[@nmw222]

@@ahmedabdullah492 yes that’s possible I know people who were born in Italy and that got their passport at the age of 18 I’m born in Italy but I don’t live there and not still up to 18 year old but when it’s time I think I can get it too

[@ahmedabdullah492]

@@nmw222 really? That is good But you know that I just stayed there for more than one month, and I also don't have the Italian language. So how can I get it?

[@nasciacito6651]

Why would anyone want to live in Italy? I live here and I would love to go and live somewhere else. It's the worst country where you cal live. No democracy. Only taxes. We have the worst government.