Article 14 of Law No. 91/1992, as amended by Decree-Law No. 36/2025 as converted by Law No. 74/2025, stipulates that in order to acquire citizenship in this manner, the child of Italian citizens not from birth must have been legally resident in Italy for at least two continuous years at the time of the parent’s acquisition or reacquisition of Italian citizenship (if the child is less than two years old, he or she must have been resident in Italy since birth).
It is specified that:
- In the event that the practice for the recognition of citizenship iure communicatione falls, due to the way it is presented, 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 – presented by March 27, 2025, or application presented at the appointment indicated by March 27, 2025), the previous discipline will apply.
- If the application for recognition of citizenship iure communicatione was filed on or after March 28, 2025, it is necessary that the parent transmitting the citizenship be exclusively an Italian citizen or have resided in Italy for two years prior to the birth of the child.
- if the parent’s acquisition or reacquisition of citizenship occurs on or after May 24, 2025, the child cohabiting with the parent acquiring or reacquiring Italian citizenship must have been resident in Italy for at least two years prior to the parent’s naturalization. In this case, the competence of ascertaining the acquisition of citizenship by the child will be the responsibility of the Italian municipality of residence.