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 Italian citizens 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 two years of age, they must have been residing in Italy since birth.)
It is specified that:
- In cases where the citizenship recognition procedure iure communicationis falls, in terms of submission methods, within the exceptions identified under letters a), a-bis), or b) of Article 3-bis of Law No. 91/1992 (i.e., an application – administrative or judicial – submitted by March 27, 2025, or an application submitted during an appointment scheduled by March 27, 2025), the previous regulations will apply.
- If the citizenship recognition procedure iure communicationis is submitted starting from March 28, 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 acquisition or reacquisition of citizenship by the parent occurs starting from May 24, 2025, the minor child living with the parent who acquires or reacquires Italian citizenship must have been residing in Italy for at least two years prior to the parent’s naturalization. In this case, the responsibility for verifying the child’s acquisition of citizenship will lie with the Italian municipality where the child resides.