Citizenship-by-descent rules narrowed for people born abroad

Decree-Law 36/2025, converted by Law 74/2025, added conditions for a person born abroad who holds another citizenship. Current exceptions include a parent or grandparent who held exclusively Italian citizenship, or a parent who resided in Italy for at least two continuous years after acquiring Italian citizenship and before the applicant’s birth or adoption. Transitional and minor-child rules are specific, so ancestry alone is not enough to state eligibility.