We specialize in Italian citizenship by descent. We offer guidance, full-service, and custom packages to help you secure dual Italian citizenship at your price point.
Muriel Comini
Customer & Dual Italian Citizen
We can handle every aspect of the process for you — lineage tracing, document gathering, translation, legalization, and completing the consulate package or representing you in Italian court. Keeping you informed every step of the way as we secure your dual Italian citizenship.
Schedule a meeting with one of our Italian citizenship experts to review your case, and we’ll guide you through the process of submitting your documents for our team to review.
We’ll review your documents, confirm your eligibility for Italian citizenship by descent (Jure Sanguinis), and inform you if any additional documents or steps are needed for a successful submission.
Our team will initiate the citizenship process, keep you updated on the progress, and notify you once your application has been completed and your right to an Italian Passport has been secured.
Eugenio Batch
Customer & Dual Italian Citizen
If you can’t schedule an appointment with your Italian Consulate, or have a more complexed legal case, you're eligible to have one of our lawyers obtain your citizenship through the Italian courts.
Try our quick and easy eligibility tool to find out instantly if you may qualify for an Italian citizenship.
Aldo Ponte
Head of Citizenship Procurement
Jure Sanguinis is the Italian law that allows descendants of Italian citizens to reclaim their citizenship by proving uninterrupted lineage. If your ancestor never renounced their Italian citizenship and meets certain legal criteria, you may be eligible for Italian citizenship by descent.
You may be eligible if:
To apply for Italian citizenship by descent, you generally need:
If you're eligible for Italian citizenship by descent, you can apply either through your local Italian consulate or, if you are unable to secure an appointement, you can hire an Italian Lawyer to apply on your behalf via the Italian court system. Consulates can take several years to process applications due to high demand, while court proceedings typically take 1 - 2 years.
To be accepted in Italian court or by a consulate, foreign documents must go through these steps:
Citizenship Italia’s document procurement team can secure and process the necessary documents as quickly as possible. Your application will require official records from your local government and the Italian authorities. Missing, unprocessed, or improperly processed documents will cause delays.
Yes, family members who share the same Italian ancestor can apply together. This can help streamline the process and reduce costs, as many documents will be shared.
The timeline depends on whether you apply through a consulate or the court. Consular applications can take several years, while the court process in Italy generally takes 1-2 years, especially for 1948 cases or complex cases.
A 1948 case allows children born to an Italian mother prior to 1948 to claim Italian dual citizenship through the Courts in Italy and cannot be applied for through administrative means.
Yes, but with conditions. Your ancestor must have naturalized, or became a citizen of the new country after the birth of the next person in your lineage (i.e., your parent or grandparent). If they renounced their Italian citizenship before their child was born, your eligibility may be affected.
A non-Italian woman who married an Italian man before 1983 automatically acquired Italian citizenship and can still be applied for.
Yes, if you were legally adopted by an Italian citizen, you may be eligible for Italian citizenship.
As long as your ancestor lived passed March 17, 1861, which is when Italy was unified as a nation, and meets the other requirements outlined above, you may be elgible for Italian Citizenship.
With Italian citizenship, you gain: