Fact Sheet

Dual Italian citizenship recognition process at Italian Courts

(Italian court located at the place of birth of Italian ancestor)

This alternative constitutes the judicial alternative to the process of Italian dual citizenship recognition and must be carried out at the Italian Court located at the place of birth of your Italian ancestor, taken care by an Italian lawyer by means of a power of attorney. The judicial process lasts between 6 and 12 months, depending when the judge sets the first hearing.

Pros and cons of this option:

MAIN PROS

• you may obtain your italian dial citizenship in much less time than at the Italian Consulate

• No need to move and live in Italy, therefore you save money

• Its the ultimate solution to: (1) the impossibility of obtaining a fast appointment at the Italian consulate; 2) the very long times of consular processing; 3) the cases of those who have a woman ancestor in the line of Italian citizenship transmission, who gave birth before 1948 or who married a foreigner before that year; 4) unjustified rejection of your application by the Italian Consulate

• The Judge issues judgment and orders the Comune (Italian County) to transcribe all the descendants birth certificates which officially registers them as Italian citizens

MAIN CONS

• costs more than doing it at the Italian Consulate

• in order to be admitted (the case) at the Italian Court, it is required to demonstrate with documentary evidence, any of the following situations: 1) not being able to obtain an appointment or having obtained an appointment in a very long term; 2) having presented the initial documentation of the recognition application at the Italian Consulate and that 2 or more years have passed without a response; 3) have a woman ancestor in the line of Italian citizenship transmission, who gave birth before 1948 or who married a foreigner before that year; 4) that the Italian Consulate has rejected the application for unjustified reasons

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