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 parents who were not Italian citizens from birth must have been legally resident 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, the child must have resided in Italy since birth).
It is further specified that:
- If the application for recognition of citizenship iure communicatione falls within the exceptions identified under points a), a-bis), or b) of Article 3-bis of Law No. 91/1992 — namely:
- an administrative or judicial application submitted by 27/03/2025; or
- an application submitted pursuant to an appointment communicated by 27/03/2025,
then the previous legislation will apply.
- If the application for recognition of citizenship iure communicatione was submitted starting from 28/03/2025, the parent transmitting citizenship must:
- either 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 Italian citizenship takes place starting from 24/05/2025, the child living with the parent who acquires or reacquires Italian citizenship must have been resident in Italy for at least two years before the parent’s naturalization. In this case, responsibility for verifying and recognizing the child’s acquisition of citizenship lies with the Italian municipality (Comune) of residence.