On 11 March 2026, Italy’s Constitutional Court of Italy held a pivotal hearing on the constitutional challenge to Law No. 74/2025 (the ‘Tajani law’), the statute that limits claims to Italian citizenship by descent (ius sanguinis). The referral came from the Tribunal of Turin, sent to the Constitutional Court at the request of one of our close collaborators Avv.
Beneficio di Legge 74/2025: Deadline to Register Italian citizenship of minors’ deadline is extended to 31 May 2029. The Italian Chamber of Deputies has approved, at committee level, a measure extending the deadline for parents to declare their intention to apply for Italian citizenship on behalf of minor children. This procedure is reserved exclusively for
The Italian government introduced Decreto Legge n. 36 on 28th March 2025 in a shock move which makes significant reforms to the law on Italian citizenship by descent (ius sanguinis). The principle that Italian citizenship is passed to the next generation is upheld, however from now on only persons who have an Italian parent or
