US EditionMeloni Angers Italian Americans with Tighter Citizenship Rules
- On May 20, 2025, the Italian parliament approved a law tightening citizenship rules, requiring applicants to have a parent or grandparent born in Italy.
- The law replaces the previous jus sanguinis rule that allowed anyone with an Italian ancestor after March 17, 1861, to claim citizenship, aiming to prevent abuse and reduce backlog.
- The government said the reform will strengthen the connection with Italy, free up consular resources, and restrict citizenship to those with a genuine link to the country.
- Italy's Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani assured that the fundamental principle remains intact, while immigration specialist Matheus Reis described the reform as the most notable adjustment to citizenship laws in nine decades.
- The law ends unlimited citizenship by descent beyond grandparents, affecting millions worldwide and raising constitutional challenges due to its retroactive application.
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Italy is tightening rules for diaspora descendants seeking to obtain Italian passports. The government led by Giorgia Meloni said it had changed the law to prevent "abuse" and "commercialization" of passports, the BBC reports.
By Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN The Italian government enacted a law this week that prevents people from obtaining Italian citizenship through their great-grandparents, dashing the hopes of those who have already paid to start the process. The law, introduced in March by the right-wing government of Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and which went into effect Tuesday, now restricts the right to citizenship by ius sanguinis (bloodline) to people whose pa…
Bloodline Barrier: Italy Restricts Citizenship to Children and Grandchildren Only
If you’ve been dreaming of claiming your Italian heritage through a distant great-grandfather, you better act fast. The Italian Parliament has just slammed the door on generations of would-be citizens. On May 20, 2025, Italian lawmakers approved the most dramatic overhaul of citizenship laws in nearly a century. The message is clear: being Italian is […]
The rule now has a definitive character. Only children and netizens of 'Only Italian citizens' — who have only one citizen — can apply for the nationality of the European country.
The principle of ius sanguinis will no longer be applied widely in order to obtain citizenship; during the vote they criticized the fact that it was granted to Milei
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