US EditionItaly Limits Citizenship Claims to Two Generations in Major Immigration Reform
- Italy has announced tighter citizenship laws to prevent distant claims through ancestry, limiting eligibility to those with at least one parent or grandparent born in Italy.
- The number of citizenship applications has surged from 20,000 in 2023 to 30,000 in 2024, particularly from South America.
- Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani stated that the current citizenship system is being abused and criticized companies profiting from the application process.
- Tajani emphasized that obtaining Italian citizenship should not be a casual endeavor and criticized the lighthearted attitude toward the process.
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Italy Was One of the Easiest EU Countries to Get a Second Citizenship—and It Just Got a Lot Harder
You can no longer apply for Italian citizenship through your great-grandparents.Alessandra Amodio/Travel + Leisure The scenic Italian town of Verenna along Lake Como.Italy tightened its requirements for citizenship by descent. People applying for a second citizenship with Italy must now have either an Italian parent or grandparent—no great-grandparents are allowed.Additionally, applicants must now pass a language proficiency test and attend an i…
Why Italy’s citizenship through great-grandparents is a thing of the past
Italy is tightening its citizenship rules. It has issued a new decree that makes it harder for those with Italian ancestry to use bloodline as a pathway to citizenship. The change in rules comes after the government noted that the system was being ‘abused’ by those who coveted the European nation’s passport
They have built a large detention camp abroad. It has cost a fortune. They can no longer use it for its intended use initially, so they desperately try to find other ways to use it. Welcome to the world backwards and the embarrassing - and abusive - approach of the Italian government to immigration.
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