Italy Curbs Citizenship Rules to End Tenuous Descendant Claims

Italy toughens citizenship laws - how will this impact Jews?

The new law requires the individual to speak proficient Italian, have an Italian parent or grandparent and have spent three years in the country legally.

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

Why is Italy making it harder to get citizenship?

A new law will block people from claiming Italian citizenship through their great-grandparents.

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.

By Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN Having an Italian great-grandparent or even a great-great-grandparent used to be enough to obtain Italian citizenship. However, an unexpected decree has changed all that and made it significantly harder for those with Italian ancestry to use blood as a pathway to nationality. On March 28, Italy's government tightened the rules for applying for citizenship by ius sanguinis (bloodline), effective immediately. The law wi…

Italy slams door on people hoping to claim citizenship through great-grandparents

A great-grandparent from Italy used to be all it took to guarantee Italian citizenship. A surprise decree has now changed all that, making it much harder for those with Italian ancestry to use blood line as a pathway to become Italian.