The change could impact tens of millions of people hoping for Italian citizenship. Photo: NATALIA KOLESNIKOVA/AFP. Rules for claiming Italian citizenship by descent have undergone drastic changes ...

File photo of Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani speaking to reporters on March 14th, 2025. Photo by Sebastien St-Jean / AFP Italy’s government has introduced drastically stricter rules for ...

The government says it tightened citizenship rules ... emigrants who only coveted an Italian passport. By Patricia Mazzei Reporting from Rome People of Italian descent have for decades been ...

The sudden change affects thousands of people all over the world hoping for or preparing to obtain an Italian passport ... clients who are pursuing citizenship by descent not to give up ...

You can no longer apply for Italian citizenship through your great-grandparents. Italy tightened its requirements for citizenship by descent ... and get an Italian passport.

Italy’s government has tightened the country’s citizenship ... history to try to claim a passport only to ease travel around the world. Fewer people of Italian descent will now be able to ...

A DECREE brought in overnight is making it harder for Brits to get a passport ... an Italian ancestor who was born in Italy after March 17, 1861 would be granted Italian citizenship by descent.