The House of Representatives of Italy vote on Tuesday (20) the bill that can change the rules of obtaining Italian citizenship.
The plenary should meet at 11 am, at local time, (6am in Brasilia), for the general discussion and vote on the text of the Decree of March 28, 2025 which was approved by the Senate on Thursday (15).
The Italian government has until May 27 to complete the legislative process. Otherwise, the text loses validity.
The company IO.Gringo, which specializes in Italian citizenship recognition processes, pointed out that an amendment to the text approved in the Senate points out that only the citizenship can be recognized for those who have first ascendant (father or mother) or second degree (grandmother or grandfather) who has (or had at the time of death) exclusively Italian citizenship.
Understand the project that restricts Italian citizenship
This measure arose in a decree signed by Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on March 28 this year. The text is valid until May 27th and needs to be approved as law by Parliament not to expire.
The government’s goal was to prevent foreigners from seeking a distant family history to claim the right to citizenship.
Until then, anyone who proved to have an Italian ancestor who lived after March 17, 1861 (official date of the unification of Italy) could request citizenship. It is the so -called principle of “ius bloodinis” (“right of blood”).
The decree-law began to restrict the law only to grandchildren of a citizen born in Italian territory-that is, it was necessary to have at least one of the country or grandparents born in Italy.
Matheus Reis, an expert in Italian citizenship, clarified the CNN That those who have already started the process of citizenship recognition will not be affected by the new legislation to pass through the House and be sanctioned.
Rafael Gianesini, CEO of Citizenship4U, a company specializing in European citizenship in Latin America, estimated CNN that the new rules will impact about 95% of Brazilians who currently have the right.
Understand better who should be affected by the new rules in this matter.
This content was originally published in Italian citizenship: Chamber votes on new rules this Tuesday (20) on the website CNN Brazil.
Source: CNN Brasil
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