On July 23, 2026, Italy's Constitutional Court did something few people expected. Less than three months after upholding the 2025 reform that...
Italian Citizenship
Italian Citizenship: The Ministry Confirms the Minor Issue Ruling — and Opens a Path for Past Rejections
On August 10, 2026, Italy's Ministero dell'Interno issued Circolare prot. n. 65050/2026, formally instructing comuni, and consular authorities to...
Italian Citizenship Minor Issue: 9 Scenarios to Understand Your Case
The July 2026 Sezioni Unite rulings resolved one specific legal question — but not every family history fits it. Below are nine common scenarios,...
Italian Citizenship: The Minor Issue is Over. A Second Cassazione Ruling Locks In the Precedent
On July 26, 2026, Italy's Corte Suprema di Cassazione, sitting as the Sezioni Unite Civili, published Sentenza n. 24184/2026 — a second decision...
Italian Citizenship and the Minor Issue: The Cassazione Confirms Your Claim May Survive a Parent’s Naturalization
On July 26, 2026, decision n n. 24045/2026, Italy's Corte Suprema di Cassazione, sitting as the Sezioni Unite, published its decision on the...
Italian citizenship by descent: why some jure sanguinis cases were filed “empty” before the €600 fee increase — and why it backfired
Starting in January 2025, the contributo unificato (court fee( for jure sanguinis proceedings rose to €600 per applicant — a substantial jump for...
Italian Citizenship By Descent- Palermo Court, A Consular Waiting List Is Not the Same as No Action
On June 23, 2026, the Tribunal of Palermo issued a ruling that introduces a new and significant argument into the post-reform citizenship debate:...
Florence Court on Italian Citizenship: Consular Dysfunction Cannot Be Charged to the Applicant
A recent ruling from the Tribunal of Florence — Specialized Section on Immigration — has taken a different path from the Bologna courts on the...
Italy’s Constitutional Court Takes on Citizenship Reform — Again
Update, September 2026: On July 23, 2026, the Constitutional Court decided these cases with Ordinanza 147/2026, referring the question to the EU...
Bologna Closes the Door on Consular Attempts: Italian Citizenship After Law 74/2025
The Tribunal of Bologna has addressed the consular attempts argument in more than one ruling, reaching the same conclusion each time. What makes the...
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