We the Italians want to listen to our community, anyone with Italian roots living in the United States. To begin, we focus on a particularly important topic: what do you think about the recent law limiting the ability to obtain Italian citizenship? We will let the Italian institutions have the result of this survey. Please answer here: https://forms.gle/mbTtnviUUuopGNAw8

Among all those who participate, we will randomly select 10 friends who will receive a copy of the We the Italians Yearbook 2024.

On March 28, 2025, an emergency decree (decreto-legge) was approved by the Italian Government, which outlines new eligibility rules concerning the recognition of Italian citizenship by descent. The decree has been confirmed by the Italian Parliament, and now it is officially a new law. 

Prior to March 28, to qualify for Italian citizenship by descent it was sufficient to prove an unbroken chain of Italian ancestry going back to an ancestor who was born in Italy, with no generational limits, as long as the ancestor who was born in Italy was alive in 1861 (when Italy became a nation) and as long as citizenship was transferred between one generation and the other.

Only individuals with at least one parent, or grandparent, who was born in Italy, or individuals whose parent resided in Italy for at least two years prior to their birth, can claim Italian citizenship by descent.

All applications filed in an Italian consulate, municipality, or court, prior to March 28, 2025 are subject to the previous rules.