{"id":3148,"date":"2023-11-01T15:24:23","date_gmt":"2023-11-01T20:24:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ambpanama.esteri.it\/servizi-consolari-e-visti\/servizi-per-il-cittadino-italiano\/stato-civile\/registrare-una-nascita\/"},"modified":"2026-01-07T11:28:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T16:28:12","slug":"registrare-una-nascita","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ambpanama.esteri.it\/en\/servizi-consolari-e-visti\/servizi-per-il-cittadino-italiano\/stato-civile\/registrare-una-nascita\/","title":{"rendered":"Register a Birth"},"content":{"rendered":"

Law No. 74 of 23\/05\/2025<\/strong>, which amended and converted Decree-Law No. 36 of 28\/03\/2025,\u00a0introduced significant restrictions on the transmission of Italian citizenship and, consequently, on the procedure for registering the birth certificates of minors born abroad.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The new citizenship law introduced the principle that\u00a0a person born abroad<\/strong>, even before the effective date of Law No. 74 of 23\/05\/2025,\u00a0who holds another nationality or even has the right to acquire it, is considered to have never acquired Italian citizenship<\/strong>,\u00a0unless\u00a0<\/strong>one of the conditions outlined below applies.<\/p>\n

AUTOMATIC ACQUISITION OF ITALIAN CITIZENSHIP BY MINOR CHILDREN BORN ABROAD TO ITALIAN CITIZENS.<\/strong><\/h4>\n
A minor\u00a0born abroad\u00a0to Italian parents is\u00a0automatically\u00a0considered an Italian citizen\u00a0only\u00a0if at least one of the following conditions is met:<\/h5>\n
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  1. At the time of birth, the minor can exclusively acquire Italian citizenship, meaning they cannot hold or acquire any other citizenship, such as through ius sanguinis, ius soli, citizenship by option, etc.
    \n<\/em><\/strong>This case usually does NOT apply to children born in the Panama, as they generally have the right to panamanian citizenship (even if the parents decide not to apply for it).<\/em>
    \n<\/em>The application for registration must include documents proving that, at the time of birth, the minor was not eligible to acquire any foreign citizenship.<\/li>\n
  2. At the time of the minor\u2019s birth, a\u00a0first or second-degree ancestor\u00a0(parents\/grandparents) holds (or held, at the time of their death)\u00a0exclusively\u00a0Italian citizenship.
    \n<\/em><\/strong>The application for registration must include documents that incontrovertibly demonstrate that, at the time of the minor\u2019s birth, one of the parents or grandparents was exclusively an Italian citizen (or was at the time of death, if they passed away before the minor was born).
    \nThe responsibility of providing valid proof of non-naturalization from the relevant authorities of all countries where the ancestor may have resided lies solely with the applicant. Any self-declaration regarding the non-possession of other citizenship will not be accepted.<\/li>\n
  3. The Italian\u00a0parent\u00a0has\u00a0resided in Italy for at least 2 continuous years\u00a0after acquiring Italian citizenship and before the birth of the child.<\/em><\/strong>
    \n***<\/strong>Recommended procedure for\u00a0all citizens born in Italy\u00a0who have lived continuously in Italy for at least 2 years before the birth of their child***<\/strong>
    \n<\/em>The Italian parent, either born Italian (even if holder of another citizenship), or who acquired citizenship through marriage, residence, or legal benefit must demonstrate they have resided in Italy for at least\u00a02 continuous years after acquiring Italian citizenship and before the birth of the child. The residence in Italy of the Italian citizen prior to acquiring Italian citizenship, as well as the residence in Italy of the foreign parent, is not relevant. Any self-declaration regarding residency will not be accepted.
    \nThe responsibility of providing valid proof of residence lies solely with the applicant.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    NEW CASES OF ACQUIRING CITIZENSHIP ABROAD FOR MINOR CHILDREN OF ITALIAN CITIZENS WHO\u00a0DO NOT\u00a0AUTOMATICALLY TRANSMIT ITALIAN CITIZENSHIP.\u00a0<\/strong><\/h4>\n
    A minor born abroad to Italian parents who cannot be automatically considered an Italian citizen due to the above restrictions (i.e., the minor holds another citizenship, or the parents\/grandparents hold another citizenship) can acquire Italian citizenship by legal benefit if the parents or guardian declare their intention to acquire citizenship within three years of the minor\u2019s birth, provided the following conditions are jointly met:<\/h5>\n
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    1. At least one parent is an Italian citizen by birth (ius sanguinis).
      \n<\/em><\/strong>This excludes cases of naturalized Italian citizens (Article 9 of Law No. 91\/1992), citizenship by legal benefit (Article 4 of Law No. 91\/1992), marriage (Article 5 of Law No. 91\/1992 or Article 10 of Law No. 555\/1912), or iuris communicatione (Article 14 of Law No. 91\/1992).
      \n<\/em>The responsibility of providing valid proof of\u00a0ius sanguinis<\/em> citizenship\u00a0lies solely with the applicant.<\/li>\n
    2. Both parents (including the foreign parent) or the guardian submit the \u201cDichiarazione di volont\u00e0\u201d to acquire citizenship within three years of the minor\u2019s birth or the date of a subsequent legal determination of parentage, even in the case of adoption during the minor\u2019s age.<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      IMPORTANT:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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      • A minor acquiring Italian citizenship\u00a0by legal benefit\u00a0is\u00a0not<\/strong>\u00a0a citizen by birth or\u00a0iure sanguinis<\/em>. According to Article 15 of Law No. 91\/1992, the minor acquires citizenship on the day after the legal conditions are met (for declarations submitted at the consulate: the day after the declaration made by\u00a0both\u00a0parents).<\/li>\n
      • Upon reaching the age of majority, an individual who has acquired citizenship\u00a0through a\u00a0dichiarazione di volont\u00e0<\/u>, as outlined above, can renounce it if they possess another nationality.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

        A\u00a0transitional provision<\/strong>\u00a0has also been introduced (Article 1, Section 1-ter of Decree-Law No. 36\/2025) allowing the declaration of intent for acquiring citizenship for a minor child of a citizen, to whom Italian citizenship is not automatically transmitted, if\u00a0all<\/strong>\u00a0the following conditions apply:<\/p>\n

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        • The minor is under the age as of 24 May 2025 (the entry into force of the conversion law for Decree-Law No. 36\/2025)<\/u><\/strong>;<\/li>\n
        • The\u00a0parent,\u00a0Italian citizen by birth, is recognized as such based on an administrative or judicial application submitted by 23:59 (Rome time) on March 27, 2025, or based on an application for recognition of Italian citizenship filed following an appointment communicated by the consular office or municipality by the same date<\/strong>;<\/li>\n
        • The dichiarazione di volont\u00e0 by the parents or guardian is submitted to the consular office\u00a0by May 31, 2026<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

          Please note that in both cases, since this is the\u00a0acquisition of citizenship by \u201clegal benefit\u201d,<\/strong>\u00a0the minor will not acquire citizenship from the day of birth but from the day after the declaration made by the parents at the Consulate<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Law No. 74 of 23\/05\/2025, which amended and converted Decree-Law No. 36 of 28\/03\/2025,\u00a0introduced significant restrictions on the transmission of Italian citizenship and, consequently, on the procedure for registering the birth certificates of minors born abroad. The new citizenship law introduced the principle that\u00a0a person born abroad, even before the effective date of Law No. […]","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":299,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3148","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ambpanama.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3148","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ambpanama.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ambpanama.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ambpanama.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ambpanama.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3148"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/ambpanama.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3148\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8588,"href":"https:\/\/ambpanama.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3148\/revisions\/8588"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ambpanama.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/299"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ambpanama.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3148"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}