You can no longer get Italian citizenship through your grandparents

• Italy tightens its need for citizenship by heredity.
• People who apply for second citizenship with Italy must now have Italian parents or grandparents-no grandparents are allowed.
• In addition, the applicant must now pass the language skills test and attend personal interviews.

It only gets a little more difficult for those with Italian descent to formally Italy on paper.

On March 28, the Italian government proposed a decision that made it more difficult for people with Italian descent to claim citizenship and obtain Italian passports. Although the law has 60 days to be confirmed by Parliament, it is immediate. Change is an attempt to ensure that people who ask for citizenship have a true relationship to Italy rather than the desire to get one of the most powerful passports in the world.

Before, Whoever can detect their descendants to a relative who left Italy after it was founded in 1861 (and can document the relationship with the paper) to request Italian citizenship. Now, below blood Aka citizenship by descent, only those with grandparents or Italian parents will be able to claim citizenship.

There are additional requirements now, as well as -Applicants must pass the Italian Language Skills test, and they need to stay in the country for three years to qualify. In addition, the Italian consulate can no longer process applications. Applications will be handled in Italy and will require personal interviews.

Even before the change, the process of claiming Italian citizenship took about two years. Today, some applicants in the middle of obtaining a paper can no longer claim citizenship.

Most people who applied for Italian citizenship abroad in the past decade are from Argentina and Brazil. About 30,000 people from Argentina and 20,000 Brazilians were given Italian citizenship last year alone.

The decision also states that the Italian passport holder with two citizenship can be deprived of their Italian passport if they are not involved in civic duties, such as paying taxes, renewing ID cards, and voting. And for those who are married to the Italians must live in the country for two years to fulfill the requirements and apply for citizenship through their marriage.

In the past, Italy is often listed As one of the easiest places to get citizenship-This sentiment may change with this new decree.