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Will have Changes to Italian citizenship law in 2022? Every year it's the same story. Hundreds of questions about this grim topic and apocalyptic answers flood online groups and forums.
In fact, there is nothing concrete on the topic. Some law proposals are in the drawers of the Italian Parliament. But that doesn't mean it will Change the Italian citizenship law in 2022, or if it will change for the worse.
They are all shelved – because their authors have no support, or because the current Law is satisfactory as it is.
Since its implementation in 1992, rumors of changes to Law 91 have made it appear that the right to citizenship is at hand. close call.
The Supreme Court reaffirmed: citizenship is born with the person.
- New legal front opened
- Processes can still be filed.
- Individual assessment before any decision.
It brings together politicians who try to capitalize on the issue and unscrupulous consultants who want to guarantee the advance sale of the citizenship process. Ready, create difficulties in selling facilities has been the rule.
Trying to block the right to citizenship is the role of those who have nothing to do, but want to throw bread into their circus.
Italian politicians and jurists know very well that Italian descent – Brazilian, American, Argentine… – is a very important capital to strengthen the Made in Italy the world.
Deadline for Italian citizenship via court should fall with reform of the civil procedure
The Italian Parliament approved the reform of the civil procedure in November last year. The new law aims to simplify civil proceedings – of first and second degrees – in the form and deadline, to provide faster responses to citizens and encourage the attraction of foreign investments.
The change revolves around the commitments made by the government to Europe. The objective is reduce procedure time by 40% in legal proceedings.
From the family court – with greater safeguards for victims of violence – to the simplification of rites, with the appreciation of alternative forms of justice: these are the main innovations brought about by the reform.
The change already approved by the Italian Senate on September 21 comes into force in 180 days. Time for lawyers to adapt to new regulations.
Reform will favor actions for recognition of citizenship through the courts
From July 2022, actions to recognize Italian citizenship, known as “action against consulate queues“, will be deposited in the courts of the Regions from which the Italians left.
“The bill modifies the criteria for identifying the competent court for the sentence, in order to reduce the current burden of the specialized section established in the Court of Rome“, says the law that reforms the Italian civil procedure.
Still according to the text, first hearing (the one in which the parties “present themselves” and put their respective elements in support of their arguments) must be fixed in a “term reasonable” not exceeding 120 days.
Regarding the judgment of the Appeal, however, deadlines are expected to be accelerated by setting the first hearing within a maximum period of 90 days.
Actions already filed with the Court of Rome – until then responsible for judging this type of action – remain as they are.
Italian citizenship: who is entitled
According to Italian law, all descendants of Italians have the right to citizenship the right of blood (right of blood).
The Constitutional Court's decision changed the landscape. The new citizenship law will now be reviewed by the European Union's courts of justice.
It is transmitted from the Italian ancestor to the children, without interruption and without limit of generations.
All descendant of Italian, even born outside Italy, is considered a Italian citizen since his birth.
