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Law 91 of 1992 is the principal Italian citizenship law, which governs modern jure sanguinis cases and reformed Italy's approach to dual citizenship. Before 1992, Italians who naturalized abroad automatically lost Italian citizenship; after 1992, they retain it.
Law 91/1992 confirms the principle of jure sanguinis (citizenship by blood) with no generational limit, provided the line was never broken by naturalization before the next child's birth. It also confirms Italy's acceptance of dual citizenship.
For births before 1992, the 1912 Law 555 still applies. Both laws are read together in modern Italian CBD cases.
Related terms
Jure sanguinis (Italian for 'right of blood') is the Italian citizenship-by-descent regime, which has no generational limit and is the most accessible CBD regime in Europe.
Dual citizenship (also called multiple citizenship) is the status of being a citizen of two or more countries simultaneously, with the rights and obligations of each.
A 1948 case is a judicial petition for Italian citizenship filed in the civil court of Rome, available to descendants of Italian women who gave birth before January 1, 1948.
The anagrafe is the Italian civil registry office that maintains records of residents, births, marriages, and deaths in each Italian commune (municipality).
An atto di nascita is an Italian birth certificate, retrieved from the anagrafe (civil registry) of the commune where the person was born.
Stato civile (civil status) refers to the Italian system of civil registration of births, marriages, and deaths, maintained by the anagrafe in each commune.