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In depth
A questura is the Italian provincial police headquarters, which issues Italian passports and identity cards to citizens residing in Italy. There are 103 questure in Italy, one per province.
For CBD cases, the questura is relevant after citizenship is recognized — the new citizen applies for an Italian passport at the questura (if residing in Italy) or at the consulate (if residing abroad).
The questura also handles residency registration (anagrafe) for residents of Italy, and processes fingerprinting for passport applications.
Related terms
The anagrafe is the Italian civil registry office that maintains records of residents, births, marriages, and deaths in each Italian commune (municipality).
A comune is an Italian municipality — the basic unit of local government. There are 7,900+ comuni in Italy, each with its own anagrafe (civil registry).
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.
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.
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.