Italian citizenship by descent
Find out where you actually stand.
The 2025 reform closed the traditional route for most people and left a few doors open. This works out which of them apply to your line, and tells you the specific facts your case turns on, not a yes or a no.
Eligibility Check
For anyone curious whether they qualify, before deciding whether to pursue it.
- The full guided assessment
- Your family line drawn as you answer
- A verdict for every route, not a yes or no
- The specific facts your case turns on
- Seven days to fill in anything you did not know, and one re-assessment
Already sure you qualify? Skip straight to Step 2 →
Citizenship Blueprint
Where you stand, and the customized plan for gathering what your case actually needs.
- Everything in the Eligibility Check
- A few more questions, about places rather than dates
- Every record you need, per person, in the order to gather them
- The actual office to contact, named from your answers
- What to ask for in that office's own words
- Estimated costs and how long each tends to take
- Apostille and translation, and which documents skip both
- Personally reviewed before it's sent to you, usually within 1-2 business days, up to 5
Document Analysis
Your documents read the way a comune or consulate reads them, before you submit them.
- Secure upload of up to 5 documents
- Read with the scrutiny a comune or consulate applies
- What is still missing, and what will cause a problem
- Every issue with the standard way to fix it
- Cover to correct things before you file, not after the wait
- Personally reviewed by Erik, not automated
ItalianToBe is a consulting service, not a law firm, and an assessment produced here is preliminary and not legal advice. Italian citizenship law is changing and parts of it are contested; an assessment accurate today may not be accurate later.