- NEW REGULATIONS
Decree Law No. 36, issued on 28 March 2025, has introduced a new approach to the recognition of Italian citizenship by descent (ius sanguinis).
Specifically, anyone born abroad, even before 28 March 2025, who holds another citizenship is considered to have never acquired Italian citizenship, unless one of the following essential conditions is met:
- A citizen parent or adopter was born in Italy;
- A citizen parent or adopter, born abroad, has been a resident in Italy for at least two consecutive years before the date of birth or adoption of the child;
- A grandparent was born in Italy.
The transmission of citizenship through the maternal line is only possible if her descendants were born after the 1st of January 1948.
Submitting the Application
The citizenship application must be submitted directly to this Embassy after booking an online appointment through the Prenot@mi portal, selecting the service: “cittadinanza iure sanguinis” (citizenship by descent). To download the application form, click HERE.
Required Documentation
- extract of the birth certificate of the ancestor (father or grandfather) born in Italy, issued by the Italian municipality of birth; or, if the parent was born abroad, a foreign birth certificate, duly legalized and translated, accompanied by a historical residence certificate issued by the Italian municipality;
- Foreign birth certificates, legalized and accompanied by a declaration of conformity of the translation into Italian, of the descendants of the ancestor, including that of the person requesting the recognition of Italian citizenship;
- Marriage certificate of the ancestor and his/her descendants*;
- Death certificate of the ancestor and his/her descendants (if applicable)*;
- Naturalization certificate of the ancestor*;
- Singapore residence permit of the applicant (Employment Pass, Long Term Visit Pass, etc.);
- Application form for the recognition of Italian citizenship by descent.
(*) All documents issued by foreign Authorities must be provided with legalization or an Apostille of The Hague convention, except in cases where this is explicitly not required by conventions ratified by Italy (see EU Regulation 2016/1191, Vienna Convention 1976), and accompanied by a translation into Italian duly certified by the Italian Consular Authority of the country where the document was issued or by a sworn translator in Italy.
Applications for “jure sanguinis” citizenship (under Article 10 of Law 555/1912) are subject to a Consular fee amounting to EURO 600 in SGD at the current exchange rate.
Please note: the payment is NOT refundable regardless of the application’s outcome.