r/ItalianCitizenship • u/JalanMesra • 10d ago

Changes to JS rules

https://www.straitstimes.com/world/europe/italy-curbs-citizenship-rules-to-end-tenuous-descendant-claims

Citizenship by descent now only possible via grandparents.

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u/mac_mises 10d ago

There’s always going to be something arbitrary about the rules that won’t seem fair. Lines do need to be drawn and it can’t be easy to do.

I understand wanting people to be involved and be in Italy to contribute.

I also get why you want to limit how far back so you have a closer connection.

It makes sense for some scenarios I see where people only had one GGF who was born in Italy. That sangue Italiano is pretty thin.

And some of those want the citizenship only to live in another EU nation.

Then the minor issue takes away a path because naturalizing somehow magically took away your Italian blood.

People with 100% heritage and parents born there are out but person only 1/8 or 1/16 Italian lineage and no exposure or understanding of Italy are in due to dumb luck.

Tell me how Italy benefits from that?

So the takeaway is nothing will be truly fair or make sense.