Italian citizenship may be regained:
- Automatically, 1 year after establishing legal residence in Italy, unless the applicant renounces his/her Italian citizenship during the same period;
- By Application in the following cases:
- if the applicant is serving in the Italian Armed Forces;
- if the applicant is hired as a civil servant by the Italian Government, in Italy or overseas;
- if the applicants is resident abroad and provides the Italian Embassy/Consulate with a statement of intention to regain Italian citizenship and establish the residence in Italy within one year from the such declaration;
- if the applicant is an Italian woman who lost her Italian citizenship by contracting marriage with a foreigner before 1st January 1948.