{"id":5661,"date":"2025-07-16T16:28:04","date_gmt":"2025-07-16T08:28:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/conshongkong.esteri.it\/servizi-consolari-e-visti\/servizi-per-il-cittadino-straniero\/cittadinanza\/aspetti-generali\/"},"modified":"2025-07-16T17:12:43","modified_gmt":"2025-07-16T09:12:43","slug":"aspetti-generali","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/conshongkong.esteri.it\/en\/servizi-consolari-e-visti\/servizi-per-il-cittadino-straniero\/cittadinanza\/aspetti-generali\/","title":{"rendered":"GENERAL ASPECTS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Italian citizenship is currently governed by Law No. 91 of 05.12.1992, which, unlike the previous Law No. 555\/1912, emphasizes individual choice in acquiring or renouncing citizenship and recognizes the right to hold multiple citizenships, unless restricted by international agreements. For citizenship events occurring before 05\/12\/1992, the provisions of Law No. 555\/1912 still apply, except for amendments introduced by Constitutional Court rulings and the 1975 Family Law reforms.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Law No. 94 of 15\/07\/2009, effective from 08 August 2009 (\u201cPublic Security Provisions\u201d), introduced new requirements for citizenship applications by marriage or residence, mandating supporting documentation.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The principles of Italian citizenship are:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>Transmission by descent (\u201cius sanguinis\u201d);<\/li>\n<li>Acquisition by birthright (\u201cius soli\u201d) in certain cases;<\/li>\n<li>Possibility of multiple citizenship;<\/li>\n<li>Voluntary declaration for acquisition\/renunciation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Since 16 August 1992 (effective date of Law No. 91\/92), acquiring foreign citizenship does not result in the loss of Italian citizenship unless formally renounced (Art. 11, Law No. 91\/92), unless overridden by international agreements.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Italian citizenship is currently governed by Law No. 91 of 05.12.1992, which, unlike the previous Law No. 555\/1912, emphasizes individual choice in acquiring or renouncing citizenship and recognizes the right to hold multiple citizenships, unless restricted by international agreements. For citizenship events occurring before 05\/12\/1992, the provisions of Law No. 555\/1912 still apply, except for [&hellip;]","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":203,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5661","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/conshongkong.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5661","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/conshongkong.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/conshongkong.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/conshongkong.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/conshongkong.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5661"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/conshongkong.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5661\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5737,"href":"https:\/\/conshongkong.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5661\/revisions\/5737"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/conshongkong.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/203"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/conshongkong.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5661"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}