Citizenship by descent: Italian lawyers and judges
With the end of the Covid-19 medical crisis and responsibility for citizenship-by-descent proceedings shifting from the Court of Rome to the local courts in Italy in 2022, what is the current approach of judges regarding dual citizenship proceedings?
Judges accept the vast majority of proceedings through briefs. This means that Italian lawyers submit an online document presenting their client’s case, reiterating the claims filed with the appeal a few days before the hearing.
For the remaining proceedings – a small fraction – Italian judges can take two different decisions. Either they decide to discuss the case remotely or they ask the attorney to appear in person in the local courts where their clients’ ancestors were born.
Read more articles on our website:
- Citizenship by Descent, new legislation effective June 2022: what you need to know
- Italian dual Citizenship and Last Name Issues