On December 23, 2022, MY LAWYER IN ITALY® won an Italian dual citizenship case before the Local Court of Bari. Italian judges ruled in favor of our clients and recognized their Italian citizenship despite some small discrepancies in their documentation.
This result is a real boost for future hearings in local courts in Italy. Since June 22nd 2022, all Italian dual citizenship proceedings must be submitted before local courts, not the Court of Rome.
Dual citizenship hearing: how the judges ruled in Bari
The new legislation about Italian dual citizenship is so recent that it isn’t possible to identify trends in Italian judges’ decisions. However, the victory ruled in favor of MY LAWYER IN ITALY® clients is even greater, given that the submitted documentation had discrepancies – both in the names and surnames of the petitioners’ Italian ancestors.
Discrepancies are a common problem in dual citizenship documents due to the habit of Americanizing Italian names in the U.S. Despite these discrepancies, MY LAWYER IN ITALY® attorneys won the case and helped their clients claim their citizenship.