GENERAL INFORMATIONS
Italian citizenship is currently regulated by law n. 91 of February 5, 1992 (and by the regulation for its implementation: in particular by Presidential Decree No. 572 of October 12, 1993 and Presidential Decree No. 362 of April 18, 1994). The law recognizes the legal value of people’s will to acquire or lose Italian citizenship and affirms the right to possess more than one citizenship at the same time.
All the information and procedures necessary to apply for Italian citizenship are available on this website.
In particular, for the most frequent cases, all the necessary information can be found below:
RECOGNITION OF CITIZENSHIP BY DESCENDANCE – JURE SANGUINIS.
ITALIAN CITIZENSHIP BY MARRIAGE.
We remind you that all Civil Status documents issued by Authorities of other Countries must be legalized or apostilled, with attached legalized or apostilled sworn translation, in the country of issue of the same, before being presented to these offices.
If you have specific questions of particular relevance not dealt with on this website, you can send an e-mail to consolare.mascate@esteri.it, always indicating your personal data and a telephone number. We will not answer questions regarding matters that are fully explained on this website.
Information on the processing of personal data
PRIVACY POLICY ACKNOWLEDGMENT: By submitting the documentation to this Embassy of Italy in Muscat, you confirm that you have read and understood the information contained in the privacy document “Information on the processing of personal data” regarding the processing of personal data that you send to this office Consular according to EU regulation (RGPD).
For general information concerning the legislation on citizenship, consult the page dedicated to the subject on the website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation.