The Circular No. 43347 dated October 3, 2024, issued by the
Ministry of the Interior, in adopting the new guidelines of the
Court of Cassation, introduced significant changes regarding the
recognition of Italian citizenship iure sanguinis,
and provided instructions to the Prefectures on the new
interpretative guidelines to be followed for its attribution.
Circular 43347: what has changed for Italian citizenship iure
sanguinis?
In adopting the guidelines of the Supreme Court of Cassation,
Circular 43347 on Italian citizenship establishes that an Italian
citizen who loses Italian citizenship due to the voluntary
acquisition of foreign nationality simultaneously causes
the loss of citizenship status for their minor child living with
them, even if the child was born in a country (such as the United
States) where ius soli applies (i.e., the case where, at
birth, the individual holds dual nationality: Italian under the
principle of iure sanguinis and foreign based on
