Italian citizenship following a civil
union is one of the rights guaranteed by the Italian
State, equating it with marriage and rendering the procedures for
obtaining citizenship identical.
Once one has ascertained how to become an Italian
citizen and, in particular, how to
obtain Italian citizenship by
marriage (law 05/02/1992 n.91 and subsequent
amendments), it is good to know that the same
procedure is also valid for those who got married abroad to an
Italian or for those who have joined civilly in Italy with a
partner of the same sex. Therefore, it is possible to obtain
Italian citizenship following a civil
union.
Currently in Italy it is impossible to
officiate same-sex marriages, but Italian law
recognizes them if they took place abroad, equating them to
a civil union, which is legal. In fact, those
who married in a foreign country that allows same-sex marriage at
least three years before the law on civil union came into force,
have already acquired the
