Italy tightens rules for citizenship by descent

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• – Italy tightens citizenship by descent rules to limit applications to grandchild of Italian citizens, with some exceptions for minors and those who filed before the deadline.
• – The Constitutional Court has confirmed the law will stand, rejecting challenges and leaving millions of people who believed themselves entitled to Italian citizenship facing a very different reality.
• – The reform introduces a two-generation limit, establishes a citizenship exclusivity condition, and establishes a new residency-based route, with a 600-euro application fee now applicable to both administrative and judicial applications.