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Italian citizenship: questions from the chats, answered by members

2 questions asked in the chats and what others answered - retold, anonymised. Short curated answers on this theme are in the FAQ: Italian citizenship.

How do you get Italian citizenship, how many years?

The community says: naturalisation after 10 years of continuous residenza (the clock starts at anagrafe registration, not at the permesso), by marriage after 2 years of joint residenza in Italy or 3 abroad, halved with a child in common. A B1 certificate is required and the review takes up to 2 years.

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The answers retell what members wrote in different years; not official information and not legal advice.