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WHO CAN APPLY FOR RECOGNITION OF CITIZENSHIP BY DESCENT AT THE CONSULATE GENERAL IN TORONTO
a) Descendants of Italian citizens, who were born in Canada and reside in this consular jurisdiction (to check the jurisdiction, click here);
b) Descendants of Italian citizens, who were born in a Country other than Canada, if they have a regular Canadian Permanent Residence Card in this consular jurisdiction (to check the jurisdiction, click here).
GENERAL REQUIREMENTS IF YOU FALL INTO ONE OF THE CASES SET FORTH IN ART. 3-BIS OF LAW NO. 91/1992
- Those who were born BEFORE 1 January 1948 may be recognised as Italian citizens EXCLUSIVELY BY PATERNAL LINE, if their father, who was an Italian citizen at the time of their birth, retained his Italian citizenship during the minor age of the applicant.
- Those who were born AFTER 1 January 1948 may be recognised as Italian citizens BY MATERNAL OR PATERNAL LINE, if their mother or father, who were Italian citizens at the time of their birth, maintained their Italian citizenship during the minor age of the applicant.
- The applicant, in any case, must prove that Italian citizenship has been retained WITHOUT INTERRUPTION from an ancestor who was an Italian citizen. If the ancestor, or one of the descendants, has LOST Italian citizenship (or has renounced it) before the birth of the next generation, or in any case during the age of minority of the next descendant, for example because (the ancestor) became naturalised Canadian, the transmission of citizenship is INTERRUPTED.