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Italian citizenship
Who is entitled:
Italian descendants:
All descendants of Italians have the right to citizenship. However, there is a restriction related to the transmission of citizenship through the maternal line.
If there is a woman in your family tree between your Italian ancestor and you, and she was born before 01/01/1948, you will not be able to pass on citizenship to your descendants.
Examples:
Italian great-grandfather => grandmother born in 1923 => son born in 1950 = This son cannot receive citizenship from his grandmother;
Italian grandmother born in 1948 => daughter born in 1964 = This daughter will be able to receive her grandmother's citizenship.
Why this impediment in Italian law?
Before 01/01/1948 Italy was a kingdom. During this time, only men had the right to transmit citizenship to their children;
From 01/01/1948 on, Italy became a Republic and the right to transfer citizenship started to be exercised by women.
In the offspring by the paternal line there is no restriction on the date of birth. That is, if the family tree is, for example, great-grandfather, grandfather, father and son. Everyone will be able to transmit and receive Italian citizenship regardless of the date they were born.
note:
Several descendants of Italians, who fell within the restriction of the maternal line, constituted a lawyer, went to court in Italy, applied for their right to citizenship, were tried and had their right recognized.
By naturailização:
 
If the great-grandfather, the grandfather or grandmother, the Italian father or mother, have become naturalized Brazilians, there may be the possibility of recognition of citizenship, provided that the child of this great-grandfather, grandfather or grandmother, father or mother Italians, was born before naturalization.        
By marriage:
Women married to Italians or descendants of Italians may apply for Italian citizenship if the marriage took place before April 1983.
Men married to an Italian or of Italian descent will not be entitled to Italian citizenship. Only children common to this couple will be entitled to citizenship.       
How to purchase:
Necessary documents:

It will be necessary to prove the consanguineous ties between the foreign descendant and the Italian, through the respective birth records of the descendant and the birth / baptism and marriage of the Italians (s).

If you do not have Italian and Brazilian certificates, the Consultoria Sem Mistérios team can assist you in this location and search for the respective documents in Italy and Brazil.

Before formalizing your citizenship application at the Italian consulate, you will need to be in possession of all documents required by Italy. There may be no inconsistencies between the documents submitted, documents that are not valid, documents not validated by the Foreign Ministry of Brazil, foreign certificates without proper sworn translation, etc ...

How much:
Consulate:

 

The various services associated with the Italian citizenship process, performed exclusively by the Italian consulate, are tabulated and must be paid to the respective consulate, when requesting the service. However, the total expenses per process may vary from applicant to applicant, according to the current and documentary situation of each one.

For example: A process for great-grandchildren of Italians will cost more than a process for grandchildren and children of Italians, because the great-grandchild will need to obtain more documents than grandchildren and children. The more distant the degree of kinship with the Italian antenna, the greater the expense.

If the interested party intends to carry out the process in Italy, the cost will be much higher. In addition to the documentary expenses, there will be expenses with airfare, accommodation, food, travel insurance, Brazilian passport, etc.

Consulting:

The Cidadania Sem Mistérios team provides its clients, at an affordable price, with quality advice on the necessary guidelines, search and rescue of documents abroad and in Brazil, which are required by the consulate, prior document analysis of the documents to be presented to the consulate, preventing them from "falling" into legal requirements and guidelines on European citizenship processes.

How long it takes:
Deadline:

The deadline for completing the process is variable. It will depend on several situations; the Brazilian state in which you reside, your financial willingness to pay consular fees, the existence of all required and valid documents in order, legalized and within the validity periods, deadline for the fulfillment of possible requirements, etc ...

In Brazil:

Due to the large number of requests for Italian citizenship, the process takes longer, as the applicant must wait, for a long time in the application queue, for his call to present the required documents, correctly and completely.

In Italy:

Your gain will be the need not to face the requirements queue that exists in Brazil. In addition, the speed of the process will depend on the documentation required to be in order and your financial availability and time to live in Italy for a while. Cost-benefit issue.

As previously stated, the terms will vary from case to case. To have or not to have the certificates, need or not of rectifications, to carry out the process in Brazil or in Italy.

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