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Since 2018, anyone applying for Italian citizenship — whether by marriage or by residence (naturalisation) — must demonstrate a minimum B1 level of Italian, according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages. However, not everyone is required to take this exam. The exemptions are...
Do you have an Italian great-grandparent or great-great-grandparent and have always thought you could apply for Italian citizenship by descent? Until recently, that was possible. But from 28 March 2025, the rules changed significantly, and thousands of people suddenly found themselves excluded from a process...
Did you study in the UK and are now looking to work, study or move to Italy? At some point you will be asked for a document you may never have heard of before: the Dichiarazione di Valore, or Declaration of Value. In this article...
SEO Meta Description: Need to register a marriage that took place in Brazil at the Italian Consulate? Find out why you need the Certidao de Casamento em Inteiro Teor, what it is, and how to get it apostilled and correctly translated. Are you trying to register...
Do you have a Brazilian document — a birth certificate, a marriage certificate, a criminal record — that you need to make valid in Italy? A simple translation is not enough. To have legal standing in Italy, a Brazilian document must follow a specific bureaucratic...
Are you married to an Italian citizen and have been thinking about applying for Italian citizenship, but keep putting it off? Now is the time to stop waiting. Recent changes to Italian citizenship law are shifting the rules — and in some cases making the...
Are you preparing documentation to register a birth at the Italian Consulate, for a jure sanguinis citizenship application, or for any other consular procedure? In almost all of these cases, one of the required documents is a British birth certificate — but not in just...
Are you an Italian parent living in the UK, but your child was born abroad — in Brazil, Spain, Poland, India, or any other country outside the UK? Then you already know that the birth registration procedure at the Italian Consulate in London is slightly...
If you're preparing documents for the Italian Consulate — whether for a birth registration, marriage transcription, or citizenship application — you've probably been told you need an apostille. But what exactly is it? Why does the Consulate insist on a paper version rather than a...
Have you recently become a parent and need to register your child's birth at the Italian Consulate in London or Manchester? Important update: the rules have changed. Since 24 May 2025, following the entry into force of Law 74/2025 (the conversion of Decree-Law No. 36/2025),...