



Many thanks to the Library of Congress (again!) for providing a reliable legal information for free!According to the New Rules on Citizenship, there are 7 cases in which Italianlaw confers citizenship automatically based solely on birth in the Italianterritory:1) any child born in Italyof a citizen father or mother;2) any child born or found in Italyof unknown parents;3) any child born in Italyof stateless persons;4) any child born in Italywho does not follow the citizenship of the parents under the law of the State to which the parents belong;5) any child for whom paternal or maternal recognition or judicial declaration of filiation occurs while he or she is a minor (art. 2);6) any child for whom paternal or maternal recognition or judicial declaration of filiation occurs while he or she is of legal age, and the child declares to elect Italian citizenship within one year of the recognition or judicial declaration, or within one year of the declaration of effectiveness of an equivalent foreign provision;7) an alien born in Italywho has legally resided in the Italian territory without interruption until reaching majority and declares an intention to acquire Italian citizenship within one year from that date.