If the interested party has decided to establish residence in Italy, the authorities of the Italian municipality are responsible for the recognition of Italian citizenship. Once registered in the resident population registry, the foreign citizen can initiate the procedure for the recognition of citizenship iure sanguinis (the duration of which is established by law, 180 days in total) by submitting the documentation indicated in Circular K.28.1/1991. It is not possible for the interested party to use a legal representative or someone else in his/her place; the interested party must be present in the territory.
The request for the issuance of the Certificate of “Non-waiver/Non-waiver” is made directly by the Italian municipality to the Consulate, exclusively by PEC (certified electronic mail). The Consulate’s response to the Municipality (not to the interested party) is always and only via PEC, in case the request is correctly formulated.
Interested parties may not contact the Consular Office directly regarding practices carried out by Municipalities or other Consular Offices, as the progress of the same is unknown beyond their own responsibility.