Select the section of interest.
- Citizenship by descent (jus sanguinis) – OLD REGULATION
- Citizenship by descent (jus sanguinis) – NEW REGULATION
- Acquisition of citizenship by “benefit of law”
- Acquisition of citizenship by minor children cohabiting with a parent who was not a citizen at birth
- Citizenship by marriage or civil union
- Reacquisition of citizenship
- Certificate of citizenship
- Renunciation of citizenship
- Certificate of non-renunciation
- Election of citizenship
The Consulate General of Italy in Johannesburg is responsible for processing citizenship applications submitted by persons residing in the Provinces of the Free State, Gauteng (excluding the metropolitan area of the city of Tshwane), KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga and North West. At the time of submitting the application, proof of residence in one of these Provinces is required.
For information and to make an appointment, please send an email to consolare.johannesburg@esteri.it.
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The legal reference is Law No. 91 of 1992, as amended by recent reforms (v. LEGGE 5 febbraio 1992, n. 91 – Normattiva.).
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In light of the new law, it is specified that:
- Only applications submitted before 27 March 2025 at 11:59 PM (Italian time), complete with the required documentation, follow the previous regulations.
For “submitted” applications, this means:
- Delivered in person at the Consular Office counter before the above-mentioned date and time;
- Sent by post with tracking showing a date and time prior to the above-mentioned deadline;
- Sent by post without tracking of date and time, but received by the Consular Office before the above-mentioned deadline;
- Received on Fast-It before the above-mentioned deadline.
- Only applications, complete with the required documentation, submitted to the Consular Office on the date indicated in an appointment scheduled and communicated to the applicant by the competent office by 11:59 PM (Rome time) on 27 March 2025, follow the previous regulations.
For “appointment communicated to the applicant by the competent office,” this means the confirmation received by the applicant via email from the Prenot@mi portal or from the institutional email address of the section of the Consular Office responsible for the application.
- In all other circumstances, the new regulations apply to applications.
The applicable consular fees are available at this page.