FONDO ASILO, MIGRAZIONE E INTEGRAZIONE 2014-2020
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FONDO ASILO, MIGRAZIONE E INTEGRAZIONE 2014-2020
Obiettivo Specifico 2 Integrazione/Migrazione legale – Obiettivo Nazionale 3 Capacity Building
PROG – 3844 POSTER – POTENZIAMENTO SERVIZI TERRITORIALI PER IL DIALOGO INTERCULTURALE
CITIZENSHIP
BY RESIDENCY
ARTICLE 9
necessary documents information required procedure
last revision: November 2023
CITIZENSHIP BY RESIDENCY
NECESSARY DOCUMENTS
RESIDENCE PERMIT
PASSPORT
ITALIAN IDENTITY CARD
TAX STAMP
OF 16 EUROS
BIRTH CERTIFICATE FROM YOUR COUNTRY OF ORIGIN, XXXX TRANSLATED IN OFFICIAL FORM AND LEGALISED
(for the rules on legalisation see table legalisation/apostille)
CRIMINAL RECORD CERTIFICATE ISSUED BY THE AUTHORITIES OF YOUR COUNTRY OF ORIGIN
(and any other countries where you have resided for at least six months), xxxx translated in official form and legalised (for the rules on legalisation see table legalisation/apostille).
Those who entered Italy before the age of 14 and have not resided in a foreign country for more than six months after the date of first entry are exempt.
ITALIAN LANGUAGE:
Documentation attesting to knowledge of the Italian language at least equal to a B1 level of the common European framework: a qualification issued by the CPIA or by a public or private educational institution in Italy or abroad starting from middle school, recognised by the MIUR or MAECI, or a certificate issued by an authorised certifying body.
Those who hold an EU or XX xxxx-term residence permit or have signed an integration agreement are exempt from demonstrating knowledge of the Italian language.
RECEIPT FOR PAYMENT OF THE MANDATORY FEE OF €250
to be paid to account no. 809020 made out to: MINISTERO INTERNO D.L.C.I. - CITTADINANZA with reason: “Cittadinanza - contributo di cui all’art.1, comma 12, xxxxx 15 luglio 2009, n. 94” (“Citizenship - contribution referred to in Article 1, paragraph 12, Law no. 94 of 15 July 2009").
INCOME
Income for each of the last three years (as shown on the Certificazione Unica, 730, Modello Unico), to which the Certificazione Unica (CU) must be attached. If you do not earn any income, you may report the income of your cohabiting family members (only those envisaged under Article 433 of the Italian Civil Code). In addition to their CUs, it will be necessary to enclose a declaration of maintenance along with their identity documents.
INFORMATION REQUIRED
TO COMPLETE THE APPLICATION
DATE OF FIRST ENTRY INTO ITALY
INFORMATION FROM THE BIRTH CERTIFICATE AND CRIMINAL RECORD CERTIFICATE
RESIDENCE PERMIT INFORMATION, ITALIAN IDENTITY DOCUMENT AND FOREIGN IDENTITY DOCUMENT
JUDICIAL STANDING OF THE APPLICANT
(self-declaration)
PAST RESIDENCES IN ITALY
(list of municipalities and dates of residence)
INCOME FOR EACH OF THE LAST THREE YEARS
HOUSEHOLD COMPOSITION
(for each person specify: first name, surname, date and place of birth, tax code)
CONSENT TO THE PROCESSING OF PERSONAL DATA
CITIZENSHIP BY RESIDENCY
PROCEDURE
1 HOW TO APPLY
The application is personal and can only be submitted digitally through the portal of the Ministry of the Interior xxxxx://xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxxx.xxxxxxx.xx/XxxXxxxxxxxxxxx/xxx/xxxx.xxx LOGGING IN WITH ONE’S SPID
The email used for communications relating to the application is the address associated with the SPID.
Users should therefore periodically check the messages sent to that email address.
Click on the “Cittadinanza” (Citizenship) section and then
“La mia domanda di cittadinanza” (My citizenship application). Choose the Art. 9 form for applications for citizenship by residency.
Complete all sections of the form.
A column on the left side of the page shows the various sections with dots that turn blue when they are correctly filled in, otherwise they remain white.
It’s important to save after completing each section to avoid losing the information entered.
Once the application has been submitted online, an email will be sent by the ministry inviting the applicant to go to the “cittadinanza” (citizenship) section to “visualizza stato pratica/comunicazione” (view application/ communication status) to check that the application has been accepted.
To monitor the application’s progress click on the ALI portal
xxxxx://xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxxx.xxxxxxx.xx/XxxXxxxxxxxx/xxx/xxxx.xxx.
LOGGING IN WITH ONE’S SPID
Remember that for applications submitted after 31 October 2019 it is no longer necessary to go to the office to submit original documents.
2 REJECTION/ACCEPTANCE PHASE
The prefecture accepts or rejects applications within 10 working days.
APPLICATION ACCEPTED
APPLICATION REJECTED
Application rejected:
The person receives an email informing them of the rejection. They can reapply once the reason for the rejection has been resolved.
The documents and the €250 fee receipt included in the first application can be used again.
However, attention must be paid to the criminal certificate as it is only valid for six months from when it is issued.
Application accepted: The applicant receives a communication with the application’s K10 code.
3
PROCESSING OF THE APPLICATION BY THE PREFECTURE
The application is in the preliminary assessment phase: the prefecture checks that the application is complete with all the required documents, that all the requirements of the regulations have been met, and that there are no discrepancies between the various documents with respect to personal details.
At this stage the prefecture asks the police headquarters for an opinion. A report is issued detailing any reasons for a negative opinion.
At the same time, the prefecture contacts the municipalities that the applicant has specified in the application in order to get the certificate of past residence needed to verify the requirement of continued legal residence in Italy for 10 years. Finally, the prefecture also checks the income requirement.
4 MISSING DOCUMENTS
If the application is not accompanied by all the documents required, or if upon examination the documents submitted are deemed to have issues, a notice of rejection is sent (art. 10 bis, Italian Law no. 241/90) with details of reasons why the application cannot proceed.
The document containing the rejection notice is uploaded to the ALI portal.
xxxxx://xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxxx.xxxxxxx.xx/XxxXxxxxxxxx/xxx/xxxx.xxx.
A notification is emailed to the address associated with the applicant’s SPID noting that a document has been uploaded to the portal.
Being associated with the applicant’s SPID digital identity, the communication uploaded to the portal has legal notification value.
The applicant has 30 days to contact the prefecture at the PEC certified email address xxxxxxxxxx.xxxxxx@xxx.xxxxxxx.xx to provide the missing required documents.
5 PREFECTURE OPINION
At the end of the assessment the prefecture expresses an opinion (for/against), which is forwarded to the ministry.
If the requirements are met a favourable opinion will be given.
If on the other hand issues are identified that prevent the prefecture from giving a favourable opinion, two different scenarios are possible:
A If there are issues that render the application inadmissible, the prefecture will upload a rejection notice to the ALI portal so that the applicant can resolve such issues within 30 days.
If the applicant does not reply, or if the documents they submit in response do not resolve the matter, the prefecture will declare the application inadmissible.
B If on the other hand the prefecture considers the application admissible and the police headquarters issues a negative opinion, the prefecture will also issue a negative opinion, which will then be assessed by the Ministry, which will decide whether to reject the application.
INADMISSIBILITY OR REJECTION
AUTHORISATION DECREE
The Ministry is responsible for issuing authorisation and rejection decrees. In the event of a rejection decree, the application may
be resubmitted one year after notification of such decision.
The responsibility for declarations of inadmissibility instead lies with the prefecture of the province where the applicant resides. In the event of inadmissibility, the application may be resubmitted immediately after notification of such decision.
In both cases, the user will be notified via the ALI portal
xxxxx://xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxxx.xxxxxxx.xx/ AliSportello/ali/home.htm
and notification will be concluded by
the municipality of residence.
Both rejection and inadmissibility can be appealed within 60 days from the date of notification.
All decrees are uploaded to the ALI portal and the user receives notification of such uploads directly from the portal.
Within 45 days of uploading the authorisation documents to XXX, the prefecture sends the decree to the applicant's municipality of residence for notification and subsequent oath.
The municipality notifies the applicant and schedules the oath, which is held within six months from the date of notification.
The time between the sending of the authorisation decree to the municipalities and the notification of the decree to the applicant varies depending on the municipality of residence.
The municipality of residence proceeds with the notification and oath as soon as possible and informs the applicant of the steps that need to be taken after taking the oath.
Unless there are extraordinary needs (assessed by the individual municipalities), the oaths are scheduled according to the decrees’ order of arrival.
NEW CITIZENS: RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS
The applicant becomes an Italian citizen the day after taking the oath, and can then apply for an electronic identity card to be issued by their municipality of residence and a passport at the Xxxxxx Xxxxxx police headquarters (questura).
Minor children who live with the parent who acquired Italian nationality automatically acquire Italian citizenship as well on the date of the oath, provided that the relationship is documented.
In the case of minors born abroad for whom the family relationship
has not previously been documented with the municipality, a birth certificate with formally valid paternity and maternity or the consular certificate legalised by the prefecture (if required) must be presented.
Here again, the minors must be living with the parent who acquired citizenship at the time the oath is taken.
With Italian citizenship one acquires the right/obligation to request the transcription of one's civil status records from abroad (birth and marriage) in Italy, and then to be able to request such certificates in Italy without having to go abroad.
In this regard, it is necessary for the civil registrar of the municipality of residence to ascertain the formal validity of the documents produced abroad.
ARTICLE 5: art. 9 of Italian Law no. 91 of 5/02/1992