Pessoas casadas com cidadãos italianos podem solicitar a cidadania italiana por matrimônio. Se você vive no Reino Unido e gostaria de saber mais sobre o processo, vamos explicar tudo o que você precisa saber. Confira!
Requisitos
De acordo com o art. 5 da Lei 91/1992, o cônjuge de um cidadão italiano residente fora da Itália, portanto também no Reino Unido, pode solicitar a cidadania italiana após 3 anos da data do casamento ou após 18 meses caso o casal tenha filhos. Desde 11 de fevereiro de 2017, casais do mesmo sexo também podem solicitar a cidadania italiana.
A certidão de casamento precisa estar obrigatoriamente registrada junto às autoridades italianas na Itália antes do início da solicitação. Desde que não haja separação ou divórcio, a cidadania será concedida se o casamento permanecer válido até a assinatura do decreto de concessão da cidadania italiana.
Para poder solicitar a cidadania, é essencial que o requerente nunca tenha:
- Condenações por crimes cuja pena máxima seja superior a 3 anos de prisão;
- Condenações emitidas por autoridades judiciais estrangeiras superiores a um ano por crimes não políticos;
- Condenações por qualquer um dos crimes listados no Livro 2, Título I, itens I, II e III do código penal italiano (crimes contra o Estado);
- Registros relacionados à segurança da República Italiana.
Os requerentes que tenham residência principal no Reino Unido devem possuir uma autorização de residência válida emitida pelo Home Office do Reino Unido, e seus cônjuges italianos devem estar registrados como residentes neste distrito consular (AIRE), além de declarar claramente na solicitação que o cônjuge estrangeiro vive no Reino Unido, especificando o endereço de ambos.
Procedimento
O pedido de cidadania italiana é direcionado ao Ministério do Interior da Itália e deve ser apresentado à missão diplomático-consular responsável caso o requerente resida no exterior. No Reino Unido, a competência do consulado depende da região onde o casal reside.
O requerente deverá fornecer todas as informações solicitadas e toda a documentação necessária para a aplicação. Após o envio e verificação dos documentos, caso esteja tudo correto, o solicitante receberá um número de referência e deverá comparecer a uma entrevista no consulado para verificação de identidade e entrega da documentação original.
Os documentos serão conferidos durante o atendimento e não serão devolvidos, exceto os passaportes e a autorização de residência.
Após a entrega dos documentos originais, o processo de cidadania será administrado pelo Ministério do Interior da Itália. O requerente poderá acompanhar o andamento do processo online.
Com a nova regulamentação introduzida pelo art. 14 do Decreto n.º 113/18, o prazo máximo para emissão da cidadania foi ampliado para até 48 meses a partir da data de envio da solicitação.
Documentação
O que o requerente precisa para iniciar a solicitação:
- Certidão de casamento emitida pelo município italiano;
- Certidão de nascimento completa do requerente, legalizada e traduzida para o italiano (sem prazo de validade);
- Certidão negativa de antecedentes criminais do país de origem e de qualquer outro país, além da Itália, onde tenha residido, incluindo o Reino Unido, legalizada e traduzida para o italiano (válida por 6 meses a partir da emissão);
- Permissão de residência no Reino Unido emitida pelo Home Office;
- Passaportes do requerente e do cônjuge italiano.
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My husband is Italian and we have been married for 7 years we also have a son together that was born in Italy. I also have another son from my first marriage. Does he also quality to have Italian citizenship? He is currently in University in South African and is financially dependant on us. We all live in the UK now. I need to apply to my Italian citizenship which I will start doing just to clarify must I contact the South African Police department and apply for a Police Clearance Certificate? Your assistance will be appreciated.
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I am a British Citizen (born in the Uk & lived here all my life).
I am married to an Italian who moved to the uk in 1971 (we have been married 34 years) the marriage has been registered in Italy .
My husband has been given settled status in the UK but still holds his Italian passport.
Can I apply for an Italian passport.
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I’m married to an Italian citizen and we lived in Italy before relocating to the UK. However, before relocating I started my citizenship application process which is paused because we no longer have residence in Italy. We’ve registered our presence in the UK at the Italian consulate but don’t know how to restart the process.
Please how do I request a transfer of my citizenship application from Italy to the UK? Thank you.
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I am a British passport holder who lives in the U.K. and was married to an Italian for 5 and half years from 2016. I did not register our marriage as I didn’t know about it( ex husband didn’t tell me as well) is it too late to apply for an Italian passport?
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