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Why should you need a dual citizenship?

1/9/2015

Having Dual Citizenship (Italian and American) Citizenship provides you with a lot of advantages: - from owning property in Italy to the freedom of long stays within the European Union. But, as Italian Americans, becoming an Italian citizen is much more than that.

Holding an passport in your hand bears the seal of your ancestral country and allows you to access public medical care, study or work in any country within the European Union and lastly it is a tangible way of showing your commitment to honor your origins.

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ITALIAN CITIZENSHP IN GENERAL

1/9/2015

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Citizenship denotes the relationship between an individual and a state in which the individual owes allegiance to the state and in turn is entitled to its protection.

Citizenship may normally be gained by birth within a certain territory, descent from an ascendant who is a citizen (jure sanguinis – by blood), marriage to a citizen, or naturalization.

Since the European Union has been established, citizens of all the member countries automatically became citizens of European Union. European citizenship is supplementary to national citizenship and affords advantageous rights such as the right to free movement, settlement and employment across the EU.

That’s why, Italian citizenship became more desirable for the non-EU citizens, who would otherwise be expected to obtain a residency permit if they want to reside anywhere in Europe. Once Italian citizenship is obtained, no visa or residency permit is needed for any EU country.

Italian citizenship is currently regulated by Law no. 91/1992, which, in contrast with previous laws, reassesses the importance of an individual's intention in the acquisition or loss of citizenship and recognizes the right to hold more than one citizenship simultaneously.

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Why should you need a dual citizenship?

ITALIAN CITIZENSHP IN GENERAL

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