Pursuant to art. 43, paragraph 1, 46 and 47 of Presidential Decree no. 445/2000 and with the limits referred to in art. 3 of the aforementioned Presidential Decree, Italian Public Administrations are required to acquire ex officio the information, data and documents that are already in the possession of the Public Administration, subject to indication, by the interested party, of the elements indispensable for the retrieval of the information or data requested.
Therefore, in the case of applications, acquisition or renunciation of citizenship presented by Italian, EU or non-EU citizens legally residing in Italy, they will not have to produce certificates containing information or data already in the possession of the Italian Public Administration but will simply have to report in the application all the elements essential for the retrieval of such information or data.
As of 8 August 2009, applications or declarations concerning the election, acquisition, reacquisition, renunciation or granting of Italian citizenship are subject to the payment of a fee of EUR 250. As of 1 January 2025, all applications for the recognition of Italian citizenship submitted by persons of legal age are subject to the payment of a processing fee of EUR 600.