Court of Cassation, Judgment No. 12380 of May 17, 2017

“The verification of the requirements for the recognition of Italian citizenship, requested by children of foreign parents upon reaching the age of majority, entails that the applicant’s uninterrupted residence in Italy since birth must be ascertained, applying the criterion of actual residence, which may be demonstrated by any suitable documentation, this criterion being deemed to prevail over registered residence.”

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