{"id":5709,"date":"2026-03-06T10:50:51","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T18:50:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/consvancouver.esteri.it\/?p=5709"},"modified":"2026-03-06T10:51:44","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T18:51:44","slug":"deadline-extended-for-declarations-to-acquire-citizenship-by-benefit-of-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/consvancouver.esteri.it\/en\/news\/dal_consolato\/2026\/03\/deadline-extended-for-declarations-to-acquire-citizenship-by-benefit-of-law\/","title":{"rendered":"Deadline Extended for Declarations to Acquire Citizenship by Benefit of Law"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Law No. 26 of February 28, 2026 converted Decree-Law No. 200 of December 31, 2025 into law and, among other provisions, extended the deadline established by Article 1, paragraph 1-ter, of Decree-Law No. 36 of March 28, 2025.<\/p>\n<p>The deadline to submit the declaration has been <strong>extended to May 31, 2029<\/strong> (from May 31, 2026).<\/p>\n<p>Individuals who had not yet turned 18 as of May 24, 2025, and who are children of citizens by birth meeting the conditions set out in letters a), a-bis), and b) of Article 3-bis of Law No. 91\/1992, may acquire citizenship by benefit of law by<strong> signing the required declaration no later than May 31, 2029.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Please consult <a href=\"https:\/\/consvancouver.esteri.it\/en\/servizi-consolari-e-visti\/servizi-per-il-cittadino-straniero\/cittadinanza\/acquisition-of-italian-citizenship-by-benefit-of-law-minor-children-born-abroad\/\">the relevant section of this website<\/a> for full details on the legislation, procedures, and eligibility requirements.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Law No. 26 of February 28, 2026 converted Decree-Law No. 200 of December 31, 2025 into law and, among other provisions, extended the deadline established by Article 1, paragraph 1-ter, of Decree-Law No. 36 of March 28, 2025. The deadline to submit the declaration has been extended to May 31, 2029 (from May 31, 2026). [&hellip;]","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5709","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/consvancouver.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5709","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/consvancouver.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/consvancouver.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/consvancouver.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/consvancouver.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5709"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/consvancouver.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5709\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5710,"href":"https:\/\/consvancouver.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5709\/revisions\/5710"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/consvancouver.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5709"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/consvancouver.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5709"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}