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Argentina/Italy: Update to ZZZ36202.E of 15 December 2000 on whether an Argentinean citizen with at least one Italian grandparent would be eligible for Italian citizenship, notwithstanding the fact that his or her parents never sought to obtain such citizenship (2000 - January 2001)

In a 25 January 2001 interview, a consular officer at the Embassy of the Italian Republic in Ottawa stated that Italian citizenship is transmitted from parent to child, and as such an Argentinean citizen with at least one Italian grandparent may be eligible for Italian citizenship so long as that the Italian grandparent did not become a naturalized Argentinean citizen prior to the birth of the individual's parent, thereby losing his or her Italian citizenship. Provided that this is not the case, the consular officer indicated that entitlement to Italian citizenship would flow automatically from grandparent to parent to child, regardless of whether or not the parent had sought to obtain such citizenship him- or herself (ibid.).

This Response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the Research Directorate within time constraints. This Response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum.

Reference

Embassy of the Italian Republic, Ottawa. 25 January 2001. Telephone interview with consular officer.