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Court Observatory

How long Italian citizenship lawsuits take and how often they succeed — our own survey based on published rulings.

Updated on September 2, 2026
19 monthsMedian case duration
98%Rulings in favor
2 daysFrom hearing to ruling
1600Rulings analyzed

By court

CourtMedian durationTimed casesSuccess rateHearing to ruling
Ancona7 months25100%1 days
Campobasso8 months36100%9 days
Milano14 months10100%19 days
Firenze14 months4099%14 days
Torino15 months55100%18 days
Bari16 months21100%0 days
Brescia17 months12396%18 days
Bologna19 months4794%10 days
L'Aquila19 months7697%10 days
Roma21 months7998%—
Venezia22 months239100%0 days
Trieste22 months37100%13.5 days
Catanzaro24 months9100%0 days
Genova25 months1689%12 days
Corte de Apelação de Roma42 months975%31 days

Methodology

  • We start from citizenship-by-descent rulings published in public Italian case-law repositories, collected daily by our newsroom.
  • Duplicates and unrelated matters are removed. Repositories only disclose the YEAR a case was filed, not the exact date — duration is therefore an approximation, measured from mid-year to the ruling date.
  • Only courts with at least 8 timed cases enter the ranking — below that the median is not reliable.
  • You do not get to pick the court: jurisdiction follows the Italian comune where the ancestor was born.
  • We also measure the gap between the final hearing and the ruling — the only stretch of the case with an exact date on both ends, since repositories publish only the YEAR a case was filed.
  • Note: the sample reflects published rulings, not every lawsuit filed. Use it as a reference, not as a forecast for your case.
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