Editing Naturalization (section)

===Italy===
{{Main|Italian nationality law}}
The [[Italian Government]] grants Italian citizenship for the following reasons.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.integrazionemigranti.gov.it/normativa/procedureitalia/Pagine/Cittadinanza.aspx|title=La cittadinanzaitaliana|publisher=integrazionemigranti.gov.it|language=it|access-date=12 July 2018}}</ref>

*Automatically
**[[Jus sanguinis]]: for birth;
**If an Italian citizen recognizes, at a time after birth, a minor child;
**For [[adoption]];
**To obtain or re-obtain from a parent.
*Following declaration
**By descent;
**[[Jus soli]]: by birth or descent in Italy;
*By marriage or naturalization
**By marriage: the foreign or stateless spouse of an Italian citizen may acquire Italian [[citizenship]] after two years of legal residence in Italy or, if residing abroad, after three years from the date of [[marriage]];
**By naturalization: the foreigner can apply for Italian citizenship after ten years of legal residence in [[Italy]], reduced to five years for those who have been recognized as stateless or refugee and four years for citizens of countries of the [[European Community]].
* Sufficient command of the [[Italian language]].