Originally Posted by modicasa

Thanks Phil for the article. Nick - your residency will 'expire' when your passport expires Iwould think, or after 10 years, but it only means you need to go an get another ID card. Im doing my citizenship because I have been here long enough to lose the vote in the UK and not have it here, and it really bugs me. I would advise anyone to do their citizenship if they can - it costs 200 euros and isnt difficult - all online, its just the legalised copies of the penal certificate and birth certificate which are slightly irksome to sort out.

Originally Posted by ononno

Will you have to surrender your British passport?

Originally Posted by modicasa

OK
You needto go to https://nullaostalavoro.dlci.interno.it/Ministero and register on the site for cittadinanza. Once you are registered you can see the online form, and save it as it will take time to complete it. You will need to get legalised and translated copies of your birth certificate and penal form (google ACRO UK). The Acro is only valid for 6 months so once you have it you need to get started on the rest. Also I assume marriage certificates and so on.
Upload your form, your receipt of payment of the 200 euros, the id of the marca di bollo, 3 years of payslips or accounts or whatever your status requires and keep everything safe. You will also need certficato di famiglia, residenza storica, and all the usual bumph.
Once its uploaded and done, after about 3 months you will get an email saying you need to go your local prefettura - and you take all the originals of the uploaded docs, and they then certify that its correct. Then you wait 18 months while some bloke rings every country in the world so see if you have ever committed a crime while on holiday.
During the 18months learn the words of the national anthem.