Brazilians seek alternatives to keep the dream of Italian citizenship alive
Brazilians began to seek information about the process of recognizing Italian citizenship through the courts, through the Court of Rome. Also called legal action against queues.
This is what the survey of the Google Trends, a tool that analyzes the popularity of searches made on Google, involving two or more different keywords.
During the peak of the pandemic in Italy, between April 26 and May 2, demand fell to its lowest level, reaching level 0.
Unable to travel to Italy to complete the Italian citizenship process, conversely, this past week the term “judicial Italian citizenship” reached the value 100, maximum level.
See the graph below, which shows the evolution over the last 12 months:
According to Google, the numbers represent the search interest relative to the highest point on the graph for a given region, in this case Brazil, in a given period.
A value of 100 represents the peak popularity of a term. A value of 50 means the term was half as popular. A score of 0 means there was not enough data on the term.
Search increased
The interest in "Italian citizenship“, excluding the judicial term, also grew again.
Although it is more comprehensive, the term includes all forms of process – in consulates, administratively and via the courts, both in Italy.
In the most critical week of the pandemic in Italy – between March 22nd and 28th – the Google Trends index reached level 25, the lowest in the last 12 months. This week, the value rose to 67.
Check out the graph below, which shows the evolution over the last 12 months:
No expectations
Italy closed its airports and borders to citizens from different parts of the world, including Brazil, to try to contain the spread of Covid-19.
As a result, those who planned to travel to Italy later this year had to change their plans.
“Many interested in the process carried out in Italy, the one where you need to take up residence for a while, believed that the country would open its borders for flights from Brazil, but there is no forecast in the short term”, he says Reginaldo Maia, customer service director at Blessed Citizenship, a company specializing in Italian citizenship recognition processes through the Court of Rome.
Why the judicial route?
The delay of 10 to 15 years for Italian consulates to analyze applications and the wave of cancellation of citizenships in Italy, motivated by cases of corruption and false residence, has increased the demand for legal proceedings in the Civil Court of Rome.
According to Maia, to guarantee the right to the application, in accordance with Italian law, the applicant can file a lawsuit in the Civil Court of Rome.
The argument used is that Italian consulates in Brazil are not complying with Italian law. For this to be true, one needs to be in line at the consulate.
Therefore, with a public power of attorney, specific to the process, and the documents to file the lawsuit, the lawyer (registered in Italy) will carry out the entire procedure on behalf of the applicant.
The progress of the process can be monitored online by the interested party.
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