Global mobility · Italy, Europe and the world

We open the doors to the world.

Citizenship, residence and investment in Italy, Europe and beyond. A team of specialists led by Andrea Perrone, working with admitted lawyers, that handles your case in the country where it has to be filed.

40-minute video call with Andrea · in English, Spanish, Italian or Portuguese
500+case files since 2020
4languages · EN ES IT PT
Local counselsigning where your case is filed
Andrea Perrone, founder and CEO of Lex Migra
Andrea PerroneFounder · CEO
Where we workItalySpainGermanyPolandDubaiParaguayArgentinaBrazil
How it works

What happens from your first message to the final decision.

Six steps, one team. You always know which stage your case is at.

  1. 01

    You get in touchDay 1

    You take the free test and book your online consultation: you pick a day and time and pay by card right away.

  2. 02

    Online consultation with Andrea40 min

    A video call from wherever you are, with an email reminder the day before. We establish the facts and the route that applies.

  3. 03

    Quote and contract onlineWithin 7 days

    Within a week you receive the quote in your portal, with the deposit and the instalment plan, and you sign the contract online.

  4. 04

    We build your fileClient portal

    We find the records, have them translated and legalized. You upload what is missing, and we let you know the moment anything changes.

  5. 05

    We file and represent youLocal counsel

    Before administrative, judicial or consular authorities, signed by a lawyer admitted where the case is filed.

  6. 06

    DecisionClosing

    If the authority decides in your favour, the decision is registered and the document that gives it effect is issued. File closed.

Online consultation · the first step

40 minutes with Andrea to find out whether your case has a way forward.

A video call from wherever you are, in English, Spanish, Italian or Portuguese. We review your situation, tell you whether there is a viable route and which one, and within a week you receive a written quote.

  • 01A first reading of your case’s feasibility
  • 02The applicable route: administrative, judicial or consular
  • 03A written quote within one week
  • 04Access to your client portal to follow the whole case
Initial consultation€ 80

40 minutes with Andrea. Preliminary feasibility and the possible route.

Case analysis€ 120

If Andrea sees in the consultation that it is needed, the legal team studies your case in depth: risks, missing documents, comparative law. It is not booked online. If you later engage us for a service, the analysis is deducted from the fees. If the analysis concludes that there is no possible route, it is not deducted: it is paid as a service in its own right.

Hours (Rome time): Monday 12–7 pm · Tuesday and Wednesday 12–4 pm. None of them work for you? Write to info@lexmigra.eu and we will arrange another time.

Initial consultation · Lex Migra40 min · video call
€ 80
  1. 1. Consultation
  2. 2. Day and time
  3. 3. Your details
  4. 4. Payment

Which consultation do you need?

Day and time from the real availability of the next two months, your details and the € 80 payment: all on our secure booking portal.

If you engage us as a consumer, you have a right of withdrawal: how it works.

Already a client? No need to book: log in to your portal to see your case and schedule follow-ups.

Something almost no firm offers Client portal

Your whole case, in one place.

After the consultation you receive your login by email. From there you see how your case is progressing, talk to the team, sign, pay and upload documents — without chasing anyone on WhatsApp or by email.

Case tracking

We let you know the moment anything changes in your case.

Messages and AI chat

You talk to the office and to Andrea; the AI assistant answers at any hour.

Verified documents

You upload your records and see when the practice verifies them.

Contract signed online

You accept the quote and sign the contract without printing anything.

Card payments

You pay instalments online and receive the invoice by email.

Appointments and reminders

You schedule video calls and we remind you by email the day before.

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Services

Every route, with its price — citizenship, residence, investment.

Choose a service to see its scope, timeline and fees. Everything in writing before we start.

Beyond Italy

If the line doesn’t lead to Italy, it sometimes leads somewhere else.

SpainPolandGermanyDubaiParaguay
01 · Residence

Elective residence in Italy

To live in Italy on income of your own that does not come from working in the country. A possible route if you are coming from the United States or Canada.

6–12 monthsfrom € 3,500
What’s included
  • Check of the income and housing requirements
  • Dossier for the Italian consulate in your country
  • Visa application
  • Permesso di soggiorno on arrival in Italy
  • Help settling in
02 · By descent

Iure sanguinis · Italy

Through the comune or the courts. For children and grandchildren of Italians, and for the third generation onward who want to protect their right.

6–14 months (via the comune)from € 4,500
What’s included
  • Review of the family line
  • Collection of records in Italy
  • Filing with the comune or a court petition
  • Translations + apostilles
  • Constitutional challenge where applicable
  • Help with the Italian passport
03 · Court route

1948 court route

A civil action when the line passes through a woman before 1948. The line must also meet the conditions of Law 74/2025 (Art. 3-bis), unless the petition was filed by 27/03/2025.

Depends on the courtfrom € 4,500
What’s included
  • Petition prepared by Italian lawyers
  • Complete evidentiary file
  • Representation in court; as a rule you do not need to travel, unless the court orders otherwise
  • Judgment + transcription at the comune
  • Joint filings for family groups
04 · By marriage

Citizenship by marriage

For spouses of Italian citizens. You can apply after 2 years of legal residence in Italy following the marriage, or 3 years from the marriage if you live abroad (half that if you have children), with B1 Italian and without the convictions that bar it.

24–36 monthsfrom € 1,800
What’s included
  • Eligibility and residence mapping
  • Guidance for the B1 Italian certificate
  • Application + document preparation
  • Follow-up with the Prefettura or the consulate
  • Assistance with the oath
  • Official contribution not included
05 · Family

Article 31 · minor children

Temporary authorization for a family member of a minor who is in Italy to stay in the country, where there are serious reasons linked to the child’s psychophysical development (Article 31(3) of the Consolidated Immigration Act, Legislative Decree 286/1998). It is decided by the juvenile court and is not guaranteed.

Timeline depends on the casefrom € 1,200
What’s included
  • Assessment with a lawyer admitted in Italy
  • Application to the Tribunale per i minorenni (juvenile court)
  • Evidence of the family bond and the child’s situation
  • Follow-up of the proceedings
06 · Protection

Asylum and international protection

If you are already in Italy: we assist you with the application and, if needed, in court.

6–18 monthsfrom € 800
What’s included
  • Administrative stage: € 800
  • A lawyer who receives all your official notices
  • Preparation for the hearing before the Commissione Territoriale
  • Court stage: from € 1,500
  • Family reunification once protection is granted
07 · Residence

Permesso di soggiorno

To live in Italy for study, work, family or other reasons.

3–8 monthsfrom € 1,200
What’s included
  • Strategy for the type of permit
  • Visa coordination from your home country
  • Questura kit (forms + dossier)
  • Appointments handled by us
  • Renewal calendar
08 · Family

Family reunification

Bring your spouse, children or dependent parents to live with you in Italy.

6–12 monthsfrom € 1,200
What’s included
  • Eligibility check for each family member
  • Nulla osta application
  • Consular coordination
  • Visa and entry follow-up
  • Permesso di soggiorno on arrival
09 · Remote work

Digital nomad visa

To live in Italy while working remotely for clients or companies in other countries.

Timeline depends on the casefrom € 1,700
What’s included
  • Check of the income and experience requirements
  • Dossier for the consulate
  • Visa application
  • Permesso di soggiorno on arrival
10 · Documents

Documents and translations

Record requests, translations, apostilles and legalizations.

1–6 monthsfrom € 50
What’s included
  • Plain translation from € 50
  • Document requests from € 50
  • Sworn translations
  • Apostille and legalization chain
  • File and dossier assembly
11 · Degrees

Recognition of degrees

Get your university degree recognized in Italy, Germany or Spain, to study or to practice your profession.

Timeline depends on the casefrom € 290
What’s included
  • Italy · dichiarazione di valore or CIMEA: from € 390
  • Italy · equipollenza or professional recognition: from € 990
  • Italy · healthcare professions: from € 1,490
  • Spain · equivalence or non-regulated profession: from € 690
  • Spain · regulated profession: from € 1,190
  • Germany · ZAB evaluation: from € 290
  • Germany · Berufsanerkennung: from € 990
  • Official fees and translations not included
12 · Records

Records rectification

When records contain errors or inconsistencies: we handle their correction first.

4–10 monthsfrom € 800
What’s included
  • Records review (home country + Italy)
  • Correction requests
  • Coordination with civil registry offices
  • Apostille chain + translations
  • Clean set of records ready to file
13 · Procedures

AIRE, passport and transcriptions

AIRE registration, passport and CIE appointments, and transcription of birth and marriage records.

Timeline depends on the casefrom € 300
What’s included
  • AIRE registration: € 300 per person
  • Italian passport: € 350
  • Transcription of records at the comune: from € 500
  • CIE appointment (Italian electronic ID card)
  • Official fees not included
14 · By residence

Citizenship by residence

For people already living legally in Italy who meet the required years of residence.

Timeline depends on the casefrom € 1,200
What’s included
  • Check of years of residence (Art. 9) and requirements
  • Proof of B1 Italian
  • Application + documents
  • Follow-up until the oath
  • Official contribution not included
15 · Beyond Italy

Other European citizenships

Spain and Poland: when the line doesn’t lead to Italy, it sometimes leads somewhere else.

12–36 monthsfrom € 2,600
What’s included
  • Eligibility assessed country by country
  • Descent and residence routes compared
  • Timelines and costs side by side before you decide
  • Local lawyers in the chosen country
  • Filing at the consulate or in the destination country
16 · Investment

International investment and structuring

From the Americas to Italy, from Europe to Latin America (for example Paraguay), and Dubai: the legal structure for investing in another country.

3–12 monthsfrom € 3,500
What’s included
  • Jurisdictions compared: structure, general tax treatment (no tax planning) and residence
  • Company formation and local licenses
  • Investor visa routes where they exist
  • Bank account opening and compliance
  • Contracts reviewed by lawyers in each country
17 · Companies

Corporate immigration

For companies that want to hire workers from non-EU countries in Italy: we assess which route fits each role and support the process, in coordination with consulenti del lavoro (labour consultants) and lawyers admitted in Italy. We do not do recruitment or staff selection.

Timeline depends on the caseTailored quote
What’s included
  • Assessment by role: Decreto Flussi (Articles 21 and 22), EU Blue Card (Article 27-quater), out-of-quota entries in specific cases (Article 27) or intra-corporate transfer (Article 27-quinquies)
  • Preparation of the nulla osta for the Sportello Unico per l’Immigrazione (filed by the employer or its authorised delegate)
  • Visa coordination at the Italian consulate in the worker’s country
  • Residence contract (contratto di soggiorno, depending on the route) and permesso di soggiorno on arrival
  • Support for the worker with renewals and family reunification (Article 29), under a separate mandate

How payment works: fees in euros, with a 30–50 % deposit and an instalment plan from the start of the case. Final prices, no VAT. Official fees are quoted separately. Depending on the service, family-group pricing is available.
The investment service is legal structuring — companies, visas, residence and contracts. We do not provide financial or investment advice, or tax planning.
Timelines are estimates: they depend on the authority involved — the Comune, the Questura, the consulate or the court — and they are not guaranteed.

Eligibility test · free

Is there a route for you? Find out in a minute.

Up to six questions, an immediate preliminary reading: the likely route, the timeline and the starting fee. It takes the main conditions of Law 74/2025 into account, but it is for guidance only: real feasibility is defined in the consultation.

Question 1 of 6Preliminary reading

Where does your European ancestry come from?

Why Lex Migra

When the case gets complicated, a lawyer is already on it.

Most files are not decided on the day they are filed. They are decided on the day the problem shows up. That day reveals who had been on your case from the start.

01

Andrea Perrone leads the strategy from the first consultation.

Not brought in when the case stalls: there from the day it opens.

02

A lawyer admitted where your case is filed signs it.

And appears in court when an appearance is needed.

03

Going to court is part of the plan from the start.

Asylum, 1948 cases and stalled files are handled with lawyers admitted in Italy.

04

Sworn translation and genealogy, coordinated by the practice.

One point of contact for your entire file.

Andrea Perrone
Andrea PerroneFounder · CEO
Who leads your case
“A citizenship claim is decided by the strength of its file. Our job is to build one that withstands scrutiny.”

Andrea went through her own process before directing anyone else’s. She trained in law, emigrated to Italy, and learned from experience that a file does not stall for lack of paperwork but for lack of legal judgment.

She founded Lex Migra in 2023 and runs it from Olbia, Sardinia, with a team that works in four languages and admitted lawyers who sign in every country where the case is filed.

2018Law degree · UBA
2020Specialization in descent cases
2021Collaborates with law firms in Rome
2023Founds Lex Migra
2025More than 500 case files handled
The professional network

Where your case is filed, an admitted lawyer.

Led by Andrea Perrone. Built with admitted lawyers. Backed by specialists.

Counsel

Lawyers

Italy · international network

Admitted in Italy and, in each country, according to the region of your case. They sign every filing.

Languages

Sworn translators

EN · ES · PT · IT · FR

Sworn translations in the languages of your file.

Records

Genealogists

Italy + South America

They reconstruct your line and locate records in Italy and South America.

Tax · finance

Accountants

Italy + Latin America

Tax residence, codice fiscale and post-citizenship filings.

IT

Italy

We work with lawyers admitted in Italy for the court route and for filings before the authorities. Bar registration is local and the right to practice is national: they act before courts and authorities throughout Italy.

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International network · Argentina, Brazil, Spain and more

We work with admitted lawyers and firms according to the region of your case. When you engage us, we tell you who represents you in each country. The same goes for translators and genealogists.

Frequently asked questions

What people ask before the first call.

General information, not legal advice. Your case is assessed in the consultation.

Can I still get Italian citizenship by descent after the 2025 reform?
It depends on your line. Since Law 74/2025 (Article 3-bis of Law 91/1992), a person born abroad who holds another citizenship is deemed never to have acquired Italian citizenship, unless one of these conditions is met: (a) their administrative application (with the required documents) or their court petition was filed by 11:59 pm (Rome time) on 27 March 2025, or on the date of an appointment communicated to them by that date; (b) a parent or grandparent holds — or held at the time of death — Italian citizenship exclusively; (c) a parent or adoptive parent, already an Italian citizen, lived in Italy for at least two consecutive years after acquiring Italian citizenship and before the child’s birth or adoption. There are still open questions about the reform. Meanwhile, the rule remains in force. Your case is assessed in the consultation.
What is the online consultation like?
Forty minutes by video call with Andrea, in English, Spanish, Italian or Portuguese. It is a first reading of your case’s feasibility and costs € 80. In Article 31 or asylum cases, a lawyer admitted in Italy may join. If Andrea sees in the consultation that a deeper look is needed, she suggests the Case analysis (€ 120), carried out in more detail by the legal team. If you later engage us for a service, the analysis is deducted from the fees. If the analysis concludes that there is no possible route, it is not deducted: it is paid as a service in its own right. Within a week you receive a written quote.
What if I can’t attend the consultation?
If you let us know at least 24 hours in advance, we reschedule it at no cost. If you cancel with less than 24 hours’ notice or do not show up, the consultation is considered held and the payment is not refunded. If the practice has to cancel, we reschedule or refund the amount. If you engage us as a consumer, this policy does not limit the rights the law gives you, including the right of withdrawal explained in the next question.
Can I withdraw from the consultation?
If you engage us as a consumer, you can withdraw from the consultation without giving any reason within 14 days of our confirming the appointment (the period set by EU consumer law; if you live outside the EU, whatever the law of your country provides also applies). To do so, write to info@lexmigra.eu. If you want the consultation to take place before that period ends, you must ask for it expressly when you confirm the appointment; if you withdraw after the consultation has begun, you pay for the part already provided, and once it has been provided in full you lose the right of withdrawal.
How are fees paid?
In euros. Almost every service involves a 30–50 % deposit, and an instalment plan can be set up from the start of the case. Official fees are quoted separately. Depending on the service, family-group pricing is available.
Do you take clients who live outside Italy?
Yes. Most of our clients live in the United States, Canada, Brazil and Argentina, and all the work is done remotely: the consultation is by video call, we obtain the records ourselves, and the client portal shows the status of the file at all times.
How long does Italian citizenship by descent take?
As an estimate, recognition through the comune takes between 6 and 14 months, depending on the state of the records. On the court route (including 1948 cases) the timeline depends on the court and is estimated in the consultation. Timelines always depend on the Comune or the court involved: we do not promise consular timelines, and the estimated timeline for the route we recommend is given to you in writing.
Who signs the filings?
Andrea directs the strategy. Representation before Italian authorities and courts is handled by lawyers admitted in Italy, who are entitled to practice throughout the country. In other countries we work with lawyers admitted according to the region; when you engage us, we tell you who represents you.
Next step

Your next door starts with a conversation.

Book the online consultation with Andrea and leave with a clear plan: route, timeline and fees.

Book a consultation · € 80 →
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