WHO MUST REGISTER IN A.I.R.E.
- Citizens who move their place of residence abroad from Italy, for a period of more than 12 months;
- Citizens who were born and reside outside Italy, whose birth certificate has been registered in Italy and whose Italian citizenship has been confirmed by the competent Italian consular office in their country of residence;
- Persons who acquire Italian citizenship abroad while continuing to reside there;
- Citizens whose residence abroad has been declared by a court;
- Citizens already registered with A.I.R.E. who changed their consular district (they must inform the relevant Consulate for their current place of residence, so that it can notify the relevant A.I.R.E. municipality of the change).
WHO DOES NOT HAVE TO REGISTER IN A.I.R.E.
The following persons are exempt from registering in A.I.R.E.:
- People who travel abroad for a period of less than one year;
- Seasonal workers;
- Civil servants of the Italian Republic serving abroad and who have been notified to the local authorities pursuant to the 1961 and 1963 Vienna Conventions on diplomatic and consular relations.
Pursuant to Article 1, paragraph 9, of Law No. 11/2026, which amends Law No. 470/1988, the following categories have also been added to the list of citizens who are not required to register in A.I.R.E.:
- School principals, teachers, and administrative school staff who have been placed on leave from their normal positions and have been sent abroad as part of educational activities outside Italy;
- Employees of the Regions and of the Autonomous Provinces assigned to work at their respective liaison offices established pursuant to Article 58 of Law No. 52/1996;
- Civilian and military personnel receiving the long-term foreign-service allowance provided for under Article 1808 of the Code of Military Law, pursuant to Legislative Decree No. 66/2010;
- Civilian and military personnel serving at the offices and facilities of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO);
- People living with citizens belonging to the categories listed above, who move abroad with them.
IMPORTANT – New Article 1, paragraph 9-bis, provides that registration in A.I.R.E. is optional for citizens who retain their tax residence in Italy and who work abroad for the European Union, for international organizations of which Italy is a member, or for the entities referred to in Article 26 of Law No. 125/2014.
Penalties for not registering with the A.I.R.E.:
Citizens interested in registering with the A.I.R.E. must submit their request to the Consulate General no later than 90 days following their change of residence within the consular jurisdiction (Scotland or Northern Ireland). This results in the immediate cancellation from the Register of the Resident Population (Anagrafe della Popolazione Residente, A.P.R.) of the Municipality of origin. Those who, having registration obligations, breach the provisions of Law no. 1228 of 24 December 1954, Law no. 470 of 27 October 1988, and the regulations implementing the aforementioned laws are subject to administrative fines, as provided by Law no. 213 of 30 December 2023. The competent authority for ascertaining and imposing the penalty is the Municipality in whose registry the offender is registered.
The procedure for ascertaining and imposing penalties is governed by Law no. 689 of 24 November 1981, Article 1, according to which “No one may be subjected to administrative penalties except by virtue of a law that came into force before the violation was committed”.