Talkback: Italian language test for citizenship

A new language test for Italian citizenship was introduced at the end of last year. Amendment 14.7 of the "Decreto Sicurezza" was approved in Parliament, confirming the requirement that all those applying for Italian citizenship on marriage grounds or on residence grounds must pass an Italian language test to the minimum level of B1 (pre-intermediate).

The online application has not yet been amended (Dominic Lipinski/PA Wire) Source: AAP

The amendment states that: 

‘The granting of Italian citizenship pursuant to Articles 5 and 9 is subject to possession by the interested party of an adequate knowledge of Italian, not less than level B1 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR)’.

In our program, we asked our listeners what they thought about the changes.

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