Certificate of Family status

Processing times

The processing times via EMAIL for our certificates are:

• Approximately 3/7 working days for documents processed urgently (we recommend contacting us to confirm processing times before choosing urgency);
• approximately 15 working days for non-urgent and non-apostilled certificates;
• Approximately 40 working days for certificates with apostille.

The delivery of the document in PAPER format is managed by DHL or Poste Italiane, therefore, we assume no responsibility in the event of delay or loss of the shipment of the document.

Description

The family status certificate can be obtained by anyone in any Italian municipality, provided that you know the personal details of at least one member of the family whose document you wish to obtain and that this person and his family are, or have been , registered in an Italian municipality.

To request the family status certificate or the historical family certificate, simply fill out the form providing the following information:

• First name;

• Surname;

• Date of birth;

• Municipality and province of birth;

• Date and municipality of reference.

NB You may need to pay a tax stamp of €16.00.

Information contained in the family status certificate

The family status certificate contains the personal data of the members of a specific family unit residing in the same home, usually linked by a kinship bond (e.g. husband, wife, children, grandchildren). In particular, it contains:

• Name and surname of the members;

• Date of birth of the members;

• Residential address of the members.

The family status certificate is the declaration of a public official attesting the demographic composition of a family residing in a specific municipality. The document (family status certificate) has the value of truthfulness and regularity of the information contained in it as it is signed by the municipal official and has unlimited value throughout the national territory.

NB The family status certificate is valid for six months from the moment of its issue. After this deadline, it will be necessary to request a new updated family status certificate.

When to request the family status certificate

The request for the family status certificate or the historical family status certificate is necessary:

• to establish a family fund;

• to obtain a mortgage;

Requesting a family status certificate or historical family status certificate is useful:

• to calculate the ISEE;

• to obtain family benefits;

• every time official certification of your family status is requested.