Francesco Boschetti
Francesco Boschetti, the founding lawyer and director of Italy Visa Investments, graduated in Law from La Sapienza University of Rome and became a member of the Rome Bar Association in 2008, choosing to specialise in immigration law.
His career began with visa and residence permit applications and later expanded into Italian citizenship law, handling judicial appeals against administrative silence and fast-tracking citizenship applications for residency and marriage.
Over the years, through key professional encounters, he gained expertise in Italian citizenship by descent (iure sanguinis), particularly focusing on judicial recognition of citizenship for Italian descendants. His work naturally led him to Brazil, home to one of the largest populations of Italian descendants, where he quickly established professional connections.
As an expert in the field, he has been invited as a guest speaker at major conferences on immigration law and Italian citizenship, focusing on topics such as “migration risk”, a key reason for visa refusals.
In 2017, he transformed his legal practice from an individual practice to a structured team, hiring professionals—particularly Brazilian nationals, such as an interpreter-translator and a Brazilian lawyer—to cater to the firm’s strong client base from Brazil.
Later, he expanded the team by hiring Italian professionals to strengthen the firm’s immigration and naturalisation law departments. The firm also collaborates with numerous external professionals in Italy and abroad, ensuring a high standard of legal services.
By early 2020, Boschetti Law Firm was handling nearly 600 active cases at the Rome Court related to Italian citizenship, alongside hundreds of other legal proceedings concerning immigration law, primarily extrajudicial matters, with documented success stories.
Graduated in Law at Luiss Guido Carli University in Rome (year 2011) with specialisation in European and Antitrust Law.
She gained experience at the international law firm Ashurst LLp in the Competition&Antitrust department, with in-depth knowledge of Community Law and European competition issues, in particular advising important companies active in the EU market and liaising with European bodies.
A lawyer since 2014, he has been practising law with a focus on family and commercial law in a firm specialising in civil law.
He has assiduously frequented the courtrooms, acquiring good relationship management skills with judges and pre-sexual counterparts.
Since 2018, she has been a permanent member of the Boschetti Law Firm, where she deals with immigration matters in general (entry visas, residence permits, family reunification, etc.) and the recognition of Italian citizenship in all its aspects, in particular by following the administrative procedures concerning the granting of citizenship by residence and marriage, appeals against the silence of the public administration (when the measure is not adopted within the term of 48 months, formerly 730 days), as well as against the refusal of citizenship.
Graduated in Law in 2018 from the Pontifical Catholic University of Paraná (PUCR), she is a qualified lawyer registered with the Brazilian Bar Association. He has mainly carried out his professional activity in Civil Law, specialising in Insurance Law.
His professional experience began during his studies at university, during which time he did internships at the Civil Forum of Curitiba, the Court of the State of Paraná as well as at a law firm, where he began his career as a trainee lawyer and, after graduation, as an associate lawyer for 3 years. Furthermore, during her university studies she participated in an interchange programme with the University of Minho (Portugal), where she successfully attended courses in Human Rights.
In view of her origins by descent, she arrived in Italy in June 2021 to start the administrative procedure for the recognition of her Italian citizenship iure sanguinis.
Since May 2022, she has been collaborating with Studio Legale Internazionale Boschetti, where she provides consultancy on the recognition of Italian citizenship iure sanguinis.
Master’s degree in Law obtained in 2014 at the LUISS Guido Carli University in Rome, with a thesis on Regional Law (final mark of 108/110).
Since 2014, he has worked with a law firm, with offices in Rome and Bologna, where he has provided legal assistance and out-of-court advice in favour of public administrations, in particular National Health Service Agencies and Bodies, private individuals and companies, acquiring specific professional expertise in the fields of administrative law, with particular reference to health law and public procurement, labour law (in particular, employment relationships with public administrations and stabilisation and mobility procedures) and civil law.
A lawyer enrolled in the Rome Bar Association since 2017, he has acquired considerable experience in litigation, having regularly attended the courtrooms of the Civil Courts of the District Court of Appeal of Rome as well as the Regional Administrative Court for Lazio.
Since 2022 he has been a permanent member of the Boschetti Law Firm, where he deals with immigration law, in particular following the procedures for foreigners intending to make economic investments in Italy (elective residence, investor visa, business visa, intra-corporate transfer, etc.).
She also deals with judgments concerning the recognition of Italian citizenship iure sanguinis and related administrative actions, including compliance proceedings before the Lazio Regional Administrative Court.
Languages spoken: Italian, English, Portuguese
In 2016, she entered the legal world, starting her much-desired law degree at the University of Vale do Itajaí – Univali, Campus Kobrasol, São José, Santa Catarina, Brazil.
With the aim of combining theory and practice, in 2017 he started his internship at the Model Law Firm of the University of Vale do Itajaí – Univali, Campus Kobrasol, São José, Santa Catarina, Brazil.
In 2019, he works as an intern at the Court of Justice of the State of Santa Catarina, specifically at the Office of the Clerk of the Court of Public Finance Forum in São José, Santa Catarina, Brazil.
In the same year, he started working as an intern at the Office of the Public Finance Court of the Forum of São José, Santa Catarina, Brazil.
In 2021, with the intention of further broadening his horizons, he began working as an intern at the Public Prosecutor’s Office of the Regional Labour Court of the 12th Region.
In mid-2021, after completing his internship cycle, and successfully completing his degree in Law, he receives his Law Degree and also the Student Merit Award, as well as passing the XXXII Brazilian Bar Association Examination.
At the same time, he started working as a lawyer at a law firm specialising in Real Estate Law and, in 2022, he took up the position of lawyer at a law firm specialising in Family, Succession and Civil Law.
In 2023, due to his knowledge of the Italian language, his passion for Italy, his affinity with the area of Italian citizenship and his experience in the preparation of documents relating to the aforementioned area, he joined the team of lawyers at Studio Legale Internazionale Boschetti, where he carried out various activities such as, for example, analysis and control of documents, client contact, meetings, drafting of contracts and powers of attorney.
Languages: Portuguese and Italian.
He made his first contact with Italy in 2014, when he won, through the Science without Borders programme, a scholarship offered by the Brazilian government for a one-year academic course at the University of Florence.
Upon returning to Brazil, he became a scholar of the process of recognising Italian citizenship jure sanguinis, genealogical research and the request and analysis of documents, independently carrying out the administrative steps of the process.
In 2019, having returned to Italy, he devotes himself completely to the world of Italian citizenship, in particular to everything related to researching and requesting certificates of Italian ancestors who immigrated to Brazil, their legalisation and the subsequent steps until obtaining the appropriate and complete documentation for the procedures for the recognition of Italian citizenship jure sanguinis.
Moreover, having learnt the importance of bureaucratic aspects and any other specific needs of Italian-Brazilian citizens post-recognition of Italian citizenship, she also consults on related procedures, such as the registration and definition of the Aire registry, the unblocking of deed transcripts, the naturalisation procedure for spouses, the application for an identity card for Aire citizenship at the municipality of the ancestor in Italy and passports at the consulates. For already recognised citizens who have decided to live in Italy, she also deals with registration at the registry office, identity card and passport applications, driving licence conversion, filling in the yellow kit, and residence permit applications for spouses and family members.
She has been a stable member of the Boschetti Studio Legale team since 2024, analysing cases and documentation, taking care of correspondence with Brazilian clients, including the commercial side, examining cases and particularities in the bureaucratic and administrative spheres for the success of the firm’s assignments.
He is currently a student in the Law program at the University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, in an international partnership with the Municipal University of São Caetano do Sul. This program offers students the opportunity to obtain a dual degree, recognized in both Italy and Brazil.
Languages: Portuguese, Italian, English.
Graduated in Law from Roma Tre University, she presented her thesis in Italian and Comparative Family Law, titled “Intra-family Tort and Non-Pecuniary Damage.”
At the same university, she was awarded a scholarship in Juvenile Law, allowing her to collaborate as a Legal Assistant for Save the Children. Through this role, she gained unique experience in protecting children from violence, abuse, and exploitation.
During these years, she also attended the School of Specialization for Legal Professions at Roma Tre University, where she ranked first for her skills in drafting legal documents and opinions.
After completing her legal internship, she took the State Bar Exam, achieving top marks in Civil Law, and registered with the Rome Bar Association.
Throughout her career, she has collaborated with law and notary firms, focusing on drafting wills and inheritance opinions, with particular attention to the drafting and contestation of wills, protection of heirs, management of inheritance shares, and estate planning. She consistently works in family law, handling divorce and separation cases, and addressing the full range of issues arising from marital breakdown, various forms of adoption, custody procedures, paternity recognition, and issues related to children born outside marriage, civil unions, and cohabitation agreements.
Additionally, she provides consultation on sale, donation, and division deeds. In corporate law, she handles the legal aspects of extraordinary capital transactions, such as mergers, demergers, and corporate transformations.
Currently pursuing a master’s degree in “Forensic Psychology and Psychopathology,” she has enhanced her ability to address delicate issues with sensitivity and expertise, demonstrating a particular aptitude for the human needs often central to legal disputes.
In 2024, she joined Boschetti Law Firm as part of the team specializing in family and succession law, including cross-border issues. Leveraging her family law expertise, she handles family reunification and cohabitation procedures with EU citizens, international adoptions, and other matters related to immigration law.
