What general requirements besides residence must I meet to naturalise in Italy?

Meeting the residence period alone is not enough. Naturalisation also assesses whether you are integrated and self-sufficient, so several general conditions apply across most applicants.

These typically include having no serious criminal record that would block the procedure, showing sufficient and documented income to support yourself, and demonstrating B1-level Italian. Each of these is checked as part of the application, and a problem with any one of them, such as a criminal issue or insufficient income, can stop an otherwise qualifying case.