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Tips to find your Italian Ancestor’s Town of Birth

Tips to find your Italian Ancestor’s Town of Birth

Obtaining the birth record of an Italian ancestor is a “threshold document” for obtaining Italian citizenship by descent, which means this is a vitally important document to move toward becoming an Italian citizen. Often, people do not know the town…

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Italian Citizenship by Descent: Italian Civil Records

The birth certificate of your Italian ancestor is mandatory in order for you to apply for Italian citizenship by descent. In addition, if your ancestor was married, or returned to Italy and died there, the marriage and death record must…

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How to register at AIRE at the Italian Consulate

If you have acquired Italian citizenship by descent, one of your new responsibilities is to make sure that you are registered at AIRE. If you applied for your citizenship by descent at an Italian Consulate in the US (or abroad),…

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Italian Citizenship Application: Translation Requirements

So, you have all of the documents needed for your Italian citizenship by descent application, but which ones require translation and what are the translation requirements? The answer is, it depends on where your application is being submitted. For those…