You want ANSWERS to issues with your Italian Citizenship Application
If you have questions regarding document procurement or amending vital records, you can pick and choose one of our Phone/Zoom Consultations, including our Document Review Consultation for applicants who have already collected all the required documents and would like us to audit their document portfolio.
Select the Phone/Zoom Consultation of your choice
If you are a do-it-yourselfer (or planning to be) you may have questions related to the Italian Citizenship qualification requirements and/or documentation needed to be presented to the Italian Consulate, to the town hall in Italy, or the Italian Courts for 1948 Cases. My Italian Family offers several Telephone Consultations to assist you throughout the process.
This is a 30-minute Telephone Consultation for do-it-yourselfers who are interested in the following:
1. Assistance with questions related to the process of putting together your document application portfolio;
2. Assistance with A.I.R.E. Registration which is now mandatory for ALL Italian citizens (including family members) residing outside of Italy;
You will be charged $200 regardless of the conclusions drawn after evaluating your situation. Each individual case is different and may or may not lead to dual citizenship. Once you submit your order, we will email you to set up a time for the call to take place.
The Document Review Consultation is a 60-minute call designed for applicants who have already gathered all their documents and would like to have their application audited ahead of their appointment with the Italian Consulate. ALL documents have to be submitted ahead of the call. You can upload them on Dropbox, which we will set up for you, although other shareable cloud sites of your choice works too. You can also fax them to 1-866-728-8919, or email them to [email protected]. You will also be asked to complete our Family Lineage Spreadsheet listing birth, marriage, death and naturalization dates. It would be helpful if you could email a list of issues you would like to discuss during the call.
The $1,000 Document Review Consultation fee will be charged regardless of the conclusions drawn after evaluating your situation. Each individual case is different and may or may not lead to dual citizenship. Once you submit your order, we will email you a family lineage spreadsheet and we will set up a mutually agreed upon time for the call to take place.
Purchase your Italian Citizenship Program
Overwhelmed by the entire process? We can take over and do everything for you! We acquire all the required records from both Italy and the US, amend them if needed, affixing the apostilles, and translating US vital records to Italian. At the end of the project you will receive a complete document portfolio to present to the Italian Consulate the day of your appointment!
Frequently Asked Questions
If you are an American and you're not sure which consulate covers your state, FOLLOW THIS LINK to find which consular office has jurisdiction over the State where you reside.
If multiple family members reside under the same Consular Jurisdiction, they will all be able to share the same document portfolio. Each adult applicant is required to book a separate appointment with the Italian Consulate.
If all of you reside in different states that are under different Consular Jurisdictions, then multiple document portfolios all in original will be required to present to each Consulate. Remember: Italian Consulates do not share any documentation and they do NOT return any of your documents.
You will be contacted by the Italian authority through which you submitted your application for citizenship. Though this may vary from country to country, you will probably receive an email or a letter stating that you have been recognized an Italian citizen and what is the procedure in order to receive an Italian passport. You will be registered in the Registry of Italians Resident Abroad (A.I.R.E.).
A.I.R.E. was established by Law no. 470/1988 and keeps track of the changes in citizenship status, address, marriage, birth and death of Italian citizens. A.I.R.E. enrolment is obligatory for Italian citizens living abroad for more than 12 months and for Italian citizens residing abroad either as a result of being born there or having obtained Italian citizenship through Ancestry (jure sanguinis), marriage or other.
A.I.R.E. (Anagrafe Italiani Residenti all’Estero) is the registry of Italians residing abroad. For people of Italian descent pursuing Italian Dual Citizenship jure sanguinis, AIRE’s enrolment is a right and a duty. It provides access to consular services abroad and allows the exercise of some important rights, such as the right to vote and the right to renew IDs and travel documents. Enrolment is free of charge.
NOTE: More and more Italian Consulates require that applicants for Italian Dual Citizenship fill out the AIRE Registration Form and have it ready the day of their appointment. You can download the enrolment form by visiting the Italian Consulate that has jurisdiction of the State where you reside.
Yes. If you are living now, or plan on living in Italy (through work visa’s, etc.) you may qualify in the following ways:
• Reside one (1) year in Italy, if you are formerly an Italian citizen
• Reside three (3) years in Italy, if you are a foreigner with native-born Italian parents or grandparents
• Reside four (4) years in Italy, if you are a citizen of another EU country
• Reside ten (10) years in Italy, if you are a citizen of a non-EU country