Italian Dual Citizenship

A site to help descendants of native Italians obtain their dual citizenship (Italia "jure sanguinis").  Anybody can contribute by clicking 'signup' to the right as this is a wiki.

Wiki Pages:

• Vinnie's Journal 

• Required Documents 
  • Birth Certificates
• Italian Consulates
• Example documents for Vinnie
• Long vs Short Forms
• Maternal Grandfather Eligibility

I put this site together in August of 2008 to help put others applying for italian dual citizenship.  Keep in mind, that the content on this *may*l focus on:

• The SF Italain Consulate
• Applying through your maternal grandfater
• Appling through an ancestor that never naturalized and therefore requesting 'No Records' from various goverenment sources (which makes for a much harder time for your application as you'll need to hunt down more offices and have more paperwork.)

For U.S. Citizens applying for Italian Dual Citizenship via an Italian Ancestor.  You're eligible if:

1. Your father was an Italian citizen at the time of your birth and you never renounced your right to Italian citizenship;
2. Your mother was an Italian citizen at the time of your birth, you were born after January 1, 1948, and you never renounced your right to Italian citizenship;
3. Your paternal grandfather was an Italian citizen at the time of his birth, your father was born in the United States or a Country other than Italy, neither you nor your father ever renounced your right to the Italian citizenship;
4. Your maternal grandfather was an Italian citizen at the time of her birth, your mother was born in the United States or a Country other than Italy, you were born after January 1, 1948 and neither you nor your mother ever renounced your right to Italian citizenship;
5. Your paternal great grandfather was an Italian citizen at the time of his birth, your paternal or maternal grandfather was born in the United States, neither you nor your father nor your grandfather ever renounced your right to Italian citizenship. (Please note: a grandmother born before 01/01/1948 can claim Italian citizenship only from her father and can transfer it only to children born after 01/01/1948.