Documents required from different states offices in the U.S. to prove your ancestor never naturalized.
San Francisco Consulate Requirements:
- You need to request the National Archives a certified copy of the census report dating after your birth. In the cases covered by categories 2, 3, 4 and 5 the census report must of course be dated accordingly - i.e. covering the period of the Italian born ascendant's child's birth.
- A statement from U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, P.O.Box 648010, Lee's Summit, MO 64064-8010 AND from the County in which he resided. The statement must show his full name (and any other names he went by on any official documents), place of birth and date of birth, date of the naturalization, certificate number (or, if a legal alien, his permanent resident card number).
- If the above-mentioned U.S. authorities return a statement of "no record", you must request from the National Archives (www.archives.gov) a full search under his name and nicknames, possible dates of birth which he may have declared, for a certified copy of his "first" and/or "final papers", that is, the "declaration of intention" and "petition for naturalization". If he was naturalized the "final papers" will also show the date and number of his naturalization.
SF requirements in plain english:
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No Record Naturalization Document Template to be used when requesting 'No Records'
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