My path to Italian citizenship began many years ago as a child playing on the floor in my grandmother’s kitchen, listening to my grandparents bicker in Italian while she cooked and he read the newspaper. I didn’t know what they were saying but I remember their voices, their mannerisms, and the wonderful aroma of tomato…
In many of our previous articles we explained the procedure to obtain Italian citizenship by marriage in great detail. This article instead will examine a specific scenario in which a woman who married an Italian citizen before April 27, 1983 may apply for the recognition of Italian citizenship retroactively. This is due to the fact…
If you are an Italian citizen and you reside abroad, there is one thing you will always need to bear in mind, i.e., keeping the Italian government up to date with regard to your vital events. In other words, all Italian citizens who reside outside of Italy must register their vital records, such as their…
I have always felt very connected to my Italian roots since both sides of my family were all from Italy. When I learned about citizenship by descent many years ago, I set to work tracing my family roots. I knew that my maternal grandfather was born in Italy and my other three grandparents were born…