My journey started in 2018 when I decided to get Italian citizenship. My husband and I lived in Italy for two and a half years on a work visa (2012-2014) and fell in love with the country, the people, the culture and the food. That, combined with the fact that my grandparents were born in…
DetailsMatt secured Italian citizenship by descent for himself and his daughter. Here, Matt recounts their journey to becoming Italian citizens, and talks about its significance and importance to him and his family. Italian culture and customs had always been a part of my family’s everyday rituals–even if I was totally unaware of it growing up. From…
DetailsI have Italian ancestry on both my mother and father’s sides of the family and I grew up with a very strong Italian culture. My mother was always very proud of her Italian heritage and she cooked Italian food constantly. Christmas dinner in our house was a giant pot of crab cioppino to feed at…
DetailsMarco M. wanted to pursue Italian citizenship by descent for a long time, but he didn’t get the chance until his retirement. He knew that it would be best to have assistance throughout the process, so after doing much research online, he settled with ICA due to their lengthy track record in assisting with Italian…
DetailsI come from a family of immigrants. My father’s parents came to America (settling in The Bronx, New York) from Sicily and Calabria. My mother’s parents came to America (also settling in The Bronx) from Cuba and Puerto Rico. My parents divorced when I was young and I never saw my Italian relatives again. My…
DetailsIn Linda’s own words… We both have Italian heritage, but we had much more information about Brian’s ancestry when we started the process. He hired a genealogist to trace his relatives from Cuggiono, a small town outside Milan, and our genealogist provided a very large binder with birth records and other interesting papers dating back…
DetailsBased on Laura’s own words… I knew I satisfied the citizenship by decent requirements, and although I had acquired some of the documents before reaching out for support, the challenge was obtaining an appointment with the consulate in San Francisco. Determining if I qualified was a lengthy process, and after approximately six years of…
DetailsWhen Kyle began doing research on how to get Italian citizenship by descent he came across one of ICA’s YouTube videos. Being a 1948 case, his application had to go through the courts, which can be trickier than applying via a municipality or a consulate. “ICA immediately stood out for the ease with which they…
DetailsThe Italian side of our family comes from my father. His parents came to the US separately but coincidentally in 1920. My grandmother, Helen (born Elena), came from a small mountain town in Abruzzo, whereas my grandfather, Nick (born Nicola after his grandfather), came from a small town in Puglia, near Bari. She was only…
DetailsAt Italian Citizenship Assistance one of our missions is to provide potential applicants with in-depth information about the eligibility criteria to apply for Italian citizenship, the different pathways one can pursue in order to apply, and the application process to be granted citizenship. In addition to our online library which comprises dozens of articles about…
DetailsMy grandparents were from Italy – my mother’s parents from Sicily and my father’s parents from Lake Como. I applied for citizenship at first to honor my mother, who spent quite a few years scouring Italian churches and courthouses searching for documentation to validate her right to Italian citizenship. She also went to Ellis Island to…
DetailsJoe is a broadcast technical operator from Orange County, California. He first connected to his Italian heritage and considered acquiring Italian citizenship to honor his dad’s legacy. “My wife and I made a pilgrimage trip to Italy, and the first thing I wanted to do when I got off the plane was to touch the…
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