My great-grandfather emigrated from Italy to the United States in the early 1930s. I did a lot of research before starting the application process for Italian citizenship by descent so I knew that I had to inquire with USCIS to determine my eligibility. I had poured over census records and knew that my great-grandfather became…
DetailsI can’t quite remember when I found out I was eligible for Italian citizenship, but I do know I had been working on the process for many years before I contacted ICA. My cousin suggested I may be eligible as she had activated hers. It only took her a matter of months, as her side…
DetailsAs an Italian American girl growing up in New Jersey during the sixties I always believed that I was just as much Italian as both sets of my grandparents who were born in Italy. In fact, my maternal grandparents raised me because both my parents worked. Like most of my neighbors in a small Italian…
DetailsBeing the son of Italian parents, my wife and I started considering Italian Citizenship in 2014 but never pursued it. Then one day, our son expressed an interest and approached us to reconsider it and we did. At that point, we started to investigate the options in making it happen and did some in-depth research.…
DetailsMy 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…
DetailsI 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…
DetailsNina and Andrea, who originally come from New Hampshire and Illinois respectively, began their friendship in Rovigo, where they chose to file their application for Italian citizenship by descent. Nina had long dreamt of travelling to Europe and reconnecting with her Italian heritage but it was only after her husband came across one of ICA’s…
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…
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…
DetailsMy 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…
DetailsICA, Italian Citizenship Assistance, has been literally life changing for me and for my partner. I am from San Francisco, USA and back in 2017 I left for Europe to travel around the world with my girlfriend. The first couple of weeks in the United Kingdom, I was looking at Ancestry.com and discovered the actual…
DetailsI decided to apply for dual US/Italian Citizenship because my father was born in Italy. A process was started for myself and my adult children and grandchildren – 12 of us all together! Trying to talk with someone at the consulate was challenging. In doing some online research it became apparent that there had been…
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