Italian Dual Citizenship Message Board

After waiting for "cleaning up of backlogs and elections" and after numerous attempts to contact a "live person" in the Miami Consulate, in June 2008 I finally got an appointment made for January 2009! I showed up on time, and met with Virginia Valore at the citizenship window. S...

Hi all, I have been contacting the Miami Consulate on occasion during my application for citizenship process. Today, I spoke by telephone with a very helpful staff person in the Miami Consulate office. Yes, they are still in the same place on 4000 Ponce de Leon Boulevard in Coral Gables (a City next...

Hi Marina, I will soon be facing the same challenge at the Miami Consulate, as I am getting my application ready for submission. It would be good to find out if they actually do require the Certificate of Citizenship. I know that the consulate has a notification up that they are not taking new citiz...

Hello, I cannot seem to find the ICGS instructions on how to obtain my GGF Certificate of Italian Citizenship. I thought that I had seen them on the website a few months ago. I just ordered my GGF Birth and Marriage Certificates from ICGS, but did not see an option to order Certificate of Italian Ci...

Hello, I cannot seem to find the ICGS instructions on how to obtain my GGF Certificate of Italian Citizenship. I thought that I had seen them on the website a few months ago. I just ordered my GGF Birth and Marriage Certificates from ICGS, but did not see an option to order Certificate of Italian Ci...

Hi! I have just returned from a fruitful document hunting expedition in Massachusetts. I am discovering that my great grandfather was likely never naturalized at all in the US during his life here. So, I will be asking the various record holders to verify this, and then send me an official confirmat...

Thanks ejd and Em. Together, you have answered my question, and brought back my hope that I can apply for Italian Citizenship! Now the rest of the work will require the detective work of researching dates, documents, etc.
All the best. Paul

Hi. I am sure this type of question has been asked many times. I found good info. on this site, but it seems to conflict with what Miami Italian Consulate is telling me with information they sent to me. My maternal great-grandfather and his wife emigrated to the US in 1900. He was born in Filattiera...