by Domenico » Thu May 15, 2008 7:23 pm
JD,
Actually, most of my documents were not from California. I have stuff from NY, Ohio, and Pennsylvania as well. However, Monica Pescatori was the one who told us that she would register us with the Comune (we are from a small town in Caserta province), and then send us the letter in about two months for us to use when applying for a passport.
From what I understand, the Comune is not who approves the application, nor the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Everything is done at the consulate now, and all copies are retained there. According to what we were told, this is a recent development as the Ministry of Internal Affairs has told the consulates that they don't want the paperwork sent to them or the Comune, but kept at the consulate.
This might explain why most recent applicants are receiving their letters in 2 months whereas most who applied in 2005 are just getting their letters now. Hope your application goes well too!