Sorry I just re-read this and I left out one detail. Your daughter was born abroad, so in that case there is a two year requirement. IF your daughter lived in italy 2 years before the birth of the child you can register right away. IF she has never resided in italy, your grandchildren can live in ...

I agree with CaputoBruno with one exception. It is true that cases involving women ascendants who naturalized through the naturalization of the husband, have been successful. The problem in your case is that this woman is your great grandmother. That would be one generation too far back. I’m ...

Yes, with some reservations. Your ggm naturalized involuntarily through her husband, and this would normally be an easy 1948 case. However, since the naturalization took place prior to 2012, it adds a complication. Some lawyers will not accept combination 1912/1948 cases. Shop around.

If your mother naturalized at age 7, and your gf never naturalized, she probably naturalized through your grandmother. I do believe you would qualify through your gf, mother, IF your gf was still living after the naturalization. To be absolutely sure, send an email to your consulate with specifics ...

The problem is that without records from Uruguay, there is no way to determine if the line was broken before the family arrived in the US.

However, even if the line was broken in Uruguay, it appears your ggm married an Italian man before the 1922 Cable Act. This would mean that she obtained ...

Before the 1922 Cable Act, women automatically received the citizenship of their husbands without themselves naturalizing. Italy does not count this as naturalization, so for the purposes of a 1948 case, she would be considered “not naturalized” and still in possession of her Italian citizenship.

Your ggm became a US citizen because she married a US citizen before the Cable Act. She never naturalized so a 1948 court case is possible.

It all depends on when naturalization took place and the age of their children at the time of naturalization. Without that information, it’s impossible to know.

It wouldn’t be possible.

You need to check further. Are you certain that the Petition is for you gf, and not someone with a similar name?

Have you checked with USCIS to determine if they have naturalization records for your gf? (You may want to check NARA as well.)

If it turns out that your gf ...

She will need all new documents in SF. No language requirement for jure sanguinis.

It shouldn’t be that difficult. I did this for my son in NY. He was registered in AIRE in 2008 but never bothered to register his marriage and his three children. Since he was already in AIRE, he simply needed to update his file (his address had already been updated. We sent a copy of his US and ...

You are correct in that you may have a case through the female line. However, as you noted, the line is complicated by a pre-1912 naturalization. Some Italian lawyers are not willing to take cases with this complication, but it is my understanding that several will (although I don’t know which ones ...

Unfortunately, no, the reason being that you have a consular option. Italian 1948 lawyers will not take 1948 cases if there is a consular option.

There is actually a legitimate reason for this. The 1948 cases petition the courts to award citizenship recognition to applicants who, because their ...

Do you mean Napoli? If so, many of that city’s records are not yet on Antenati. There are a few, however, depending on the section of Napoli and the year.

Except that’s not necessarily true.

The fact is that before 1912, a man who naturalized lost Italian citizenship for himself and his wife, and all his children, even those born in the US before he was naturalized.

HOWEVER, before the 1922 Cable Act, a woman automatically was given her husband’s ...