just a tip.... My grandfathers birthdate was Dec.5,1880 as listed on his World War 1 draft card and his drivers license but on his application for social security he listed his birthdate as Dec.5,1882.Several letters to Italy did not produce a birth certificate.More research through the Latter Day ...

Once you apply for naturalization,it then takes five years to become a US citizen.Your GGF may have applied in 1927 but he could not lose his Italian citizenship before 1931 and only if he actually followed through on his application for US citizenship.Simply applying for US citizenship means ...

Where exactly was your father born?

You should try and get the birth certificate from the County Clerks office in the town/city where he was born.

I needed a birth certificate from Yonkers.I sent in an application with proof of who I am (photocopy of drivers license) and how I am related (my birth ...

Thanks!

and thanks to suanj for the copy.

the ship is the "Citta di Torino"
Arrived in New York from Naples on: June 22,1902

Thanks for any info.

to idmaclean

now that your GM is an italian citizen again,you qualify (with or without deciphering the new rules regarding transfer to decendants) because your mom was born AFTER the 1948 rule anyway.

you are in like flint.....

my mom was born before 1948......so......i dont know yet.

i am no expert but my understanding is that an italian woman who married an alien,or a non italian citizen,prior to 1948 has lost her italian citizenship.this new law reinstates her italian citizenship.
your GM lost her italian citizenship in 1935 when she married an american.

anyone else can chime ...

the sticky part here is that we are not positive that your grandmother can pass italian citizenship to her daughter (your mom) ....i am in the same exact boat.

we know that your GM is now an italian citizen again but what about your GM's decendants? (your mom)
this is the million dollar question.

to idmaclean:

your GM married a us citizen (formerly an Italian citizen) and she lost her Italian citizenship in that marriage. she now has it back.

haha....legalese....and i thought american lawyers had a monopoly on brain twisting language.you can read it 6 times and still its not crystal clear.

"Now, following a judgement pronounced by the United Section of Appeal last week, this TIME CLAUSE has been SWEPT AWAY, with the result that even the ...

"The United Section of Appeal extends the right to recognition of Italian Citizenship also to the descendants of those women who had lost it following their marriage to a foreigner occurring before 1948."

My mother and myself ARE decendants "of a woman who lost her citizenship" as a result of ...

heres my situation.

1.GF born in Italy 1882 (hes an Italian citizen)
2.GF moves to usa and becomes naturalized usa citizen in 1906.
3.GM born in NY to 2 Italian born (not naturalized) parents.(she's an Italian citizen)
4.GM and GF marry in 1909.GM loses citizenship by marriage to a naturalized ex ...

read it here:
http://www.immigrazioneoggi.it/daily_news/2009/marzo/06_1.html



maybe someone who understands Italian could translate it?
the BabelFish translation is:

Italian citizenship: it must be recognized also to the descendants of the Italians married with aliens before 1948. The United ...