NYC Consulate... My appointment was last April, there were no additional requests of me after the appointment, just waited and got the letter last week.

That's it... I'm finally done! Today I received a letter from the consulate saying that they forwarded my info to Italy and I can come in to get a passport. Thanks to everyone in the forum that helped along the way... especially Carmine and Mler... you guys are the best!

I haven't made any follow up appointments, because as far as I know, it wasn't required for me; but I will say that I have been waiting for recognition since my appointment in April... but I'm not particularly concerned. Do you have a sense of urgency for your citizenship? e.g. visa expiring or ...

Personally I had a great experience with vital chek, my appointment was exactly 1 week away and I still needed my parents marriage certificate, so I placed the order and upgraded to express delivery and I had the certificate in my hands 4 days later, just in time to apostille and go to the consulate ...

I'm a junior and I had no problems in NYC, however, I'm using my mother's line, so my father's name is irrelevant to the Italian consulate.

Now if I ever move do move to Italy, I just have to make sure I make under $91,000. Don't think I have to worry too much about that!!! :lol: :lol:

Just to clarify.... even if you make more than $91,000.... it really doesn't matter; you will receive a tax credit for the Italian taxes you pay on ...

rgaetano, I bought with me all of the documents you have, only the oath of allegience from the county clerk was able to be certified though. My advice is to just ask the county clerk to certify anything that they are legally allowed to certify and bring everything you have with you... I really don't ...

If this is easier:

GGF-Italian Birth Certificate (hard copy from Italy)
GGM-Italian Birth Certificate (hard copy from Italy)
GGF-Naturalization Paperwork- From USCIS & County Clerk

American Docs: 10 total
GGF-GGM-Marriage -Certified-Long Form, Apostille, Translated
GGF-Death-Certified-Long Form ...

No email copies will suffice for any of the documents, they need to be hard copies. The ones I received also had the seal of the Italian village on them.

The naturalization docs that you get from the USCIS will not be certified... I would recommend going to the county clerk where your ancestor ...

And to answer your question about the naturalization docs, I had the letter from the USCIS along with the copy of the naturalization record and petition for naturalization that they sent me. I also requested a copy from the county clerk... the county clerk was not able to certify the petition for ...

She did collect all documents, including non bloodline. I had apostilles and translations for everything.

At the recommendation of people from this forum, I got the translations from Gabriella Einaga("gabriella_einaga @ att.net")... she was very attentive, thorough and accommodating. I ...

Hello again,
My appointment was on Tuesday at the NY consulate (69th and Park). After reading some horror stories I went in prepared for the worst; I was prepared to have a pompous, rude individual on a power trip rip apart my application, piece by piece; however, to my delight, I was pleasantly ...

@Rgaetano- I assume you could get NYS documents apostilled at either, I'm certain you can get NYS docs apostilled in NYC because I just had 9 of them done, all NYS.
As far as the 6 month rule, the date on my certifications is July 27, 2010... so it has been more than 6 months and I was still able to ...

Hey, thanks guys!
Rgaetano, yes they were married in NY outside the five boroughs... thanks for the details on the process! I'm hoping that they'll let it slide, but if not, at least all is not lost. Thanks a bunch!

Also if anyone on the forum is wondering about the process for getting the ...

That puts me at ease a bit, yes it is exactly 1 year to the day.... and I believe that is my only discrepency, and just to be clear, no apostille or translation is necessary for the naturalization records.... correct? Thanks for the quick response and all of your help along the way, Carmine. I'll ...