thanks for the additional info!

Carmine, do you happen to know the process for San Francisco? I checked the website and didn't see anything saying you needed to bring a copy of your Italian Birth Certificate, but maybe I missed something?

So, assuming you don't have to have the Italian BC's, then you wait for your letter of ...

Hello All,

we received a letter from the consulate today stating that our application for citizenship was in order and that "barring any surprises", we should receive our formal letter of recognition within 4 - 6 months. We are overjoyed at this, and we owe most of it to the people on this forum ...

you know, now that I'm reading over 2B again it is making alot more sense given the forum's input. It seems clear now that the forms are for the applicant to sign, regardless of whether or not they have living ascendants. This is kindof like when you listen to a song for a long time and ...

so the conclusion we can draw from this seems to be a common one: that consulate rules vary from consulate to consulate and that they have latitude even in how they execute their own stated rules? Since my appointment is mail-in, it sounds like I could sign 3 copies of 2B, 1 for my mother, 1 for my ...

Applicant signs them both. One must be signed at the Consulate, in the presence of a Consulate Officer (it so states on the form)

Steverino,
did you have your appointment with Mr. Cei in San Francisco? If you signed both documents yourself, did you have to fill out forms for each of the ...

Hi, I have a mail-in appointment scheduled for August with the San Francisco Consulate. I've asked Mr. Cei so many questions so far that I'm afraid to ask another & risk leaving a bad taste in his mouth... So I'm throwing myself on the mercy of the forum:

does anyone know how to handle forms 2A and ...

UPDATE: I called the SF Consulate and spoke with who I presume is Mr. Cei. He sounded frustrated and overworked but spent quite a bit of time with me on the phone and also answered my questions. He basically told me that Italy had not funded the citizenship section of the SF consulate for months ...

well, for me it means March 1st, 8AM PDT - for them, yes, it appears to mean March 31st, 4PM PST. I was just wondering if anyone else had heard back from them - as you know, some people tend to get excited and impatient during this process - I'm human.

hiGHFIVE! Yeah, it definitely felt good to get that out of the way and I highly recommend it.

Just an FYI for anyone interested.... I was fairly certain that my GGF had never been naturlized and that there was no documentation to the contrary.

I had never requested a record-search from USCIS (only from the National Archives), but I just decided to go ahead and request a certification of no ...

Hi, the instructions on how to apply for jus sanguinis posted on the San Francisco consulate's site indicate that they are "streamlining" their ability to process these requests and that they would begin responding to emails in March. Well, I have sent 2 emails so far and received nothing.

I am ...

johnnyonthespot wrote:You should be fine with the certified affidavit to correct a record. You will most likely need to have it apostiled and translated as with your other documents.

Thank you, Carmine!

Does anyone have any experience with this? Hello?

Hi everyone,

My grandfather's first name was Attilio, but he began going by Anthony later in life. His birth certificate reads "Attilio John Bruno", 1910 - 1920 census, etc. HOWEVER, all of his later life events (marriage, death, children's birth certs, etc) read Anthony J. or Anthony John.

We ...