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by grandpa77
30 Dec 2011, 20:04
Forum: Emigration, Immigration, Naturalization and Italian citizenship
Topic: What happens after the appointment?
Replies: 11
Views: 4103

Re: What happens after the appointment?

WOW...rjnigro

That was super fast ? Like 6-7 weeks ? I guess you didn't need a second appointment ?
by grandpa77
22 Dec 2011, 14:54
Forum: Emigration, Immigration, Naturalization and Italian citizenship
Topic: Italian Residency After you get Citizenship
Replies: 9
Views: 2870

Re: Italian Residency After you get Citizenship

Thanks for the answer


What exactly do you mean by it being 'better to be a resident of Italy when entering other countries'?


When traveling you have more visa free options if you're both a citizen and resident of Italy.
by grandpa77
21 Dec 2011, 21:22
Forum: Emigration, Immigration, Naturalization and Italian citizenship
Topic: Italian Residency After you get Citizenship
Replies: 9
Views: 2870

Italian Residency After you get Citizenship

This sounds very backwards however there are many on this board who have Italian Citizenship but not residency.

I know with citizenship I can be a resident in italy.

However how can I prove Italian residency after I get my Italian Passport? Is there a residency card Italians get ? Drivers License ...
by grandpa77
25 Oct 2011, 20:40
Forum: Emigration, Immigration, Naturalization and Italian citizenship
Topic: Citizenship approval process via Italy?
Replies: 27
Views: 10236

Re: Citizenship approval process via Italy?

Dear Vanessam,


Which is your mother's commune ?
by grandpa77
24 Oct 2011, 21:29
Forum: Emigration, Immigration, Naturalization and Italian citizenship
Topic: BC form A from the dept of commerce is required for NY Consu
Replies: 2
Views: 1860

Re: BC form A from the dept of commerce is required for NY C

Hi Drew, After getting the phone number from you I called Nara...A rep there told me this info today who claims to field 50 calls a day on Italian Dual citizenship. He told me it was very recent info and he told me he got this information from people he speaks with (where their ancestor never ...
by grandpa77
24 Oct 2011, 19:52
Forum: Emigration, Immigration, Naturalization and Italian citizenship
Topic: BC form A from the dept of commerce is required for NY Consu
Replies: 2
Views: 1860

BC form A from the dept of commerce is required for NY Consu

Today I was speaking with someone at NARA and this person seemed to know a TON about Italian Dual citizenship.

He told me that if your ancestor did not naturalized that the NY consulate is now requesting a "BC form A from the dept of commerce" in addition to the standard census report from the ...
by grandpa77
24 Oct 2011, 18:06
Forum: Emigration, Immigration, Naturalization and Italian citizenship
Topic: Proving No Record of Naturalization
Replies: 20
Views: 12590

Re: Proving No Record of Naturalization

Thank you so much! I just edited and printed out the letter you advised and going to the post office now to get a money order.

Yes, I got a strange letter back from nara and it says "Based on the information furnished, the following individual was not found" but it's not official looking whatsoever.
by grandpa77
24 Oct 2011, 15:44
Forum: Emigration, Immigration, Naturalization and Italian citizenship
Topic: Proving No Record of Naturalization
Replies: 20
Views: 12590

Re: Proving No Record of Naturalization

Thank you so much Drew. I've been waiting to get an answer like that for months!

One more question if you can:

Did you also get a NO RECORD letter from NARA and the census ?

I've contacted both Nara and the census several times and they send back responses that they have no information about my ...
by grandpa77
24 Oct 2011, 02:21
Forum: Emigration, Immigration, Naturalization and Italian citizenship
Topic: Proving No Record of Naturalization
Replies: 20
Views: 12590

Re: Proving No Record of Naturalization

Does anyone have a sample letter which I can use to get a court record that my GGF did not naturalize? I need to sent this to New York County.
by grandpa77
23 Oct 2011, 08:12
Forum: Emigration, Immigration, Naturalization and Italian citizenship
Topic: Local court letter that my GGF did not naturalize
Replies: 0
Views: 739

Local court letter that my GGF did not naturalize

I need to get a court record from Manhattan NYC that my GGF did not naturalize. Does someone have a sample letter I can use ?

Thanks
by grandpa77
09 Aug 2011, 03:32
Forum: Emigration, Immigration, Naturalization and Italian citizenship
Topic: Unable to find emigration information
Replies: 13
Views: 2899

Re: Unable to find emigration information

When you say you have potential manifests where do you look ? Which website or resource ? Thanks
by grandpa77
08 Aug 2011, 01:07
Forum: Emigration, Immigration, Naturalization and Italian citizenship
Topic: Letter of exemplification -Death & Marriage certicates also?
Replies: 4
Views: 3181

Re: Letter of exemplification -Death & Marriage certicates a

Wow, I find it unreal that NYC Death certificates need Exemplification because on the NYC website it only states Birth certificates need Exemplification but says nothing about Death certificates.

VitalCheck really sucks then because this is the 3rd time I asked for exemplification and didn't get ...
by grandpa77
07 Aug 2011, 03:33
Forum: Emigration, Immigration, Naturalization and Italian citizenship
Topic: translations!
Replies: 21
Views: 6319

Re: translations!

I'm reading the following from the Apostille page on the NYS website:

Please Note: Certificates of Authentication may also require an additional certification from the United States Department of State (http://www.state.gov/m/a/auth/index.htm) prior to submission to the foreign country.

Do we need ...
by grandpa77
07 Aug 2011, 03:10
Forum: Emigration, Immigration, Naturalization and Italian citizenship
Topic: Letter of exemplification -Death & Marriage certicates also?
Replies: 4
Views: 3181

Letter of exemplification -Death & Marriage certicates also?

All NYC birth certificates need a "letter of exemplification" before you can have it authenticated by the "NY County Clerk" & Apostilled by the "NY Department of State"

I requested a bunch of NYC Birth, NYC Marriage and NYC Death certificates and I noticed that SOME of the NYC Death certificates ...