Thank you Mler for your response. It sounds like it will be a relatively straightforward case! Best, Kate

Opus and Mler:

Thank you for your thoughtful responses and insights into this puzzle. I apologize for the delay in my response.

I was able to dig up some additional information. I asked my father to search more thoroughly for my GF's naturalization records, and he could not find them. Later that ...

Hello Opus,
Thank you once again for your detailed and thoughtful response. I will do a bit more digging to see if I can uncover the mystery as to why my father did not acquire citizenship when he was younger. I am so appreciative that you have provided me several scenarios to consider as I work ...

Ciao Opus,

Thank you for your thoughtful considerations of my inquiries.

Yes, I am positive that this is a certificate of naturalization, and not a certificate of citizenship. This is definitely a certificate of naturalization dated in 1983, not a certificate of citizenship. As I am new to this ...

OpusReticulatum,

I'm not sure your repost went through because I don't see it. I'm anxious to hear your thoughts on this matter. I'd like to begin the application process, but I'm not really sure if I qualify. I did find a scan of my grandparent's marriage certificate -- I think the original is ...

Update: I spoke with my nonna and she told me that when my grandfather enlisted in the Italian army (as a US citizen), he was required to renounce his US citizenship. When he returned to the US he had to become a naturalized US citizen. Apparently, he did naturalize, but I haven't had a chance to go ...

My father was born in Sicily on May 8th, 1951. (Birth certificate - check)

He emigrated to the USA with his parents and older sister on December 21st, 1955. (Passenger list - check)

He married my mother (US citizen) on January 3rd, 1975. (Marriage certificate - check)

My brother, me, and my ...