Thank you very much for that Giuseppe, I've sent an email off and will try send a FAX as well if I don't get a reply to that, hopefully I have some luck.

Thanks very much for your help here, it's along the lines of what I was thinking - I am quite sure she was a citizen of Australia before 1992, meaning that she has probably lost it now and thus lost it before I was born, as I was born in the late 90's in Australia.

Will get in contact with the ...

Hi all,

I was pointed here from https://www.italiangenealogy.com/forum/topic?p=325651 where I was discussing genealogy and trying to get some evidence for an Italian citizenship application via descent, as my mother was born in Italy. However, she moved from Italy to Australia as a child in 1966 ...

Hi Angela,

Thanks so much with your help, this information is incredibly valuable. I think the main paperwork that I require is the birth certificate of my mother, so that will be the challenging thing to obtain. Unfortunately I haven't had much luck but will have to get in contact with some family ...

Sorry, I must not have been clear. I do know the exact date of birth of my mother - 1st of Aug 1959. Moved to Australia some time in the 1960's (I don't have an exact date for that), and married in Australia.

Bumping this up as it was posted 3 weeks ago but only just had my account approved now.

Thanks to anyone for any guidance that can be provided.

Thanks for the links, I've never seen anything like this myself either - can imagine making quite the mess eating like that!

Hi everyone,

I'm searching for the birth record of my mother (or her parents), an Italian born in 1959 in the Province of Reggio Calabria. I'm attempting to get Italian citizenship via descent as her child, but I need a copy of her birth certificate as the first step in this process. It seems quite ...