I'm Tom from Scranton, PA, USA. My mom was born in 1939 from an Italian-born father (who naturalized as a US citizen in 1927) and an Italian-born mother, who remained an "alien" her entire life. Since my mom is considered born of an American father, and her mother couldn't pass citizenship on to her because she was born before 1948, it looks like my only hope is to challenge the 1948 rule with one of the Italian lawyers (Luigi or Giovanni).
- The documentation I have so far are:
My own legal birth certificate.
My mom's legal birth certificate (my grandmother's first and last names are misspelled. They listed her as "Mary" instead of "Maria". And took the "a" off her last name and added it to the end of her maiden name).
My mom's marriage certificate.
A "no records" USCIS application is being processed for my mom's mother (she shows as an "alien" in the 1940 census, and my mom was age 1 at the time).
A request for my mom's father's naturalization certificate.
Also, can my wife and son be added to this if I start it now? (My son will be 18 in December.) And what can I expect to pay in total costs???
Any other advise would be greatly appreciated! I'm hoping I can pull this off!
Thanks!
-Tom in Scranton, PA USA