Hellosquire, if the Consulate accepted your documents, you ARE an Italian citizen by virtue of bloodline and birth. They would not accept your documents and then return them to you later on, saying you don't qualify. The point to be made is that there can be no "former laws", which would interfere ...

NO, she qualifies based ON Italian law of jure sanguinis 1992. The grandmother DID NOT lose her right to being Italian at birth and was indeed an Italian citizen at birth and DID in fact pass it on to her child which is her father. her marriage is irrevelent, regardless who she married. She ...

Hellosquire, you qualify for Italian citizenship "jure sanguinis", and the marriage has no basis or foundation on the decision by the consulate. If every ascendent in line was Italian, they still are, and would never lose that status under any circumstances other than the act of royal decrees (in ...

Yes, its the supporting of oneself that I was refering to. As you said, you cannot afford it, and I cannot either. What I was basicly saying is that I agreed with that other website, in that there is more to applying in Italy, than a mere permesso di soggiorno, especially like you said, if a person ...

Regardless of the possibility of applying in Italy directly, there are also pitfalls to applying in Italy, such as the requirement for having a large amount of money to sustain yourself, perhaps a work visa, medical insurance, and probably many other things. I would think that the average person ...

Mler, thanks for responding, but Myfamily.com wants $100 per document and that is very expensive for me. I decided to use the http://www.icdts.com website, as they only want $55 per document and that is half the price. Their translations are also cheap. If you find a place cheaper, please let me ...

i am just beginning the process of Italian Citizenship and would like to know if anyone knows of a service which is economical to obtain a birth certificate from italy and to do translations. My funds are very limited

I found two sources:

http://www.icgs.com

http://www.icdts.com >>>> This one ...