Thanks for sharing your amazing journey! I am in this process myself and it's taking forever to get all the documents. I am close to waiting 3 months so far for some of them. Good luck and I look forward to seeing you get your citizenship. I'm excited to see your results.
Great for you guys. I'm going thru it right now. Last thing on the list is from USCIS. Could take at least 9 months. Starting the apostille process with BC's and MC's. Can't wait.
Have you located your GGF’s Naturalization certificate, or a CONE from USCIS? As you know that is the first and probably the most important document you will need to prove your line was not broken.
Our GGF died as an alien. We requested a CONE from USCIS, but since the record is more than 100 years old, they routed us back to the National Archives. We have certified copies of his Alien registration papers, and are waiting for a “negative search letter” from the archives.
Great. Truly hope you can obtain it. I was recognized 3 years ago after a long 3 years, which seemed like an eternity. Pazienza e In Bocca al Lupo. (If you have questions, feel free to reach out. I may be able to help.)
I'm half Polish and recently confirmed my citizenship by descent and now have a Polish/EU passport. I used a Krakow immigration attorney and the process took a little less than a year from initial consultation to receiving my Polish citizenship documents and cost $1700 (which is paid in increments based on success). Since I lacked my mother's birth certificate, they were able to retrieve it from the government archives amongst other documents like educational records. Obtaining passport entailed a 2 day drive to the consulate in Houston and I got it in the mail 2 months later.
Best of luck. I have all my documents and one is out for correction of age and DOB on death certificate. After that I have to get a few apostilled but it is inexpensive in MI. I have been trying to get an appointment for a year with no luck so I am using an attorney to take the case in Italy. No 1948 and no minor issues so I hope it is straight forward denial of justice case and gest approved maybe even this year.
Thank you. Yes, it's quite a process from start to finish! We just posted a new video sharing that we are going that route as well - (submitting our case in Italy)
I used a company outside Chicago for document gathering and it cost about $750 (I think). But the Italian attorney and court costs added $6K or so. (I am a 1948-er so I couldn't do it this route; but, I didn't have to wait years for a consulate appointment, either.)
Thanks for the video. I never bothered to go through the process because I thought it was too difficult, but now I am starting the process. It seems like a lot of the agencies that handle Italian Citizenship by decent, but they want to make you wait awhile not to lose you as a client.. having to do this stuff seems to be too much for me. Trying to figure out what is the best thing to do.
Yes, it can be overwhelming for sure! I have enjoyed finding bits of information and connection to my family members along the way. Best of luck to you.
Not that we have found, however there are many companies who can assist you in finding out whether or not you may qualify for dual citizenship. Myitalianfamily.com will offer you a free evaluation. Hopefully the subsequent videos we have shared will also help! Best of luck!
Would’ve been easier and cheaper to have it done online by a legitimate service site and pay the extra which around 20$ per document needed ( fee for faster delivery ( or maybe not needed since you still need an appointment) . I was fortunate to obtain it through my father who never naturalized. The only issue was what was the proof he was in the USA? Fortunately/unfortunately he was one of the biggest mafiosos thus lots of court cases newspapers etc with that proof and that did the trick haha
Love following your journey!
This is so exciting! Can't wait to see your Italian travel updates in January! Love you both!!!
Love you back Sue! Thanks for watching our journey. (getting caught up on replies from a year ago!) - Sarah
Thanks for sharing your amazing journey! I am in this process myself and it's taking forever to get all the documents. I am close to waiting 3 months so far for some of them. Good luck and I look forward to seeing you get your citizenship. I'm excited to see your results.
Thank you for watching! We are not giving up - one step at a time.
Great for you guys. I'm going thru it right now. Last thing on the list is from USCIS. Could take at least 9 months. Starting the apostille process with BC's and MC's. Can't wait.
Yes, everything is a slow process. But it will be worth it in the end. Thanks for watching!
Have you located your GGF’s Naturalization certificate, or a CONE from USCIS? As you know that is the first and probably the most important document you will need to prove your line was not broken.
Our GGF died as an alien. We requested a CONE from USCIS, but since the record is more than 100 years old, they routed us back to the National Archives. We have certified copies of his Alien registration papers, and are waiting for a “negative search letter” from the archives.
Great. Truly hope you can obtain it. I was recognized 3 years ago after a long 3 years, which seemed like an eternity. Pazienza e In Bocca al Lupo.
(If you have questions, feel free to reach out. I may be able to help.)
Part of issue now is tens of thousands of Italian Americans are also attempting to apply for Dual citizenship, long process
@@frankd3505 Very! We’ve got a new dual citizenship update video coming soon!
Oh gosh
I'm half Polish and recently confirmed my citizenship by descent and now have a Polish/EU passport. I used a Krakow immigration attorney and the process took a little less than a year from initial consultation to receiving my Polish citizenship documents and cost $1700 (which is paid in increments based on success). Since I lacked my mother's birth certificate, they were able to retrieve it from the government archives amongst other documents like educational records. Obtaining passport entailed a 2 day drive to the consulate in Houston and I got it in the mail 2 months later.
That's amazing! Congratulations on obtaining your dual citizenship. We are looking forward to the day we can celebrate!
Good Polish more efficient than Italians😂😂😂😂😂
Best of luck. I have all my documents and one is out for correction of age and DOB on death certificate. After that I have to get a few apostilled but it is inexpensive in MI. I have been trying to get an appointment for a year with no luck so I am using an attorney to take the case in Italy. No 1948 and no minor issues so I hope it is straight forward denial of justice case and gest approved maybe even this year.
Thank you. Yes, it's quite a process from start to finish! We just posted a new video sharing that we are going that route as well - (submitting our case in Italy)
I used a company outside Chicago for document gathering and it cost about $750 (I think). But the Italian attorney and court costs added $6K or so. (I am a 1948-er so I couldn't do it this route; but, I didn't have to wait years for a consulate appointment, either.)
Were you able to obtain citizenship after all was said and done?
What type of company? I’d like to get help in my area (Connecticut).
Thanks for the video. I never bothered to go through the process because I thought it was too difficult, but now I am starting the process. It seems like a lot of the agencies that handle Italian Citizenship by decent, but they want to make you wait awhile not to lose you as a client.. having to do this stuff seems to be too much for me. Trying to figure out what is the best thing to do.
Yes, it can be overwhelming for sure! I have enjoyed finding bits of information and connection to my family members along the way. Best of luck to you.
Hows the Dual Citizenship journey! coming along?
We posted a new video this week! Exciting updates for us.
Is there a website, book, or document that lists and describes all the steps in detail?
Not that we have found, however there are many companies who can assist you in finding out whether or not you may qualify for dual citizenship. Myitalianfamily.com will offer you a free evaluation. Hopefully the subsequent videos we have shared will also help! Best of luck!
Would’ve been easier and cheaper to have it done online by a legitimate service site and pay the extra which around 20$ per document needed ( fee for faster delivery ( or maybe not needed since you still need an appointment) . I was fortunate to obtain it through my father who never naturalized. The only issue was what was the proof he was in the USA? Fortunately/unfortunately he was one of the biggest mafiosos thus lots of court cases newspapers etc with that proof and that did the trick haha