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A common mistake with Italian citizenship applications.

By David on June 27, 2023 / Living in Italy, Other information, Traveling to Italy / Leave a comment

A common mistake with Italian citizenship applications. First things first: start by requesting your Italian ancestor’s birth certificate How to Get Your Italian Ancestor’s Birth Certificate If you are interested in applying for Italian citizenship by descent, you will need to collect a number of documents from Italy, including your ancestor’s birth certificate. This is the most important document, as you cannot apply for citizenship without it. Therefore, the first document you need to request is your Italian-born ancestor’s birth

What does a foreign document need to be used in Italy?

By David on January 18, 2023 / Living in Italy, Other information, Traveling to Italy / Leave a comment

What does a foreign document need to be used in Italy? If you need to register your marriage, divorce, or child’s birth with your Italian Comune, or if you are applying for Italian citizenship and need an official translation of your foreign documents in Italian, please send an email to info@vademecumitalia.com and we will send you a quote. Let’s say that you got married in the US (or UK, or Australia, etc) and that you would like to register your

How to register your second or third marriage in Italy

By David on January 16, 2023 / Living in Italy, Other information, Traveling to Italy / Leave a comment

How to register your second or third marriage in Italy If you need to register your first, second or third marriage certificate, divorce, or children’s birth certificates with your Italian Comune, we can do it for you. You do not need to go through your local Italian consulate and this will save you months or even years compared to trying to get an appointment with your local consulate and having them send your request and papers to your local muncipality

How can I register my marriage in Italy without going through the Italian Consulate?

By David on October 31, 2022 / Living in Italy, News, Uncategorized / 2 Comments

How can I register my marriage in Italy without going through the Italian Consulate? If you are asking yourself how you can register your marriage in Italy without going through the Italian Consulate, you are in the right place. If you need to register your marriage in Italy we can do it for you. You do not need to go through your local Italian consulate and this will save you months or even years compared to trying to get an

Positivo negativo letter

By David on July 28, 2021 / Other information, Traveling to Italy, Uncategorized / Leave a comment

Positivo negativo letterYou are applying for Italian citizenship by descent (Jure Sanguinis) and so, after some research, you now know that one of the first things, if not the first one, you have to do is collect your Italian ancestor’s birth certificate. If you need assistance requesting this “positivo/negativo” letter from your ancestor’s Italian Comune, please send an email to citizenship@vademecumitalia.com and we will send you a quote for the assistance. Now, when you receive the birth certificate from your

Italian citizenship application: the new 48-month term

By David on June 27, 2020 / Living in Italy, Traveling to Italy / 9 Comments

Italian citizenship application: the “new” 48-month term Please send an email to citizenship@vademecumitalia.com and we will send you a quote for the assistance with your Italian citizenship application from day one to the day you will obtain your Italian passport. Many of our readers have asked us if the new 48-month term applies to new applications only or also to the ones submitted before the new law entered into force. Here’s what you need to know. Law no. 132 dated

Italian citizenship application: the B1 language requirement

By David on June 19, 2020 / Living in Italy, Traveling to Italy / 9 Comments

Italian citizenship application: the B1 language requirement Many of our readers have asked us if the B1 level knowledge of the Italian language is a requirement for all applications by marriage. Here’s what you need to know. If you applied before the new Law no. 132/2018 entered into force, or if you hold a long-term EU residency permit, you will not need to pass the language test. Art. 9.1-1 of Law no. 132 dated December 1, 2018 “Conversion into law,

How to collect a birth certificate from Italy

By David on May 12, 2020 / Living in Italy, Traveling to Italy / 70 Comments

We can collect the birth certificate you need from any Italian Comune (Municipality). We will send you a scanned copy of the certificate as soon as we have it and also the paper copy via courier, if you want it. It usually takes us from 2 to 7 days to obtain the scanned copy of the birth certificate depending on the Comune. Please send an email to citizenship@vademecumitalia.com or a message on Whatsapp +39 3270037470 and we will send you a

Criminal record certificate – Certificato penale del Casellario Giudiziale

By David on April 29, 2020 / Living in Italy, Tips / 444 Comments

There is a specific certificate called certificato penale del casellario giudiziale (criminal record certificate) that you can request from the competent Italian authority (Procura della Repubblica), which can prove that while you were staying in Italy you were not convicted of any crime.

Do you have an Italian ancestor? Discover immediately if you are eligible for Italian citizenship

By David on April 20, 2020 / Living in Italy, Traveling to Italy / 4 Comments

Do you have an Italian ancestor? Discover immediately if you are eligible for Italian citizenship If you have an Italian ancestor (e.g. great grandfather/mother or grandfather/mother) who was born in Italy and emigrated to your country (USA, UK, Argentina etc.), you might be eligible for Italian citizenship. As a matter of fact, Italian citizenship is based on the Jus Sanguinis principle, which means that citizenship is passed from parent to child based on bloodline. To make it simple, we can

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