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Italian Citizenship
Here’s the page where we can keep track of what documents we have and which ones we need for the Jure Sanguinis path of Italian citizenship. This page from the Chicago Consulate has links to most of this information, but I’ll lay out in plain English what I know and we can add as we go along. It’s a work in progress: add to it through the comment section.
Background: Great Grandpa Albert Bigari was born in Italy. Before he was naturalized, he had Alfred (my grandfather) and . In Italy Albert was known as Fillipo Umberto Bigari. This caused quite a bit of difficulty for our cousin (who has done much of the groundwork in getting citizenship). He has worked out the name discrpency, so that shouldn’t be an issue for us – at least for those of us applying at the Chicago consulate. Those of you not in Wisconsin will need to apply at your own consulate – Detroit for those in Michigan, and I’m guessing Miami for you in Florida. The process will be the same, though the documents they ask for and how much of a stickler they are will difer.
What do we need: All we are trying to do is get the paper trail of linage between Albert and us. This means there will be a great deal of overlap, so we can share the work a bit. At this stage we need to find out if there are going to be any issues regarding name, birthdate, or location differences on the documents. If there are, we will need to file to change the wrong one so this paper trail can be nice and smooth.
FIRST STEPS:
We should figure out who exactly is looking to do this. We can apply together by Consulate, so it ease some of the paperwork burden. Everyone over 18 needs to appear in person when providing the application, so you’ll need to take a day off of work for this at some point in the future. As of 3/20/10, here’s who I have heard from:
Chicago Consulate: Me, Jessica, Bruce, Rick.
Detroit: Danielle
Florida: Becky
If you know of anyone else that wants in, ask them now. Since some of you will need Richard’s documents, it won’t be any more work for him to get his citizenship if he wants to. There’s a form to send in for the Appointment for Application - the lead times are long (6-18 months) so we should get this done soon, and then get the document harvesting underway.
We need to get information on Grandpa (Alfred) and Grandma (Virginia’s) birth/wedding/death certificates. It’s likely this will be where there are some birthplace/birthdate/name issues, but we won’t know until we see if they all match up. What I’m afraid of is Alfred’s birth certificate won’t list his father as Albert Bigari but say Alberto Bigari (just as an example). If that’s the case, we’ll need to get it changed before we all order copies. So, does anyone have these documents at home, or do we need to order a copy to check?
This Week -each of you: To be safe, get a new certified birth certificate for yourself, children, and spouse (if applicable). Also get your marriage license. I know there are documents you need if you are divorced, but I don’t know what they are off the top of my head. You then send these files to the Secretary of State of the state you received them from, and ask for an Apostille. This is cheap (I think it’s like $2 in most states).
The next step is getting the data for Alfred’s sons. I will have my parents information tomorrow. When you get the birth cert/wedding license for your mom and dad, check on names, birth towns, and birth dates. If it’s missing one of these, we’ll have some paperwork to do. Hopefully this won’t be a problem. These will need to be certified and then Apostilled as well.
That’s it for now. It looks like more work than it is. Eventually, one of us will need to either go in person to Crystal Falls to get Albert’s documentation. After that, we have all these documents translated into Italian, and then we are done.